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Posts by Nicolas Bouliane
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Posts: 10
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LG TV AirPlay troubleshooting guide
https://nicolasbouliane.com/blog/lg-airplay-issues
Published: June 29, 2026 23:00
I have an LG C5 TV. Great display, dogshit software. AirPlay often stops working mid-stream or won’t connect at all. Both my iPhone and my Macbook try to connect for about 30 seconds, then fail. It seems like the AirPlay service on the TV crashes, and the…
How I fixed my rattling ABUS Gordo lock
https://nicolasbouliane.com/blog/bike-lock-rattle
Published: June 10, 2026 23:00
Last month, thieves tried to steal my bike before a shopkeeper shooed them off. They mangled my bike lock, so I got a new one. This one rattles even louder than the last one. It’s all I can hear on my otherwise whisper-quiet bike. I leave my lock at home…
AI is killing All About Berlin
Published: May 25, 2026 23:00
This is the traffic to All About Berlin, the website that I run since 2017, and live from since 2020. After 7 years of growth, it has lost 70% of its traffic to Google AI Overviews. When you Googled something, you used to get a link to my website. Now you…
Lessons learned from making art
Published: December 26, 2025 23:00
My resolution for 2025 was to make more art, and I had a ton of fun keeping it. I got into took acrylic painting lessons, got into watercolours, made stickers, and sketched more than ever before. Along the way, I have learned a few unexpected life lessons.…
What's new for Berliners in 2026
Published: December 14, 2025 23:00
Every year, on the first of January, prices change and new laws come into effect. Mostly, life gets a little more expensive. And thus, every year, I spend a few days updating All About Berlin’s hundreds of pages and calculators. Same procedure as every…
How to fix `failed to connect to host` with GitHub webhooks
Published: October 13, 2025 23:00
I use webhook and Github webhooks to redeploy All About Berlin when I push new changes. I’m using adnanh/webhook on an Ubuntu 24.04 VPS on DigitalOcean, behind CloudFlare. The problem The webhooks failed with the following message: “We couldn’t deliver…
Improving my resignation letter generator
https://nicolasbouliane.com/blog/resignation-letter-update
Published: August 9, 2025 23:00
Two years ago, I have a released a resignation letter generator. There are a few rules and good practices around how these letters should be written, formatted and delivered. This tool makes helps immigrants write a compliant resignation letter. With help…
Building an insurance case tracker
https://nicolasbouliane.com/blog/insurance-dev-diary
Published: August 5, 2025 23:00
As mentioned previously, we’re building an insurance business from the ground up, starting with a case tracking system. This will allow us to follow a customer’s journey from the moment the email us until they are covered. Why start with a case tracker? We…
I guess I'm an insurance salesman now
https://nicolasbouliane.com/blog/health-insurance
Published: August 3, 2025 23:00
I am on a train to Frankfurt to meet Seamus, the insurance broker I work with. We are building a health insurance business from the ground up, and I have mixed feelings about it. I could wax poetic about our goal of simplifying health insurance for…
The Greater Bad-ass
https://nicolasbouliane.com/blog/greater-badass
Published: April 11, 2025 23:00
My motorcycle slips on a patch of mud, the front wheel goes from under me, I hit the ground hard, parts go flying, I get the wind knocked out of me. I catch my breath then prop the bike back up. I hammer my right pannier back into shape with a rock, secure…