Hi there!


You have found my personal website.

I am Sebastian Schöner, and you are most likely here because you enjoy programming as well.

Choose your adventure:


  • Simple vs. easy

    A common theme in my circles is that of complexity, and that the code that powers software shall be “simple.” I share the general sentiment. This topic has recently become very personal again as I found myself debugging a failure on Windows running in Wine inside a Linux docker container... [Read More]
  • Running out of memory

    I have recently spent a good bit of time with code running inside a (Windows, for now) docker container that would really benefit from knowing how much more memory it can allocate. This question turned out to be more difficult than I thought it would be! This article is partially... [Read More]
  • 100 days of piano practice

    For the last 100 days, I have been practicing the piano! Well, not quite: For the last 107 days, I have been practicing the piano, and I missed seven days due to sickness or sheer exhaustion. But that’s a good opportunity to reflect! [Read More]