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Nicolas Fränkel

Nicolas Fränkel

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🥑 Developer Advocate for Apache APISIX ✍️ Blogger at http://blog.frankel.ch 🎓 Learner 📖 Author of https://leanpub.com/integrationtest

The pitfall of implicit returns

Mar 21, 20243 min read

Implicit returns are a feature in some languages. They have recently bitten me, so here's my opinion. Statements, expressions, and returns Before...

The pitfall of implicit returns

Using my new Raspberry Pi to run an existing GitHub Action

Mar 14, 20244 min read

Recently, I mentioned how I refactored the script that kept my GitHub profile up-to-date. Since Geecon Prague, I'm also a happy owner of a Raspberry...

Using my new Raspberry Pi to run an existing GitHub Action

From Kotlin Scripting to Python

Mar 7, 20244 min read

GitHub offers a way to customize one's profile by allowing one to create a README in a specific repository, named as your profile, e.g.,...

From Kotlin Scripting to Python

Error management in Rust, and libs that support it

Feb 15, 20245 min read

As part of learning the Rust ecosystem, I dedicated the last few days to error management. Here are my findings. Error management 101 The Rust book...

Error management in Rust, and libs that support it

Keeping your fonts in embedded SVG

Jan 25, 20244 min read

Last year, I started to use Excalidraw as a diagram tool. However, the SVG images didn't display the font correctly. In this post, I'd like to explain...

Keeping your fonts in embedded SVG

Kicking the tires of Docker Scout

Jan 18, 20243 min read

I never moved away from Docker Desktop. For some time, after you use it to build an image, it prints a message: What's Next? View a summary of image...

Kicking the tires of Docker Scout