Karl Bartel's Website
I'm a Software developer in Berlin, Germany. I like free software, open data and keeping things simple.
Contact me via email[1] or find me on GitHub[2], Mastodon[3], LinkedIn[4]. Subscribe to the Atom feed[5] to get all new posts on this site.
Blog Posts
Projects
Active Projects
- WikDict.com[1]: Free bilingual dictionaries based on Wiktionary.org
- blog.sh[2]: The minimalistic blog engine running this site
- smu[3]: Sane, minimal markdown-like markup (fork)
- dotfiles[4]: Basic configuration I use across computers
- sqlean python package[5]: Install SQLite extensions from PyPI
Old Projects
- Land Rush[6]: Multi-player auction game
- Nuclear Chess[7]: Chess variant with AI, playable in the browser
- Do Again List[8]: A self sorting list of things you want to do somewhat regularly
- Lots of games[9], some cross-platform games and some games for the obsolete Sharp Zaurus and Agenda VR3 mobile devices.
- SFont[10], a very simple font library supporting fancy bitmap fonts (with colors and alpha channel) and basic kerning. Has been successfully used in dozens of projects by other people.
Experiments
- Litespread[11]: Adding a basic spreadsheet UI to SQLite, also nice for handling CSVs
- iprefer.to[12]: Rating site that uses comparisons instead of star ratings
- TrackMyOwe.com[13]: Track and settle owes online
Reachable via Gemini Protocol
- gmi.karl.berlin[14]: This site
- gmi.WikDict.com[15]: Free bilingual dictionaries based on Wiktionary.org