Carsten Ruhr

Hi!

My name ist Carsten and I am a engineering manager (former frontend engineer), working at DeepL. Previously I worked as a frontend/app developer at Ubisoft Germany and fullstack web developer at a local advertisement agency.

I am also working on some side projects such as Mythical Ink and ran a successful Kickstarter for a physical product.

Latest Notes

Those notes here could contain anything from snippets and links to short opinion pieces about the state of web. You can find all notes here.

Getting into 3D printing

After years of "I don't need this - but I want this" arguments with myself, I finally pulled the trigger and got myself a 3D printer. Of course, I wanted the kit version. So instead of letting the pros build it for me I do it myself and live ...
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Gambling experience is a must

Found this on linkedin and had to chuckle. But on a second thought I am now wondering - how much experience do I need to bring to the table? Is one game of roulette I played 10 years ago enough? Maybe a few rounds of Poker with some friends?
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What happens when AI learns to code?

Sometimes I think about what I would do as a software engineer if AI could do my job.
Every few weeks there is a new AI coding tool that produces better and better code. Right now we are at a stage that is well below junior level coding. Too ...
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