When I first started working, smoking in offices had already been banned. Officially, you couldn’t smoke anywhere in the workplace, yet the director of my first job still regularly walked through t...

My production setup is stil a simple VM, but I still wanted to do zero-downtime deployments. This is how I made that work.

These are the slides and script of the lightning talk I gave at Joy of Coding 2025.

Back when it happened, I didn’t really write about it, but last year I switched my ADHD meds. I’d been on long-working methylphenidate (AKA Concerta), and I switched to Lisdexamphetamine (Elvanse /...

Imagine a little scenario with me. Say, you bought a car but you don’t know how to drive yet. For some unnamed reason (let’s say a horrible pandemic), traditional lessons won’t work, but you have a...

I got a comment today that hit me pretty hard emotionally. By the phrasing it used it felt to me like I was being accused of acting in bad faith. Now whether this person really meant this or if it...

Years ago I read an old science fiction book. The main character has set his rocket ship down on an alien planet and needed to chart a course to his next destination. He pulled out his slide-rule, ...

It was sad music, but it waved the sadness like a battle flag. It said the universe had dine all it could, but you were still alive. - Terry Pratchett, Soul Music I’ve loved the blues ever since ...

I’ve been working almost fully remote for several years now. At my current client, we have 1 office day per 2 weeks which in itself is great. There is one thing that’s playing havoc with my ability...

Did you ever hear the story about how Van Halen didn’t want any brown M&Ms in their dressing rooms? It’s often held up as an example of diva behaviour. Rock stars making ridiculous requests ju...