Ingo Schmitt

Fluent in TypoScript, php and sql; knows perl and bash and has very basic knowledge in java. Joined in 1996 and is meanwhile as managing director responsible for development, operation and hosting of our products. Articles in this blog cover technical and sustainable topics. Involved with TYPO3 as chairman of the Business Control Committee (BCC) and organizes the annual TYPO3Camp RheinRuhr.

Why a TYPO3 upgrade is rarely the real problem

End of community support for TYPO3 v12 as a wake-up call: why complex upgrades are rarely caused by the system itself – and what continuous development really changes.

When Bot Traffic Suddenly Multiplies by a Thousand

[Translate to English:] Wenn Bot-Traffic eine Website lahmlegt: Wie wir koordinierte AI-Crawler mit IP-Rotation identifiziert und mit AWS WAF effektiv abgewehrt haben.

**"Ohne MCP bedient der Nutzer direkt die Software über das CMS, das mit einem LLM kommuniziert.

Mit MCP gibt der Nutzer Anweisungen an das LLM, das über den MCP-Server mit dem CMS zusammenarbeitet."**

The Interface of Software Will Be the AI

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How we automate container updates on mittwald

[Translate to English:] Wie wir bei Marketing Factory Container-Updates bei mittwald automatisieren: Praktische Lösung mit mittwald CLI und Cron-Jobs für mehrere Projekte.

Ein humanoider Roboter sitzt an einem Schreibtisch und arbeitet an einem Computer. Der Bildschirm zeigt verschiedene technische Diagramme und Daten. Der Roboter scheint konzentriert zu sein und verwendet eine Tastatur. Die Umgebung ist dunkel und futuristisch.

Using Our TYPO3 Extension ai_filemetadata with Mittwald’s AI Hosting

Learn how to configure and use the TYPO3 extension ai_filemetadata with Mittwald’s AI Hosting for automated alt-text generation using open-source LLM models — including setup, configuration, benchmarking, and results comparison.

AWS CloudFront log analysis in Matomo

How we analyse AWS CloudFront logs in Matomo without client-side tracking – including a script to process S3-based logs. A practical approach to privacy-friendly web analytics.

We’re Retiring beuser_iprange

Many years ago, we created our TYPO3 extension beuser_iprange to enhance backend security by allowing logins only from specific IP addresses. Back in 2008, this was a technically solid idea — but today, it's simply no longer state of the art. To be honest, we haven’t used the extension ourselves in quite some time. So, we've decided to discontinue its development.

Efficient review environments: Why we replaced Kubernetes with Virtual Machines

Englisch: Efficient development environments: Why we replaced Kubernetes with virtual machines. This article outlines the challenges we faced with Kubernetes in our testing environment and how switching to virtual machines improved stability, performance, and developer experience – while also reducing costs by 65%.

Recap: Shopware Community Day 2024

Recap Shopware Community Day 2024: Insights, trends and impressions from the Shopware event – reported by the Marketing Factory team.

Two men smiling at a trade show booth for Segger, labeled as The Embedded Experts. They appear to be in a professional event environment.

Visiting a client at embedded world in Nuremberg

It is important for us to know our customers and their market and target groups well. We took the chance and visited SEGGER on the embedded world.

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