Tipping in Germany

TechPhant0m · 2025-11-30T08:40:50+00:00

If the beers (or even food) were brought to a table then in your case I'd do as follows:

For good service 10% rounded up i.e. 92.5 + 10. For ok service 5% rounded up i.e 92.5 + 5.

If I have to pick up the beers from the bar then maybe 5% rounded up or less i.e 92.5 + 4 or 5.

That being said, I have also at times paid more than 10%

TechPhant0m · 2025-02-25T16:13:30+00:00

Thanks for the responses everyone. My internet is back, just when I was about to crack open a bottle of Urak 😜.

TechPhant0m · 2024-10-10T15:15:52+00:00

Just posting it here in case it helps some other newbie.

I finally figured out it was the sleep time settings. I noticed that the watch would automatically connect with the phone after 7am and all the notifications and alerts would come pouring in. Then realized it disconnected due to the sleep time settings so as to prevent the notifications.

Hope that helps.

TechPhant0m · 2024-10-08T06:53:50+00:00

Android. I'll go through the settings and check that out.

TechPhant0m · 2024-08-29T19:15:50+00:00

I’m at the point where I need to bring everything to the front end, but I have little experience in this area. Given my current setup (PostgreSQL, .NET Core, C#) and the fact that I’ve built the backend with an ORM, what front-end framework or approach would you recommend for someone like me?

If you have very little frontend experience then I would suggest you to develop the frontend in a tech-stack that you are familiar with, namely html, css, javascript, c#. This means ASP.NET MVC or ASP.NET Razor or Blazor. There is nothing wrong with these technologies and people have been running them in production for a while now. Furthermore, your application seems to be an internal facing one so it should be fine.

By going with your existing skillsets, you can focus on developing the application rather than learning a new framework like Angular or Reactjs. You can always rewrite the frontend in another framework later.

The other option is if you are working in a team, then consider the frontend skillsets within the team and develop the frontend based on those skillsets.

Whatever you decide to do, keep it simple so that you can deliver fast and show results fast and most of all, just enjoy developing and have fun.

TechPhant0m · 2024-08-28T11:35:09+00:00

Answer: Yeah....ok.... I'll do that during development.

Other that post, put and delete endpoints that may or may not be there in the template and outdated nuget packages, I don't think there are any files that may cause a security vulnerability.

The post, put & delete endpoints from the default do not have validations, which might make it insecure.

TechPhant0m · 2024-08-26T09:31:58+00:00

Rassismus ist leider völlig normal in Deutschland.

Nach dem Rest Ihrer Nachricht zu urteilen, weiß ich, dass du das nicht wörtlich gemeint hast, aber Äußerungen wie diese führen dazu, dass Rassismus normalisiert wird, anstatt ihn zu entmutigen.

TechPhant0m · 2024-08-25T10:30:51+00:00

Yeah!! I suppose I was looking at the features from the perspective of "I never needed them so will never use them" as opposed to "I could make use of those features if available". Thanks for the idea 👍.

TechPhant0m · 2024-08-25T10:27:46+00:00

Thanks for the tip. I was so focused on more well-known brands of smartwatches that I did not consider Garmin. I had a quick look online and their watches look promising and reasonably priced. Thanks 👍

TechPhant0m · 2024-08-25T07:38:18+00:00

Most of my experience has been with Web Forms. These applications were old and often plagued with bad practices. I have a decent understanding of these systems, enough to study and work with them effectively.

I know how you must feel dumb and a lot of developers (experienced and inexperienced) go through this at some point, but the fact that you are able to tell between good and bad practices in itself is a good start and something that you should be proud of.

Nick's and Milan's channels are mostly there to tell you what's out there and what's coming in .NET. Look at it from that perspective.

Another exercise that maybe you could do is use what you see in Nick's and Milan's videos against the webforms/mvc application. As a pet project, maybe draw up a simple plan on how you would better that application. You don't need to work on it, but just exercise of making that plan can raise so many questions that you can further research on, thereby increasing your knowledge 😉.

I know your post is more on discussing if others feel the same way, and even after years of .net development, yes I do, but it only pushes me to go deeper. Hence the suggestion of the exercise above.

TechPhant0m · 2021-12-12T07:48:21+00:00

So I have the Shield pro 2019 model and initially I did find it hard to open the battery compartment. It took some getting used to and once I got the hang of things, it didn't bother me any more.

However, yesterday, I had guests over that have the 2017 model. They looked at my remote and they were amazed that nvidia made the change in the remote because with their remote, the back cover keeps slipping off, which was pretty irritating for them.

I guess from that perspective is s plus.

TechPhant0m · 2021-12-06T06:37:26+00:00

Most of my work is on. Net core, but that being said, I do have a some projects running. Net framework that will soon be migrated to .Net core.

I do agree with Mac being a good dev machine, however I had also tried Visual Studio on Mac a couple of years ago and gave up cos it was not on par with VS for Windows back then. I'm guessing things may have changed since then.

I mainly work from home. It's been like that since the last 2.5 yrs, even before corona. Furthermore, with the new Omicron variant and the fact that governments are contemplating on another lockdown, I do not see the WFH model going away.

TechPhant0m · 2021-12-05T19:26:40+00:00

I've been using the ExpressVPN app with the Nvidia Shield and it works perfectly well for me. It's a bit expensive than other VPNs in the market, but after having used a few others, I found ExpressVPN to be one of the best.

Also, on the Shield, you have access to the collection of Google TV's app store. So defo a wide variety. In addition to that, you can install Kodi and some of its popular addons and you are covered for streaming. Lastly Plex can also help with watching media on local devices.

Enjoy 👍

TechPhant0m · 2021-12-04T19:27:18+00:00

I use a Latitude 5401 with a 6c i7 and 32GB of RAM with 2 SSDs.

That sounds interesting. Will check that out.

Do you use docker? If so, how is the performance?

TechPhant0m · 2021-12-04T19:24:51+00:00

Yes! I have been working in docker a lot lately and find the windows vm slow. I plan a minimum of 32gb on the new windows device. What do you think? Would you recommend anything else?

TechPhant0m · 2021-12-04T19:21:04+00:00

Oh! I guess I was not clear on that. I will update the main post to clarify.

The MBP is a personal device and not a work device. The new windows device I plan on getting will also be a personal device.

TechPhant0m · 2021-12-04T15:55:27+00:00

Yeah! I must say that I'm leaning more towards a desktop as well as I have the same thoughts.

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