Thilo Maier

It's a wild time to be a web developer.

The state of European hosting alternatives

The state of European hosting alternatives

Is European hosting ready for your web app in 2026? I compare 7 options for solo devs and small teams, from bare VPS to PaaS, and pick a winner.

How to install Node.js LTS on Mac with Homebrew

How to install Node.js LTS on Mac with Homebrew

VS Code finally supports Git Worktrees

VS Code finally supports Git Worktrees

SVG-powered YouTube thumbnails

Content creation
Web fundamentals

The privacy-friendly video doorbell with flawed person detection

IoT

It ain’t easy to move a side project off Big Tech

Railway
Svelte

Managing environment variables with Vercel

Productivity

Environment variables in SvelteKit

Svelte

Dropping requests in SvelteKit

Svelte
Railway

Comments inside Svelte component tags

A lockfile for agent skills

Fix your robots.txt file

PNPM minimumReleaseAge

Job hunting as a top developer in 2025

Why multi-step AI workflows are overhyped

Cover Your Tracks

eslint-plugin-svelte makes SvelteKit linter fail

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