Dominik Hofer

I’m building my own RSS reader.

Process, thoughts and a look behind the scenes for the v2 launch of my personal website.

My entry for the IndieWeb Carnival of December 2025 about the IndieWeb in 2030.

It’s the beginning of December again, which means Spotify Wrapped has just dropped. Like last year, I want to share mine here and encourage you to do the same, so we can all discover some great music :)

A love letter to a piece of tech “that just works”.

Reflections after my first marathon.

Bookmarking fonts for myself and hopefully giving you some inspo.

A recipe for a good and fulfilling life.

Number Go Up by Zeke Faux blends investigative journalism, social commentary, and true crime to recount some of the wildest crypto frauds – a ride I partly lived through in real time.

Discovering a new but not-so-new hobby for my summer break.

Just two running-related ads I came around today that immediately made me wanna put on my running shoes and head out.

A long overdue update on what's been going on over the last few months.

A great little utility app for your Mac that you didn’t know you needed.

Recently, there was this insightful interview in our local newspaper that I found really interesting and seemed almost philosophical to me. So I decided to curate and share some passages.

The magic of the most beautiful time of day.

I moved Mastodon instances and got a cool new internet identity in the process.

I’m currently in the middle of exam season and wanted to share a quick tip that helps me enormously when I get nervous or tense right before a quiz.

My entry for the IndieWeb Carnival of January 2025 about the importance of friction.

Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter is probably the most unique fiction book I’ve read this year.

A not so obvious benefit of publishing your work and some thank you’s.

Inspired by Jedda and in the spirit of sharing and discovering great music, I also wanted to write a bit about my Spotify Wrapped this year.

Some initial thoughts about Bluesky and the AT protocol.

A lesson from Four Thousand Weeks for when you are stuck in traffic the next time.

And the rewarding feeling of reaching it.

A trip down memory lane and a list of cities, you also should visit one day.

After 4 weeks of taking the calculus 1 class in university, I’ve had my first true [insert mindblown-emoji here] moment. And I want to share it with you.

A response to Blog like a Painter by Robert Birming.

Being short on time, chatting with way to many AIs and how a meme turned into a cult.

My best blogpost this month.

Adjusting to a new lifestyle and learning a ton of new stuff.

Pure creativity, emotions & vibes.

Today is Friday, September 13th, and it’s Orientation Day for new bachelor students at Uni Bern. Which also means that my lectures (and my university career as a whole) start in just three days, on Monday.

Going for a run is always the right choice. You’ll thank yourself afterward.

Yet another change to this newsletter, Laravel is awesome and people create really cool internet tools.

Two interesting quotes from a video that stuck with me and got me thinking.

An easy guide on how to setup your own VPS.

"Recently, I wrote about how I write daily. In this post, I want to take a step back: Why write in the first place?"

How to have Mastodon on your own domain without hosting a server. Kind of.

Switching this newsletter to WordPress, improving my personal website and listening to a thrilling podcast episode.

A note about rediscovering a song I haven’t heard in a long time and feeling nostalgic about the memories.

My thoughts after watching a movie about a war, where the story isn’t really important.

Or: How a simple rule change can help you create more consistently.

A list of interesting links from my recent trip into the Fediverse rabbit hole.

Preparing for uni, trying out a new tech gadget and learning how Social Media is pretty bad at accurately reporting on real life events.

Hi Hidden Person, I discovered your blogpost via a reply by Robert. It popped up in my RSS feed and sounded interesting. I read through his post and thought, “let’s check out this new blog, and who the person behind it is.”

"My quest for learning all the countries in the world continues. On today's episode: Asia."

Or: To Write or Not to Write…

Goededag and welcome to the third issue of the Tiny Sparks newsletter!

Some reflections on documenting my life and FOMO.

Bonjour and welcome to the second issue of the Tiny Sparks newsletter!