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Ingmar Sturm

Survey methodology, data quality and research tooling. Site and consulting: ingmarsturm.com.

Projects

Project What it is
irisfiles Privacy-first file converter that runs entirely in the browser: no uploads, no servers. Live at irisfiles.com
fbsamplR R package that connects the Facebook Marketing API and Qualtrics for quota-based survey sampling
umlaut-helper macOS helper that turns Caps Lock into a modifier for typing German umlauts

Community Dev Guides

I also build community-driven developer guides from real practitioner data. Each guide aggregates benchmarks, gotchas and tested solutions from high-engagement Reddit and StackOverflow threads.

Guide Topic Data Points
48GB VRAM LLM Playbook Local LLM model selection, quantization, multi-GPU 38 from 72 users
Entry-Level Dev Survival Guide Job market strategies for 2025-2026 56 from 97 users
AI for Infrastructure as Code LLM adoption for Terraform/CloudFormation 16 from 30 users
DevOps to Platform Engineering Career transition roadmaps 30 from 49 users
Go Modular Monolith Architecture patterns for large Go codebases 7 from 17 users

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    Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes

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  2. irisfiles irisfiles Public

    Privacy-first file converter: 78 tools for images, video, audio, documents, and more. No uploads, runs in browser.

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  3. go-modular-monolith-guide go-modular-monolith-guide Public archive

    Go modular monolith architecture guide: real patterns, pitfalls, and project structures from production Go codebases.

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  4. fbsamplR fbsamplR Public archive

    An R package to facilitate quota sampling using Qualtrics and Facebook ads.

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    Native macOS screen region OCR tool using Apple Vision framework

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    Interactive R Shiny app for retirement portfolio Monte Carlo simulation with C++ backend

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