Francesco Schwarz

Screenshot of a run with its stats and the polyline in the background.

Screenshot of a run with its stats and the polyline in the background.

Screenshot of a run with its stats and the polyline in the background.

When syncing activities to Strava, I now persist Strava’s map polyline on my website and subtly showcase it beneath the activity stats. Examples:
isellsoap.net/activities/2...
isellsoap.net/activities/2...
isellsoap.net/activities/2...

Screenshot of a run with its stats and the polyline in the background.

Screenshot of a run with its stats and the polyline in the background.

Screenshot of a run with its stats and the polyline in the background.

When syncing activities to Strava, I now persist Strava’s map polyline on my website and subtly showcase it beneath the activity stats. Examples:
https://isellsoap.net/activities/2026-02-15-14-30-02/ […] https://isellsoap.net/notes/2026-03-02-17-34-43/

It feels oh so good to lift my reading and watching lists out of the darkness of some todo lists on my phone to where they belong: upfront on my website. 🥰
https://isellsoap.net/media/books/anticipated/
https://isellsoap.net/media/movies/anticipated/
https://isellsoap.net/media/shows/anticipated/

Since I implemented iOS shortcut flows to post content to my website, I do it more regularly and more often than ever. One thing I noticed: writing alt text for photos is a lesson in empathy and mindfulness. What are the details that matter? How would you describe this to another mind? I dig it.

Massive code diff.

LGTM

Massive code diff.

LGTM

Trying to add a yearly archive to the media section on my website turned into a moment to pause. Thinking about an upper bound regex for years and guessing how long I will actually live on this planet. 😮

Something like that? `^(?:19(?:8[7-9]|9\d)|20\d\d)$` (very optimistic) 😀

Screenshot of recently watched movies and shows. Teaser row with the movie/show posters.

Screenshot of chronological order of teasers on my website and how shows and movies appear in it.

Added shows I’m watching to my website: isellsoap.net/media/shows/ Interesting data model challenge, merging it with how I deal with books and movies, and how to display them in the main teasers view.

Screenshot of recently watched movies and shows. Teaser row with the movie/show posters.

Screenshot of chronological order of teasers on my website and how shows and movies appear in it.

Added shows I’m watching to my website: https://isellsoap.net/media/shows/ Interesting data model challenge, merging it with how I deal with books and movies, and how to display them in the main teasers view.

Basic version of my “media” page is up and running: https://isellsoap.net/media/ Features books and links I’ve read and movies I’ve watched recently.

A couple of days ago I read “Kafka: Die frühen Jahre” by Reiner Stach. Here are my thoughts: isellsoap.net/media/books/...

Graph showing a high VO2max of around 55 value up until mid of September. After the fracture, it dropped to around 40. Now back to around 44.

Screenshot of my recovering cardio fitness (VO2max) after the metatarsal fracture. Slow but steady.

Visualizing Strava data https://github.com/marcusvolz/strava by Marcus Volz. How cool is that?!

Just heard about the death of Catherine O’Hara. Loved here bits in the “I Like Me” documentary about John Candy. RIP.

Linking to one’s Bluesky profile on your GitLab profile page, only the user’s DID is allowed to enter. Odd. Or cool? 🤷‍♂️

Wow!

Impressive shot.

Firefox.

Sounds more like a “pay hint”.

Stunning!

Thanks!

Did a silent relaunch of my website a few days ago. Feels empowering. 😀

I’m pretty late to the party, but autoloading classes in PHP with Composer is pretty sweet. 😍

Bone conduction headphones. From a security and ergonomics perspective by far one of the best things I discovered in recent years.

Strange shape-outside behavior and how I fixed it.

Nope.

The “nice” thing about a metatarsal fracture and having to pause running for 3,5 months is this: you can fall in love with it again and anew. At least that’s what I felt today. 🤫

Over the holidays, I digitized many old photos from the 90s, with correct timestamps and location data.


It’s nice to reminisce about old memories and share the photos with old friends & family.

Das ist alles auf ChatGPT & Co. zurückzuführen?

Impressive six pack.