About

My name is Matthias Friedrich and I’m a software developer from Karlsruhe, Germany. I build large distributed applications, most of the time in Java. Being a member of the open source community, I’m also the maintainer of python-musicbrainz2 and libdiscid, both sub-projects of MusicBrainz.

This blog covers technical topics that I consider interesting enough to learn and write about. The typical scope ranges from scripting hacks up to software engineering or computer science topics. Most of the time I write HOWTO-style articles mixed with reviews of useful tools, software engineering best practices, and occasionally opinions on various subjects. I try to keep meta blogging low and concentrate on original, hopefully useful content.

To get in contact with me send mail to matt at mafr.de.

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