bwi

Senior software architect working with .NET and Angular | Founder COCOAR

Vienna Joined on Nov 26, 2019 https://cocoar.dev

Education

B.Sc. Computer Science (in progress) – FernUniversität in Hagen

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He/Him

Work

Senior Software Architect & Founder of COCOAR – Code Connected Architecture

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bwi

Jan 30

Configuration Needs Semantics

#discuss #architecture #devops #softwareengineering

4 min read

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Jan 28

Indeterminate Is Not a Value

#frontend #html #ui #ux

6 min read

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Jan 28

Why Checkboxes Are Not as Simple as They Seem

#frontend #html #ui #ux

6 min read

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Jan 22

Frontend – Temporal, APIs, and DateTimePickers That Don't Lie

#api #frontend #javascript #webdev

8 min read

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bwi

Jan 22

PostgreSQL – Storing Time Without Lying to Yourself

#database #postgres #sql #tutorial

6 min read

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Jan 22

.NET in Practice – Modeling Time with NodaTime

#csharp #dotnet #softwareengineering #tutorial

8 min read

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Jan 22

Global Events, Local Events, and Recurring Rules

#architecture #database #programming #systemdesign

6 min read

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Jan 22

Instant vs Local – When UTC Helps and When It Hurts

#architecture #database #softwareengineering #systemdesign

6 min read

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Jan 22

Deadlines Are Hard – Why "Submit by June 5th" Is Broken

#softwareengineering #systemdesign #ux

5 min read

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Jan 22

The 7 Types of Time Every Developer Must Know

7 min read

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Jan 22

Why a Date Is Not a Point in Time

#beginners #programming #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering

4 min read

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Jan 22

Time in Software, Done Right

#programming #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering #tutorial

4 min read

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Jan 8

Memory-Safe Secrets in .NET Configuration

#dotnet #csharp #security #configuration

9 min read

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Nov 2 '25

Secrets in .NET: Why Strings Are Not Safe (and What to Do Instead)

#dotnet #security #architecture #csharp

8 min read

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bwi

Oct 21 '25

Power Patterns: Where Capability Composition Shines

#dotnet #csharp #opensource #architecture

12 min read

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Oct 21 '25

Building with Capabilities: The Core API

#dotnet #csharp #architecture #opensource

12 min read

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Oct 17 '25

Config-Aware Rules in .NET — The Power Feature of Cocoar.Configuration (Part 2)

#architecture #csharp #dotnet

8 min read

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bwi

Oct 14 '25

The Cross-Assembly Metadata Problem in .NET (And How I Solved It)

#dotnet #csharp #architecture #opensource

7 min read

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Oct 13 '25

Reactive, Strongly-Typed Configuration in .NET: Introducing Cocoar.Configuration v3.0

#dotnet #opensource #csharp

4 min read

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COCOAR

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Configuration Needs Semantics

Indeterminate Is Not a Value

Why Checkboxes Are Not as Simple as They Seem

Frontend – Temporal, APIs, and DateTimePickers That Don't Lie

PostgreSQL – Storing Time Without Lying to Yourself

.NET in Practice – Modeling Time with NodaTime

Global Events, Local Events, and Recurring Rules

Instant vs Local – When UTC Helps and When It Hurts

Deadlines Are Hard – Why "Submit by June 5th" Is Broken

The 7 Types of Time Every Developer Must Know

Why a Date Is Not a Point in Time

Time in Software, Done Right

Memory-Safe Secrets in .NET Configuration

Secrets in .NET: Why Strings Are Not Safe (and What to Do Instead)

Power Patterns: Where Capability Composition Shines

Building with Capabilities: The Core API

Config-Aware Rules in .NET — The Power Feature of Cocoar.Configuration (Part 2)

The Cross-Assembly Metadata Problem in .NET (And How I Solved It)

Reactive, Strongly-Typed Configuration in .NET: Introducing Cocoar.Configuration v3.0