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Kai Ochsen

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This site is a bit of a mix, you’ll find opinions, personal projects, and things I’m working on (or I'm thinking to carry out). Whether it’s a crazy idea, a logo design I actually like, or a melody that got stuck in my head, it all ends up here. 

Yes, I’m an introverted tech nerd with a soft spot for programming, robotics, 3D printing, messy sketches, and loud music. I spend most of my time exploring the weird overlap between coding, design, and creativity, building stuff, breaking stuff, and occasionally making it all work again. I’m especially into understand machines and people, but I’ve also got a thing for drawing, composing moody tracks, and killing some demons in DOOM way more than I probably should.

This site is a bit of a mix, you’ll find opinions, personal projects, and things I’m working on (or I'm thinking to carry out). Whether it’s a crazy idea, a logo design I actually like, or a melody that got stuck in my head, it all ends up here.

Have smartphones already hit their photographic megapixel limit?

For more than a decade, smartphone makers have sold devices on the strength of their cameras. Each new generation promised sharper detail, brighter night shots, and features once reserved for pro gear. For a while, this felt like genuine progress:…

The bloated horizon of gaming: profit over craft

Video games are no longer a niche pastime. They are a cultural and economic powerhouse, generating more revenue than film and music combined. Franchises like Call of Duty, FIFA, or Grand Theft Auto rake in billions, and major publishers rival…

Bun vs npm, pnpm, and Yarn and why PHP devs should pay attention

When you think about JavaScript tooling, it usually feels like something distant from PHP development. After all, PHP has its own package manager (Composer), its own frameworks (Laravel, Symfony, Drupal), and its own build and deployment workflows. And yet, almost…