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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.

When the capable leave and the inept get promoted

There’s a cruel irony in today’s workplaces: the most capable, creative, and valuable people often leave, while those who contribute little, or worse, create obstacles, seem to rise through the ranks. It is a phenomenon many employees have…

Dreamcast, the console that came too early

At the end of the 1990s, the video game industry stood at a technological crossroads. Consoles were becoming more powerful, the internet was starting to influence entertainment, and the line between arcade-quality graphics and home experiences was rapidly blurring. Into…

Ren & Stimpy: the cartoon that broke all the rules

When The Ren & Stimpy Show first aired on Nickelodeon in 1991, it looked like nothing else on television. In a children’s TV landscape still dominated by the safe, sanitized formula of 80s cartoons, heroic teams, moral lessons, and…

Dijkstra 2.0, the 40-year algorithm breakthrough

In the world of computer science, true algorithmic breakthroughs are rare. Many of the foundations we use today were established decades ago, refined over time, but rarely replaced. One such foundation has been Dijkstra’s shortest-path algorithm, a staple of graph…

EU Chat Control and the end of privacy

The European Union is once again moving forward with the so-called “Chat Control” proposal, a legislative initiative that would require scanning of all private digital communications, including encrypted messages and photos. Framed as a measure to combat serious crimes,…