Cristian Livadaru's Blog

My personal view on things

Perfect Sunday?

It’s a warm and windy day, not the bad Vienna kind of windy day where the wind will rip your head off, it’s a slight breeze, not cold but stilling cooling and refreshing from the suns heat.Everything is silent, the streets are almost deserted, much more so then usually on Sundays. This is perfect for riding the bike to the playground, something I have wanted to do for a long time. Riding the bike with the kids. I kept finding excuses, too busy, too tired, the little one doesn’t ride a bike yet, too late to buy a child seat for the little one…


Dear Austrian Bookstores, we need to talk!

Trying to do the right thing and buy local, avoiding big corporations isn’t as easy as you think. I noticed this trying to buy some books locally.

Simple Burger Buns

Austria isn’t a burger country, of course, you find places where you can eat burgers but can’t find good buns you could buy if you want burgers. So the only solution is to make it yourself.

The reopening of playgrounds

Having kids during this Corona pandemic is a completely different challenge. I won’t get into this, parents will understand what I’m talking about.But now things are starting to open up again. Is it good? Is it bad? We’ll have to wait and see.

Assets missing in Rails Docker container

So you’ve deployed your new shiny rails app as a fancy docker container in production … but what’s that? Where the f* are all the assets?

Why we love Málaga

My wife and I have been traveling to Málaga since 2007. There are so many memories we made and so many more to be made, so many adventures and short mini-trips to so many places in and around Andalusia, Málaga will always have a special spot in our hearts.

Building toys with raspberry PI

Trying to come up with something useful build on a raspberry to teach my daughter about tech and coding.

I don't like running

When kids tell you the honest unfiltered truth

What's the hurry

always on the run, always trying to be faster, loose less time, run, speed, don’t stop. But why?

How to talk german in Austria

If you are learning german with the intent to come to Austria, be prepared for a little surprise …