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Unhinged: Notes from a living hinge experiment

USB has always been multiple standards in a trenchcoat. USB-C has done nothing to help that, and even really good hardware organizations get it wrong. OnePlus got the specs on...

OpenLights Art Project

What an interesting year the last one has been… AI is everywhere. Software Development, Writing and Art are all being affected by generative AIs.

Automatic Garage Door

I am one of the lucky few who happens to have a covered parking lot in the basement of my apartment in Amsterdam. When I moved in here, it was...

Picking a backend language

I recently came across a question on Ask HN where the asker wanted to know which backend language they should learn. These posts can get opinionated, and I try not...

Why did I become a software developer?

I love tinkering Ever since I was a child, I have loved tinkering on things. I remember hammering my thumb and losing a fingernail while trying to nail two blocks...

Rebooting the blog

So once again I’ve come back to my own blog to “revamp” it. This has been a long time coming, and there are a few threads of thought that have...