Lukas Klement

Automation testing is key in Software Development. I wrote a brief tutorial on how to produce Code Coverage reports with @angular & @Cypress_io as part of your #CI pipeline @lukas.klement/implementing-code-coverage-with-angular-and-cypress-6ed08ed7e617" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@lukas.klement…

Donald J. #Trump prende di mira #PapaLeone XIV. E cosi tradisce un disagio profondo. Quando il potere politico si accanisce contro una voce morale, è perché non riesce a contenerla. Trump non discute Leone: lo implora di rientrare in un linguaggio che possa dominare. Ma il Papa parla un’altra lingua, che non si lascia ridurre alla grammatica della forza, della sicurezza, dell’interesse nazionale. In questo senso, l’attacco è una dichiarazione di impotenza. Non potendo assimilare quella voce, il potere tenta di delegittimarla. Ma così facendo ne riconosce implicitamente il peso. Se Leone fosse irrilevante, non meriterebbe una parola. Invece viene chiamato in causa, nominato, combattuto: segno che la sua parola incide. È qui che emerge la forza morale della Chiesa. Non come contro-potere, ma come spazio in cui il potere viene giudicato da un criterio che non controlla. Leone non risponde sul terreno della polemica, e proprio per questo resta fuori dalla presa. È libero. E quella libertà, disarmata e disarmante , è forse ciò che più inquieta. E, nello stesso tempo, ciò che più conta.

@thealepalombo @PuttanaADiavolo Not in the Milan category, Milan is one of the best connected cities in Europe (for European connections only).

@PuttanaADiavolo Absolutely, in many cases that’s the goal

If you are thinking of moving to Italy, there are two main approaches: Milan and "something else". In Milan, you'll network and have proximity to action. Everything else means choosing a great lifestyle but a more insulated one. The vast majority of the population doesn't speak fluent English. Each city has its own zeitgeist. Padova looks and feels like a different country from Palermo. It makes sense to set up the requirements (international school options for kids, etc.) and reverse-engineer the solution. Perhaps spending a few weeks trying one or more options is the safest bet. You have plenty of options: Turin, Padova, Bergamo, Mantova, Lecce, and many others. It largely depends on personal choices. Has anyone recently moved to Italy? Any firsthand experience or tips to share?

@FalkTG Abschaffung des Mitbestimmungsrechts von Betriebsräten in unternehmerischen Entscheidungen.

Nenne deine wichtigste Forderung und ich werde sie versuchen zu Challengen. Sie so präzise wie möglich.

Anthropic employs world-class engineers who could build an HR system in weeks. They use Workday anyway. The reason tells you exactly where enterprise SaaS is headed. Building HR software requires knowing labor law across 50 states and 100+ countries. Payroll tax compliance changes quarterly. Healthcare benefit structures shift annually. One classification error creates seven-figure liability. No engineering team wants to own that surface area. The maintenance burden compounds forever while delivering zero competitive advantage. This is why enterprise SaaS moats actually strengthen with AI. The value was never “we built software you couldn’t.” The value was always “we absorb compliance risk and regulatory complexity you don’t want.” AI makes custom software cheaper to build. It doesn’t make compliance cheaper to own. Workday’s real product is liability absorption, and that product just got more valuable as build-vs-buy calculations everywhere else shift. The companies getting disrupted are the ones selling capability. The ones selling risk transfer are about to have their best decade.

@RalfCrossbow @miriam_vollmer Das ist Blödsinn; kreative Arbeiten nein, aber in jeder Position gibt es Zeiten bei der lineare Arbeiten notwendig sind. Hier können es bei Zeiten gut und gerne weit mehr Stunden sein.

@miriam_vollmer Mehr als 10 Stunden am Tag kann kein Mensch qualitativ hochwertige Arbeit leisten. Zumindest nicht dauerhaft. Und da AGs offensichtlich zu blöd sind, das einzusehen, braucht es das Gesetz. Würde ich mir insbesondere auch für Ärzte wünschen.

Dass es ein ArbZG gibt, leuchtet mir schon ein, aber die Regeln zur täglichen Höchstarbeitszeit und zu Pausen werden doch schon heute nicht gelebt. Zumindest eine Anpassung an konsensuale Realitäten sollte doch drin sein. Und eine Beschränkung auf Schutzbedürftige

Introducing Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work. Cowork lets you complete non-technical tasks much like how developers use Claude Code.

Many people misunderstand Germany's economy. It isn't based upon 7 flashy companies boasting massive market caps, but instead in mid-size companies that produce specific products to keep the world running. Germany has over 3 times more hidden champions than America!

Die Zustimmung zum Mercosur-Abkommen ist von zentraler Bedeutung für eine glaubwürdige Handelspolitik der Europäischen Union in dieser Welt. Jetzt ist die Zeit, zu einer Entscheidung zu kommen.

Our Flag. The Flag of Freedom. #EU

Putin richtet seinen Blick auf EU & NATO. Unsere Nachrichtendienste sagen uns eindringlich: Mindestens schafft sich Russland die Option auf einen Krieg gegen die NATO bis spätestens 2029. Wir müssen gemeinsam mit unseren Partnern und Alliierten Russland abschrecken. @AussenMinDE

Apple and Google are not saying it of course, but yes, interoperability between iOS Airdrop and Android Quick Share is the result of the European Union's DMA regulation. Thank you EU 🇪🇺

This is not a peace plan for Ukraine virgin.com/branson-family…

@KDimitratos @manas_mody @vrexec Same in Italy, you always refer to take-home pay including public health insurance. Germany is different, there it’s before taxes but after employer taxes and half of health insurance.

@manas_mody @vrexec No idea. I just learned about Greece vs the U.S. from colleagues that worked in both

It’s that time again… let’s compare what $300K pay in the US actually gets you versus €200K in Europe.. say The Netherlands. You’re self-employed, family of four living comfortably but not extravagantly. Start with Europe.. You earn €200K. The first €77K is taxed at 37% and everything above that at about 50%.. but these rates include national insurance and social security. Assume only modest self-employment deductions and your total tax bill lands around €90K, leaving roughly €110K before health insurance. Coverage for the whole family costs about €3,600 a year because kids are free until 18 and there are practically no deductible (minuscule.. like a few hundred bucks) or out of pocket costs. Then add childcare allowances and deductions which range from €3-10K depending on situation. So let’s go with €115K true take-home. If you own a home, property taxes are rounding errors.. maybe €600–2,000 a year. Then there’s education… Article 23 of the Dutch Constitution enshrines schooling as a guaranteed right, with the government funding both public and “special” private schools.. meaning options like Montessori, Dalton, Waldorf, or religious schools are tuition-free (beyond tiny voluntary fees). Now let’s go to the US, say NYC metro suburbs… You make $300K. After the standard deduction, your taxable income is about $270K. Your federal income tax is an effective rate of ~16%. Add ~5% state income tax and ~$26K net self-employment tax (after the 50% deduction), and $25K in property tax on your house… and your total tax load is about $115K… or a ~38% effective rate. That leaves you with about $185K. Much higher than Europe, right? But now subtract $35K for private family health insurance (premiums plus OOP) and your take-home is now $150K. Maybe there’s a couple K of child credits so $152K. OK now what about baseline incremental lifestyle costs in the US vs EU? The average US household owns 2 cars and spends $10-20K a year on ownership, insurance, gas, and maintenance which is unavoidable in US suburban and even sometimes urban life. A Dutch family might manage with one small car plus bikes and trains for €2-5K. Scale the. compounds the lifestyle delta. The typical American home is almost 2,500sf which is almost 2x the Dutch average of ~1,250.. that’s more square and cubic footage to heat, cool, insure, repair, and fill with stuff. So call it another $5–10K in utilities, furnishings, and upkeep that most European families avoid via cultural differences that value compact intimacy and efficiency vs individualistic spatial grandeur. Then the education gap widens it yet again. In the NYC area and most top cities, those same options that are free in the NL will be private and cost $20–50K per kid, every single year. Even if you stay in public school, property taxes effectively act as tuition. So even with a ~50% higher gross in the US and much lower headline tax rates… the real disposable advantage shrinks to roughly 20–25%… and actually disappears entirely once healthcare, property taxes, car dependency, and the overhead of sprawling spaces are factored in. Depending on your situation, your take-home pay could actually be lower than the equivalent in Europe even with a much higher income. I talk about this stuff not as some kind of champion of Europe but as a deeply patriotic American who wants to spread this knowledge so that we can do much better at home.

Unless something dramatic changes, our calculations suggest that Vladimir Putin will be unable to win the war on the battlefield. The fact that he nevertheless continues to try suggests that he is out of ideas economist.com/interactive/eu…

@mamboitaliano__ That’s a pretty normal rent in central areas of Milan now, Moscova and Brera are more expensive, Porta Nuova (where Bosco Verticale is) slightly cheaper. €4-5k/month in Milan are upper middle-class rents in Milan.

The “Vertical Forest” One of the most iconic buildings in the heart of Milan, Italy 🇮🇹 It’s just over ten years old and costs at least $5,000 a month to live in, plus the “flying gardeners” Would you live there? Me? Never…

@thealepalombo It‘s very easy to settle in Milan. Great lifestyle, amazing connectivity (train, airports), great surroundings (Piemonte is 1h drive!). The city is relatively clean (compared with Amsterdam and Berlin), facilities for young families are great. The aperitivo culture is unrivalled.

Milan: If someone wants to relocate to Italy, would you recommend relocating to Milan specifically? Is Milan a good city to live in? Share your (positive and negative) experience

"French pensioners now have higher incomes than working-age adults" - extraordinary By @jburnmurdoch

@peteVII @thealepalombo I moved to Milan last year with my family. May it be that this buearaucracy arguments are dated? I found the system to be superb, everything is digitised and super easy to use. Moving from Germany, the contrast could not be greater.

@thealepalombo Milan is underrated. It has a reputation for being “busy” yet still has so much more street life and stroll-able lanes than US cities. We’re planning a year abroad at an International school with my son and it’s a contender.

Milan is the new London. The roaring London of the '90s, with more sunlight. Let's see if this brings back a growth mindset in Italy: - over 100k+ repatriates, with the 50% + tax exemption (mainly in Milan) - 4k+ applied for the €200K/year flat tax in the first half of '24 only - unparalleled lifestyle Portofino is in 2 hours. Lake Garda is just ninety minutes away. You can be skiing in Courmayeur beneath Mont Blanc in two and a half hours. Florence? Just 1.45 hours by train. We are back.

Taiwan makes over 60% of the world’s semiconductors and over 90% of the highest-end chips. The US makes only 12%. Yet the US dominates value-add in the semiconductor industry (38%) compared with Taiwan (11%) largely due to chip design. This is old news to many of you. But it’s worth coming back to whenever there’s a discussion about manufacturing and industrial policy as a strategy for development. This chart comes from the BCG/SIA May 2024 report on semiconductor supply chain resilience: semiconductors.org/emerging-resil…

@ami1_ @ravenseldonxyz @thealepalombo As to the tech scene in Torino, I have no insights unfortunately; I know the region just from weekend trips.

I'm European. I recently visited San Francisco and what I saw left me stunned. Spent my whole life hearing about this city like it was mythical. But the reality there is...complicated. Here's the raw truth about San Francisco in 2025: (An Italian’s perspective)