Author: George Georgovassilis

My Android work profile setup

[2026-06-06] New post on my 2026 setup https://blog.georgovassilis.com/2026/06/06/my-android-phone-setup-2026-edition/ Update January 2025: unfortunately, the Shelter app (and as far as I can tell any equivalent) were removed from the Play Store. I'm using instead Samsung's secure folder, which requires a Samsung account and obviously isn't available on other phones. Shelter is available at the f-droid store, … Continue reading My Android work profile setup →

VLC performance on the Acer Nitro 5

Quick note: under Ubuntu 20.04, VLC's performance can be greatly improved for x264 codecs by changing the default setting: Tools -> Preferences -> All -> input/codecs -> Video codecs -> FFmpeg -> Hardware decoding -> VA-PI video decoder. Note: not "VA-PI video decoder (DRM)" This applies to VLC 3.0.x on Ubuntu 20.04. An annoying side … Continue reading VLC performance on the Acer Nitro 5 →

Team topologies fix the Spotify model

The Spotify model The Spotify model [SPOM] describes an organisational structure which aims at maximising agility through removing friction. The building block of the Spotify model is the squad, a team which is responsible for the entire lifecycle of a product from inception to implementation, operation and retirement. Friction is removed by maximising squad autonomy: … Continue reading Team topologies fix the Spotify model →