blog.lohr.devMy Favorite IaC Tool Was Just DiscontinuedThis is the second time I’m writing an introduction for this article. It was supposed to be about what makes my favorite Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool, CDKTF, so great. I actually released that article on the German IT news magazine Golem.de: War...Dec 23, 2025·9 min read
blog.lohr.devThe New Age of Web Development💡 This article was originally published in German on golem.de. You can read it here. Web development today is nothing like it used to be: With the rise of web apps, frameworks, and developer tools have matured massively. And now there are even spe...Sep 10, 2025·8 min read
blog.lohr.devThe Smallest Hello World ProgramSo, initially, I just wanted to see what the smallest binary size for a ‘Hello World’ program written in Rust would be. Why? Out of curiosity - it's probably just a simple compiler flag anyway, right? Well, turns out there are some that help, but you...Dec 30, 2024·8 min read
blog.lohr.devTalking To Your Mailserver Is Not as Hard as You Think!The technology behind E-Mails (or ‘emails‘) always interested me. This is because in some sense it was way ahead of its time by being a decentralized communication system. Unlike WhatsApp, Telegram or other messenger services, where the service provi...Dec 22, 2024·6 min read
blog.lohr.devThe Case Against Character Count Line LimitsI recently had a discussion with a colleague about whether we should introduce a character count limit per line into our style guide. He believes it enhances readability, while I argue that readability should be facilitated by the editor or IDE, not ...Oct 8, 2024·8 min read