Oliver Kurmis

Some tools I like to use

Software development

Linux Mint | PhpStorm | PHPUnit | Git | New Relic | Sentry | Laravel | Laravel Vapor | AWS | MariaDB | MySQL | Redis | Node.js | Cypress | Docker | Docker Compose | GitLab | GitHub

Tools and services to build my homepage

• GitHub Pages
• Static website made with Jekyll
• Cloudflare as CDN and TLS termination
• Photo gallery made with thumbsup
• Online Markdown editor for GitHub: prose.io

More useful links for web development

• urlscan.io: Website inspector
• webhook.site: instantly get a unique, random URL that you can use to test and debug Webhooks and HTTP requests
• Stack on a budget: Free Tier Driven Development FTDD
• Pingdom Website Speed Test
• UptimeRobot: Website uptime monitoring with free tier
• SSL Server Test: deep analysis of the configuration of any SSL/TLS web server on the public Internet
• The Joel Test to check the maturity of the software development process

Some YouTube channels I follow

• The 8-Bit Guy: retro technology from the 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s
• LGR: Classic computer gaming, Oddware, thrifting, Tech Tales, Sims, etc
• CPU Galaxy: vintage cpus, computer hardware and interesting old electronic stuff
• Coder’s Tape: Laravel / PHP tutorials
• Laravel Daily : Daily tips and tricks for Laravel and PHP
• Laravel Podcast: Laravel and PHP development news and discussion
• Continuous Delivery by Dave Farley: Explores ideas that help to produce Better Software Faster: Continuous Delivery, DevOps, TDD and Software Engineering
• ExplainingComputers: weekly computing videos
• 3Blue1Brown: some combination of math and entertainment
• Tom Scott: funny british guy with interesting videos

German channels:

• Prof. Dr. Christian Rieck: jede Woche eine spieltheoretische Analyse
• Meister Jambo: alte Radios, Fernseher und mehr

Password checking

• Password Strength Test in the browser: rumkin.com/tools/password/passchk.php
• Interactive brute force search space calculator: grc.com/haystack.htm
• Check against previously exposed in data breaches: haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords

Classic Operation Systems to try in the web browser

• Amiga Workbench Simulator: taws.ch/WB.html
• Windows 1.0: www.pcjs.org/software/pcx86/sys/windows/1.01/
• Windows 3.1: classicreload.com/win3x-windows-31.html
• Windows 3.1 with CD-ROM: www.pcjs.org/blog/2019/05/31
• Windows 95: https://www.pcjs.org/blog/2015/09/21/
• faked Windows XP desktop: winxp.now.sh
• Mac System 7: archive.org/details/mac_MacOS_7.0.1_compilation
• Atari ST running TOS 1.0: jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/atari-st/

More fun in the browser

• EmuOS, emulator-focused Win9X desktop: emupedia.net/beta/emuos
• Windows 93, a “fictional version of Windows”: www.windows93.net
• 98.js, a web based Windows 98 desktop remake 98.js.org

Misc

• Free classical art: artvee.com
• High resolution photos mainly from the Alps foto-webcam.eu