Making websites and taking photos on the side. https://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3lt5ov4ug7k2d@munichmakerlab.bsky.social Hi! I’m in the process of moving, and have some spare Prusa MK3+ parts (motors, cables, Y axis guide rails, etc.) Would you all be interested in taking them? If not they‘ll probably go to the Wertstoffhof. Ciao!04 Jul 2025 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt5ov4ug7k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3labfuy2dv62tAmericans opened up a history book to 1930‘s germany and said I’ll have one of those thanks06 Nov 2024 09:15 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3labfuy2dv62thttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3l7qblh4ayk2aI think I’d be less anti-AI if it was still just called machine learning30 Oct 2024 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7qblh4ayk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3l76nnzvlgr23Has anyone gone from front end development into something cool like writing software for rockets?23 Oct 2024 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3l76nnzvlgr23https://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3l5o5z6c6f326me: ready to maybe do my first solo flight earth: here’s some rain every day for several weeks04 Oct 2024 06:43 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3l5o5z6c6f326https://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3l4dqvrmhjn23I can’t say I really feel like an elder, but I’ll take it17 Sep 2024 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4dqvrmhjn23https://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3l3ffx3mayu2xNo one tells you how much superglue you’ll use when you have a kid05 Sep 2024 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3ffx3mayu2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3kzkcpl676d24That feeling when according to the syllabus you could have your first solo flight in three more missions, but then the CFI tells you you need 100 landings to do a solo flight, but you’re only at 45 😭12 Aug 2024 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3kzkcpl676d24https://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3kwpj6zk2r72rETOOMANYELECTIONS07 Jul 2024 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3kwpj6zk2r72rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3kweudtydk62hFlight training progress during my sabbatical: Monday: sick Tuesday: recovering Wednesday: IFR weather Here’s hoping Thursday and Friday are better 🥲03 Jul 2024 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3kweudtydk62hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3kwa2nxymdw2cfederal background check: check flight log: check knee board: check plane reservation app login: check medical exam: check headphones: check theoretical test: practical test:01 Jul 2024 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3kwa2nxymdw2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3kvcejykku324federal background check: check flight log: check knee board: check plane reservation app login: check medical exam: scheduled headphones: almost theoretical test: practical test:19 Jun 2024 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3kvcejykku324https://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3ktb6sy37c22vFinally got my background check for flying (Zuverlassungsüberprüfung), so now I just have to wait for the invite to the scheduling platform and my flight book and I can finally start flying in a real plane24 May 2024 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3ktb6sy37c22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3ko4nmucvne2hI’m pretty sure I’m learning just as much about flying from @kyracloudy.bsky.social as I am from my textbooks20 Mar 2024 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3ko4nmucvne2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3kmzur3ozoc2hI don’t think I’ve ever regretted investing in the kitchen. Small things like a timer (with three concurrent timers!) or mise en place dishes, medium things like a carbon steel pan, or large things like an induction cooktop all increase the joy of cooking06 Mar 2024 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmzur3ozoc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3kkbfzwr2tz24The cool thing about being a bluesky user in europe is that all the bugs appear and are fixed while I’m sleeping31 Jan 2024 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkbfzwr2tz24https://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3khzoxhy6cb2jMy new favorite activity is traveling to the erotic video rental shop to pick up a package UPS couldn’t deliver because I wasn’t home (I work from home)02 Jan 2024 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3khzoxhy6cb2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3khykpt2ddh25Had an idea for a story where everyone on earth disappears as the new year rolls in and the clock hits midnight. People in the west slowly discover that people are disappearing thanks to the internet, and by the time it hits the US, people are saying goodbye. Only the 3 people on the ISS survive02 Jan 2024 10:43 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3khykpt2ddh25https://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3kgj5sdkst72qIn germany it’s physically impossible for ups to find your address. Just can’t do it14 Dec 2023 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgj5sdkst72qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3kgg5p2k5jl23has npm link ever worked?13 Dec 2023 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgg5p2k5jl23https://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3kgdni435uj2iGerman dentists are nicer than American dentists by far12 Dec 2023 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgdni435uj2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3kfeaedrql72gThere’s something magical about working with ASTs. I normally don’t need to use them, but when I do my power feels limitless29 Nov 2023 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfeaedrql72ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3ke5bzpj6ec2fReally good UX on GitHub when creating a PR with lots of changed files and the inputs slow to a crawl. 11/10 great job!14 Nov 2023 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3ke5bzpj6ec2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3ke2eshw6n22lOfficially a part of the mushrooms, on shiitake no less, probably my favorite mushroom! https://plc.directory/did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l13 Nov 2023 06:22 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3ke2eshw6n22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3k6xml2xr6y2fHi I wrote about my struggle to use variable fonts on macOS with SwiftUI and how I got it to work. Maybe you’ll find it useful, too. https://mike-engel.com/writing/variable-fonts-on-macos-with-swiftui/09 Sep 2023 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6xml2xr6y2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mike-engel.com/post/3k5l5h4au2h2pWrote my first rust macro today 🥹22 Aug 2023 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:teylofhmvmb2zdn5ixeb267l/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5l5h4au2h2p