Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev.

Of course, I couldn’t come on a business trip to Europe and not find a conservatory with a basement full of pianos

The sound quality is terrible, better not to listen

Could you please explain how this works from a physics standpoint? If this thing sticks to any surface because of the free electric charge on the surface, then why doesn’t this charge go anywhere?

My e-beauty is almost two weeks old

Published a new article on hybrismart. Today – about the new SAP SaaS solution for managing product data (what’s called PIM/PCM; product management). The solution is quite young, and there’s very little information about it. But it’s interesting enough that I wasn’t too lazy to delve into the details. There’s scarce information online, I hope my blog publication will occupy an important spot on the “all about SAP” shelf.

This software is based on SAP Commerce Cloud, which I deal with and to which the blog is dedicated. Based – meaning that the architecture, data model, interfaces – everything is common, only the purpose is different – not to be an e-commerce engine but an engine for managing products.

In short, welcome –

Three things that surprised me in Stuttgart (the rest are pleasing):

– there is neither Uber, Lyft, nor anything similar. Taxis are called by phone and you wait. The hotel has a box with a button for quick calling. I waited 25 minutes for such a taxi on Saturday morning.

– many places do not accept cards. Taxis are ready to accept a card only with a minimum charge of 20 euros. In the restaurant Shani shabu, they told me they only accept local cards, and today I had to leave Café am Hospitalplatz without paying for my cappuccino because these friends do not accept cards. Now I ask right away.

– Wi-Fi in Germany about eight years ago was very poor – it required a SIM card and SMS everywhere, which is not an option for a tourist without roaming. Now it’s no longer like that, but it’s just worse than many other places. I have stayed in two hotels here already. Both had issues. In the more prestigious one, Maritim, Wi-Fi is only for clients. Right now, I am sitting here as just a guest, using paid Wi-Fi because there is no free option. So, the one for clients is also strange – one and a half megabits per second.

I plan to rent a bicycle next. There is not a single bicycle rental spot in the entire city, except for those city ones with hourly rates. The only virtual rental point delivers the bike to the hotel for twenty euros or for free to the station. No insurance. Who these guys are – unclear, but the local tourist info recommends it. I’ll try it.

Saw a 1930s typewriter for the blind in an antique shop. It prints in Braille. Nowadays, you can buy modern versions, costing between 57,000 and 300,000 rubles (terrible).

Here it is – love is in the bin.

Banksy is a true artist

[x] Stuttgart Art Museums

The first thing to do before taking off on an eight-hour flight is to (while the internet is still available) check the Kinopoisk rating for the movies in the media library and compile the playlist wisely. If you don’t do this, later you end up watching whatever is available

On the way to Warsaw and Frankfurt

Published another research on hybrismart – integration of Contentstack and SAP Commerce Cloud (hybris). Contentstack is a headless CMS, meaning it’s a content management system where everything is open via API, both content management and its delivery to the user. Historically, content management in SAP Commerce Cloud was quite constrained for years, and although the situation has improved now, the topic of external CMS is very relevant, with Contentstack frequently appearing in various tenders and discussions.