With over 30 years at the intersection of IT, business, and people, I have led global projects, designed system architectures, and worked through complexity at scale.
What remains is curiosity: building things, testing ideas, and understanding how technology really works.
44-2.de is my place for experiments, notes and reflections on AI, programming, embedded systems, analytics and the strange places where software meets real life.
Building a Python learning platform where AI is a controlled teaching tool — not a shortcut “Can’t I just ask ChatGPT?” That’s the question you get within two minutes of starting any programming course with kids today. The honest answer is: yes, you can — but if that becomes the default, you skip the part...
Something shifted in how I program. Not just in the tools I use — but in how I think about the work itself. It’s Not Really an Agent. But It Feels Like One. I recently wrote about why context is the missing layer in AI-driven work — the idea that the sequence is Data →...
Visibility is not the goal In reporting and analytics, we have become very good at turning data into dashboards. In many companies, data and processes are being harmonised across teams, entities and systems. That creates real value. Within minutes, we can get a clear view on working capital drivers, forecast deviation, blocked orders, dispute aging,...
A friend of mine has a very particular taste in music. So when our group decided to give gifts that all fit into a common frame — literally — I had an idea. Why not build an actual sound machine inside an IKEA picture frame? Total budget: under €30, one weekend, and one AI coding...
Tonight I connected Perplexity directly to my self-hosted WordPress site at 44-2.de — using the WordPress.org MCP connector via Pipedream. The idea: talk to an AI, end up with a published post. No copy-pasting, no switching tabs. How to set it up In WordPress admin, go to Users → Add New. Create a user with...
📢 Automating LUKS – Seamless Encryption & The Battle Against sudo Fun fact – I used one Chat-Window with ChatGPT to find this solution, at the end I asked him to understand the objective of my questions, and used below prompt to build this post – wouhhh ( I love it how he ignores my...
