Automatically backup YouTube Videos I don’t want to lose to my Google Drive, using a Raspberry Pi

There’s a Christmas song on YouTube that has a special place in my heart. I’ve been listening to it every holiday season since its release in 2011. Music has a way of taking us back to memories, and whenever I hear this song, I’m transported back in time. I used to take for granted that it would always be available to me on YouTube, but that all changed in Christmas 2021.

All of a sudden, the song was nowhere to be found.

Everything is a CMS – Building a low-maintenance website for a low-budget trash movie

A few months ago, an email from my good friend Gerrit showed up in my inbox. Gerrit made a new “Pottoriginale” movie, and he needed a website for his film tour. I knew that it will only take me an evening to do, I had the feeling that I’d enjoy the challenge, and I knew that I have some time in the coming week. And a few days later, pottoriginale.de was live.

How I Built this Blog with GitHub Discussions

In my last post I covered my decision to use GitHub Discussions as CMS for my posts. I’m going to build it using Next.js, because that’s what I already use a lot, and it has some features which will become quite useful. Let’s get cracking!

How to Build a Blog

When I was a teen, I learned how to build WordPress themes. During holidays or when school was out, I vividly remember how I sometimes sat in front of my computer for a few days and nights, and created new themes for my blog. Of course I had no blog, but having one was a cool thought. But this stuck to me, and I was really never happy with how my blogs work. Until now!