Over the weekend, I published a sample repository on Codeberg.1 It proposes treating ISMS documentation like code. The concrete example is an ISO 27001 risk assessment for organizational assets. The focus is less on the document itself and more on the underlying concept. Everything is written in a universal, text-only format that will still be editable in any editor 50 years from now: Markdown. Read more

On the third DI Day, I am parting ways with Apple’s proprietary Maps app and switching to CoMaps as an alternative.1 After two confirmation prompts, the app was quickly removed from the phone. Screenshot of removing the Apple Maps app on iOS For quite some time, I have been frustrated with Apple, not just in terms of privacy and digital independence. Read more

How many admins does it take to roll out 150 client PCs in one morning? The honest answer for most mid-sized companies: too many. If people are walking from machine to machine with USB sticks, the approach is fundamentally wrong and inefficient. What is missing are clear concepts, monitoring, automation, and scalability. Read more

Second DI Day in the still young year of 2026.1 This time I parted ways with another US-based service: Automattic. Not a Big Tech giant, but still highly relevant on the web. It is the company behind the well-known site builder WordPress and the Gravatar service. Read more