Latest articles by Lukas Hermannhttps://lukashermann.dev/en-us© 2025 Lukas HermannWed, 20 Aug 2025 10:52:09 GMTAstro -- astro.buildhttps://lukashermann.dev/lukashermann-meta-2.jpghttps://lukashermann.dev/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/2-how-to-collect-money-without-accidentally-summoning-a-tax-inspector/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/2-how-to-collect-money-without-accidentally-summoning-a-tax-inspector/A German solopreneur's guide to collecting payments without tax headaches. From PayPal to Paddle, and what to do when inspectors visit.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/404-error-page-and-redirect-with-nuxt/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/404-error-page-and-redirect-with-nuxt/How to create a custom 404 Error Page with Nuxt and perform 404 redirects from other pages programmaticallyhttps://lukashermann.dev/writing/advantages-of-b2b-saas/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/advantages-of-b2b-saas/Discover the hidden advantages of B2B SaaS from a successful founder. Learn why businesses are great clients, how to thrive without a sales team, and the challenges of marketing in niche markets.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/bootstrapped-b2b-saas-ama/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/bootstrapped-b2b-saas-ama/Discover the key insights from a bootstrapped B2B SaaS founder's Twitter AMA, including growth strategies, tech stack, and lessons learned.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/bootstrapping-a-saas-business-in-germany/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/bootstrapping-a-saas-business-in-germany/Lukas Hermann, founder of Stagetimer, delves into the nitty-gritty of bootstrapping a SaaS business in Germany. Learn about navigating bureaucracy, tax management, pricing, product development, tech stack, marketing, and more. A must-read for aspiring German entrepreneurs.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/cron-in-nodejs-docker-image/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/cron-in-nodejs-docker-image/Cron is a popular tool to schedule tasks, it comes pre-installed on almost any Linux image such as Debian or Ubuntu. Most answers on StackOverflow suggest installing extra packages or building a custom image, but neither approach is necessary. The vanilla Node.js Docker image has everything needed to schedule the execution of javascript files.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/european-vat-basics-for-saas-founders/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/european-vat-basics-for-saas-founders/I am creating a SaaS business from Germany. Here’s what I figured out so far about sales tax and value-added tax (VAT) when selling my subscriptions in Europe and globally. This guide assumes your business is in Germany or another European member state.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/from-weekend-experiment-to-20k-mo-business/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/from-weekend-experiment-to-20k-mo-business/How I built Stagetimer from a simple weekend project into a profitable SaaS business generating $20k/month by focusing on simplicity and listening to customers.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/growing-our-google-clicks-from-zero-to-3500-monthly-visits/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/growing-our-google-clicks-from-zero-to-3500-monthly-visits/Learn how to grow your website's Google clicks from zero without funding or prior experience. Follow the journey of a bootstrapped business and discover the strategies they used to succeed.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/how-to-use-async-await-with-vuejs-components/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/how-to-use-async-await-with-vuejs-components/Code examples for the usage of async/await with Vue.js single file componentshttps://lukashermann.dev/writing/launching-on-product-hunt-noir/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/launching-on-product-hunt-noir/It was a dark and stormy night. The kind of night that made you want to stay inside with a good book and a cup of tea. But I had a job to do. I was brooding over my new product, ready to take it to the masses.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/midjourney-style-modifiers/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/midjourney-style-modifiers/Learn how to use style modifiers in prompts for Mid-Journey AI image generation to create a wide range of visual effects and styles. See examples of generated images using different modifiers, and get a comprehensive list of modifiers grouped into different categories.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/monthly-update-2021-06/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/monthly-update-2021-06/My first monthly update. Why I made Stagetimer and how I got my first subscribers.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/monthly-update-2021-07/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/monthly-update-2021-07/I want to learn how to create a business. As a software developer I like adding features. But as a founder, I have to learn marketing.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/monthly-update-2021-08/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/monthly-update-2021-08/Like a real engineer I decided to spend most my month of marketing with refactoring the page. The static site generator Astro makes it easier to optimize pages for SEO.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/monthly-update-2021-09/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/monthly-update-2021-09/It's time for me to move on from my current day-job. Visitor numbers for Stagetimer are on the rise. A big feature droped and my wife joins me as co-founder.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/monthly-update-2021-10/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/monthly-update-2021-10/October was marked by solid growth of paying customers for Stagetimer. Working on it now is more exciting than when I started with it late last year. But while my side project continues to grow and my days at Laserhub come to an end, I am also trying to enjoy life more.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/monthly-update-2021-11/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/monthly-update-2021-11/The last 45 days saw me leaving my full-time job at Laserhub and starting employment at Seervision. In between, I had two weeks of vacation which I used to work on my side project stagetimer.iohttps://lukashermann.dev/writing/print-and-visual-design/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/print-and-visual-design/I did some design work through the years, both for print and web, that I still treasurehttps://lukashermann.dev/writing/programmatic-seo-a-step-by-step-guide/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/programmatic-seo-a-step-by-step-guide/Learn how to optimize your website's search engine rankings with programmatic SEO in this step-by-step guide. From choosing a keyword to the end result, we'll cover all the basics to help you succeed.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/saas-unternehmen-in-deutschland-bootstrappen/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/saas-unternehmen-in-deutschland-bootstrappen/Lukas Hermann, Gründer von Stagetimer, zeigt wie er ein SaaS-Unternehmen in Deutschland eigenfinanziert aufgebaut hat. Erfahre Details zu Bürokratie, Steuermanagement, Preisgestaltung, Produktentwicklung, Tech, Marketing und vieles mehr. Ein Muss für angehende deutsche Unternehmer.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/socketio-with-vue-and-vuex/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/socketio-with-vue-and-vuex/A how-to guide for using socket.io with Vue components and inside the Vuex store with examples.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/splitting-an-obs-stream-to-multiple-destinations/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/splitting-an-obs-stream-to-multiple-destinations/Recently Joel Media needed to distribute a live stream from OBS Studio to four YouTube channels simultaneously. OBS Studio itself doesn’t provide a way to define more than one output, therefore we had to find a way to split the stream into four.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/thoughts-on-a11y/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/thoughts-on-a11y/Your app is not as accessible as it should be because a11y doesn't pay.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/unity-highlight-tile-in-tilemap-on-mousever/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/unity-highlight-tile-in-tilemap-on-mousever/My project today was a simple 2D top-down view tilemap that highlights tiles on mouseover and places them on click. In this article you will learn how to accomplish just that.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/vue-debounce-input/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/vue-debounce-input/Persisting user input to the server without the need for "Submit" or "Save" buttons but as the user types. So-called "debouncing" can achieve this by waiting until the user stopped typing before sending the HTTP request to the server.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/vuejs-async-renderless-component/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/vuejs-async-renderless-component/Using a Vue Renderless Component to handle async requests to abstract the HTTP request logic and make it reusable.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/why-the-iphone-timer-displays-fake-time/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/why-the-iphone-timer-displays-fake-time/While building a timer app I came across a peculiarity with displaying time and found out that the iPhone timer addresses it by showing you a fake time.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/wordpress-too-many-redirects/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/wordpress-too-many-redirects/Every Wordpress developer sooner or later faces the ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS problem. Here is how to fix it.https://lukashermann.dev/writing/writing-good-css-11-best-practices/https://lukashermann.dev/writing/writing-good-css-11-best-practices/Lessons learned from over 10 years of writing CSS. The 11 most important CSS principles I would like to have taught myself as a beginner.