Software engineer from Germany. I build Discord apps at scale and write about the systems behind them.https://merlinfuchs.com/https://merlinfuchs.com/posts/reverse-engineering-rausgegangen/https://merlinfuchs.com/posts/reverse-engineering-rausgegangen/How I reverse engineered the Rausgegangen app, found an API that documents itself, and started building an archive of what Germany is doing next monthMon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://merlinfuchs.com/posts/ai-in-a-box/https://merlinfuchs.com/posts/ai-in-a-box/I put an AI assistant inside an old Intercom system from the 80s and made it debate with itself.Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://merlinfuchs.com/posts/the-art-of-software/https://merlinfuchs.com/posts/the-art-of-software/Embracing the creativity in software developmentFri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://merlinfuchs.com/posts/integrating-paddle/https://merlinfuchs.com/posts/integrating-paddle/Why I switched from Patreon to Paddle as my payment processor and what I learned along the waySun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://merlinfuchs.com/posts/scraping-biggest-rental-bike-rovider/https://merlinfuchs.com/posts/scraping-biggest-rental-bike-rovider/How I reverse engineered the Nextbike app, scraped their API and built a tool to visualize bike movement across EuropeTue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://merlinfuchs.com/posts/building-a-nocode-platform/https://merlinfuchs.com/posts/building-a-nocode-platform/From the idea to the launch of Kite, a no-code platform for building Discord appsTue, 08 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://merlinfuchs.com/posts/asking-the-right-questions/https://merlinfuchs.com/posts/asking-the-right-questions/Why the way you ask for help decides whether anyone can give it.Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://merlinfuchs.com/posts/cross-compiling-rust-from-mac-to-linux/https://merlinfuchs.com/posts/cross-compiling-rust-from-mac-to-linux/A journey through the issues I encounteredWed, 08 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://merlinfuchs.com/posts/90-less-disk-space/https://merlinfuchs.com/posts/90-less-disk-space/How we reduced the disk space usage of our database by almost 90%Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://merlinfuchs.com/posts/handling-rate-limits-at-scale/https://merlinfuchs.com/posts/handling-rate-limits-at-scale/How Xenon handles Discord rate limits at scale, and how we avoid getting banned by Cloudflare.Sun, 03 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://merlinfuchs.com/posts/1-million-discord-servers-on-a-raspberry-pi/https://merlinfuchs.com/posts/1-million-discord-servers-on-a-raspberry-pi/How I'm running one of the biggest Discord bots in the world on 2GB of RAM and one CPU core.Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT