Christian Kruse

Welcome. On this page you can find my software projects, my articles, my notes and my pictures.

My name is Christian Kruse. I work as a software developer and system administator at Termitel GmbH. I live in Germany in a small town called Steinfurt.

I am passionate about software development, GNU/Linux, FLOSS as well as OS X. I am also a do-it-yourself apologetic: I did a lot of things in and around my house myself. I love the hacker culture. And last but not least I am a dog owner.

This is my personal replacement for Twitter, Facebook and the other data silos. My content is mine — so if you are interested in my activity, just have a look at this page.

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  1. 2017-09-19
  2. 2017-09-18
    Christian Kruse,

    I hit a new running PR: a pace of 04:20 per km on a distance of 7.5km ✌️🎉

    19:35
  5. Christian Kruse,

    I noticed a new behavior. I lost 37kg in 6 months, and now, as I have finished losing weight, every time I eat above my calories I feel guilty. Yesterday I ate about 50 kcal over my need for that day, and I thought about an hour if I should go for another walk just to get rid of that surplus.

    Although my goal is to gain some muscle weight (which means I have to have a caloric surplus) I am still in that „eat less!“ mindset. That's an interesting new behavior for me.

    07:49
  6. 2017-09-16
  8. Christian Kruse,

    I ordered the Apple Watch Series 3. While it is a lot of money for a silly watch (the most I spent on watches before the Apple Watch was about 80€ for a G-Shock) I noticed that my Series 0 watch is my most used Apple device over the last three years. I use it every day, mainly for activity tracking during sports and for calorie counting. The fitness marketing totally worked on me. I'm even excited for the new device 😝

    08:28
  9. 2017-09-15
  10. 2017-09-14
    Christian Kruse,

    In reply to http://nullprogram.com/blog/2017/09/07/

    Chris Wellons writes in this article about gap buffers and their performance indications when using multiple-cursors.el. He states that because of the technical implementation of changes in Emacs as gap buffers things like multiple-cursors.el are a performance hit and thus should not be used. Instead one should use search & replace as well as macros.

    I totally disagree. Performance is nothing I should be molested with as a user. When I choose to use a tool I look at the mental overhead it adds. Will it disturb my workflow? How much thought do I have to invest to use it properly? How much thought is necessary to solve my editing problems?

    Macros, for example, add a lot of mental overhead. I have to be aware of many things: I have to ensure that the cursor is at a defined position before executing it (often done with a movement to the beginning of the line), I have to ensure that cursor movements are reproducible in the different contexts, etc, pp. It totally disturbs me in what I am doing right now.

    Search & replace on the other hand add a bit of complexity, but much less than macros. The biggest difference is that I can't see my changes before executing the replace.

    This is fixed when using multiple cursors: I instantly see my changes and can adopt them, e.g. in case of typos. Also more complex edits are possible since all cursor movements are done on all cursors.

    I just don't care about the performance. Make it fast enough that I don't get annoyed by lag, that's good enough for me.

    08:45