# Rainer Gerhards

> Tech Enthusiast. Nature Lover. Computer Geek. rsyslog lead developer.

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## Recent posts
- [Liblognorm will get even faster – and so will rsyslog!](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2026/04/liblognorm-will-get-even-faster-and-so-will-rsyslog.html)
- [AI codegen is growing up. So are the price tags.](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2026/04/ai-codegen-is-growing-up-so-are-the-price-tags.html)
- [Adding Project Policy Checks to CI](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2026/03/adding-project-policy-checks-to-ci.html)
- [Why we are Looking at Post-Quantum Cryptography Now](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2026/03/why-we-are-looking-at-post-quantum-cryptography-now.html)
- [The “Kampfbegriff” That Isn’t: Making Digital Sovereignty Less Scary and More Sensible](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2026/03/the-kampfbegriff-that-isnt-making-digital-sovereignty-less-scary-and-more-sensible.html)
- [AI slop. AI is hype. AI will replace us all.](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2026/02/ai-slop-ai-is-hype-ai-will-replace-us-all.html)
- [Rsyslog is moving fast – let’s make sure everyone keeps up!](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2026/02/rsyslog-is-moving-fast-lets-make-sure-everyone-keeps-up.html)
- [AI Slop – or Human Laziness?](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2026/02/ai-slop-or-human-laziness.html)
- [How a Missing Windows Feature in 1995 Led to WinSyslog and rsyslog | 30 Year Throwback](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2026/02/how-a-missing-windows-feature-in-1995-led-to-winsyslog-and-rsyslog-30-year-throwback.html)
- [Using Local AI Review to Save CI Time, Money, and Nerves](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2026/02/using-local-ai-review-to-save-ci-time-money-and-nerves.html)
- [AI Code Generation in a 200k LOC C Codebase: What Actually Worked in rsyslog](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2026/01/ai-code-generation-in-a-200k-loc-c-codebase-what-actually-worked-in-rsyslog.html)
- [How We Run Open Source and Closed Source at Adiscon](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2025/12/how-we-run-open-source-and-closed-source-at-adiscon.html)
- [Alhambra: Beauty, and Engineering That Quietly Holds It Together](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2025/12/alhambra-beauty-and-engineering-that-quietly-holds-it-together.html)
- [The Context Wall in AI Code Generation](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2025/12/the-context-wall-in-ai-code-generation.html)
- [Security Theater at the Download Page](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2025/12/security-theater-at-the-download-page.html)
- [CyberSicherheitsForum Baden-Württemberg 2025: Notes from an rsyslog Perspective](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2025/11/cybersicherheitsforum-baden-wurttemberg-rsyslog.html)
- [The Real Scope Behind the rsyslog Documentation Overhaul](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2025/11/the-real-scope-behind-the-rsyslog-documentation-overhaul.html)
- [YAML for rsyslog — a new option, not a revolution](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2025/11/yaml-for-rsyslog-a-new-option-not-a-revolution.html)
- [Having a good Time with DO Gradient AI](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2025/10/rsyslog-gradient-ai-good-time.html)
- [Schema transformation and the road to YAML in mmjsontransform](https://rainer.gerhards.net/2025/10/schema-transformation-and-the-road-to-yaml-in-mmjsontransform.html)