A new era is coming — I have been working as a software engineer for a consulting firm for a couple of months now. In this article, I explain why, in my experience, working for a consulting firm is a good choice. We can cluster companies into the following categories: Startup Big Tech Product-based company Consulting…

There are so many paths one can go down — Every engineer has a unique set of skills. The path towards these skills is different for everyone and can evolve in any direction. In this article, I want to highlight my personal habits that made me a better software engineer, how I acquired my skill set, and what I should…

Run the trading bot on a Django web server — Part 1 In this part of the tutorial we set up a web server with Django. We communicate with the server over HTTP. The goal is to start and stop the trading bot via a HTTP request.

Setting up the bot to run on your local machine — In this part of the tutorial we set up a crypto bot that performs trades on Binance. Check out the overview to get an idea of what we are building. Get yourself a cup of ☕️ and let’s start! Binance — Set up The first thing you need to do is to head over…

A beginner-friendly tutorial to build a crypto trading bot on Binance. — In this tutorial we build a crypto trading bot on Binance. This is a beginner friendly tutorial. Basic coding experience is recommended. This tutorial is for individuals who: Are interested in crypto Want to improve their coding skills Want to start a side project that might generate some revenue It’s…

When COVID-19 meant that my running group was canceled, my friends and I organized our own group workout program — In September 2020, I moved to Berlin to start working as a software engineer. To compensate for all-day sitting, I like to do sports. I participated in Midnight Runners. Moving into a new city with no connections is scary. Midnight Runners is a great place to meet like-minded people. I…

6 things I learned from LeetCoding — I spent countless hours learning about data structures and algorithms. I solved 500 problems on LeetCode. I participated in coding contests that lasted for hours. I watched an endless amount of YouTube videos to improve my skills.

Build a gRPC Service with REST support from an OpenAPI description. — As part of this Google Summer of Code project I had the opportunity to work with Tim and Noah (two SWE at Google) to build a tool called gnostic-grpc. This tool converts an OpenAPI v3.0 API description into a description of a gRPC service that can be used to implement…

Open source coding with GSoC — Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program focused on bringing more student developers into open source software development. Students work with an open source organization on a 3 month programming project during their break from school. The summer of 2019 I spent coding for the ‘API Client Tools…