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    <title>Vincent Stollenwerk</title>
    <updated>2026-01-05T21:10:47.005Z</updated>
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    <subtitle>Thoughts on software development and life.</subtitle>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Quick tip: Ignore files in Git without adding them to .gitignore]]></title>
        <id>https://vstollen.me/blog/git-exclude?source=atom.xml</id>
        <link href="https://vstollen.me/blog/git-exclude?source=atom.xml"/>
        <updated>2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[In this short post, I'll talk about .git/info/exclude and how it can be used to ignore files in Git without adding them to .gitignore.]]></summary>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[My Guide to Applying for Junior Software Engineering Roles]]></title>
        <id>https://vstollen.me/blog/junior-sde-applications?source=atom.xml</id>
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        <updated>2024-08-22T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I've thought a lot about job applications. In this post, I explain everything I think about while applying to jobs, ranging from strategic considerations to how I write my resume.]]></summary>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How to Setup Dynamic Metadata and Layouts for MDX Frontmatter]]></title>
        <id>https://vstollen.me/blog/advanced-mdx-layouts?source=atom.xml</id>
        <link href="https://vstollen.me/blog/advanced-mdx-layouts?source=atom.xml"/>
        <updated>2024-07-16T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Frontmatter is a nice way to store metadata in Markdown files, however accessing the metadata using @next/mdx can be tricky. In this post, I explain how you can access the frontmatter from your layouts and generate dynamic metadata from it.]]></summary>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[My SDE Internship Experience at Amazon Web Services (AWS)]]></title>
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        <updated>2023-03-17T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[In this post, I look back at my 5-month internship at Amazon Web Services (AWS). I explain the structure of the internship, reflect on the things that stood out to me and discuss what I've learned.]]></summary>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How to Sync Logseq Between iOS and PC Without iCloud Drive]]></title>
        <id>https://vstollen.me/blog/logseq-ios-sync?source=atom.xml</id>
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        <updated>2022-04-17T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I love using Logseq to take notes. However, the native sync feature is not generally available yet. In this post, I explain how I sync my notes between my PC and my iPad using Git.]]></summary>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Writing Pause, Bachelor Thesis and Future Plans]]></title>
        <id>https://vstollen.me/blog/writing-pause-bachelor-thesis-and-future-plans?source=atom.xml</id>
        <link href="https://vstollen.me/blog/writing-pause-bachelor-thesis-and-future-plans?source=atom.xml"/>
        <updated>2021-11-13T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I haven't posted for a while. In this post, I share a personal update of what I've been up to and what my future plans are.]]></summary>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Using Gmail for My Contact Form Wasn't a Good Idea]]></title>
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        <updated>2021-05-09T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I've implemented the contact form of a friend's website using Gmail's SMTP. However, due to Google's security measures, the SMTP access was blocked after a few weeks. In this post, I explain what went wrong and what I've learned from it.]]></summary>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Setup and Technologies Behind This Website]]></title>
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        <updated>2021-04-22T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[In this article, I provide you with an overview of the technologies I use for this website. This includes Vue.js, Tailwind CSS, Gridsome, Plausible Analytics and Firebase Hosting.]]></summary>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hello World!]]></title>
        <id>https://vstollen.me/blog/hello-world?source=atom.xml</id>
        <link href="https://vstollen.me/blog/hello-world?source=atom.xml"/>
        <updated>2021-04-15T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A short welcome to my visitors and my plans for this website.]]></summary>
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