Why camelCase is better than snake_case
Does it matter whether you use camelCase or snake_case for identifiers? Yes it does! Probably. Maybe.
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A checklist for controlled program comprehension experiments
If you want to study the effect of something on the understability of code, you need a controlled experiment. What are things to do or avoid?
What is the best programming language for beginners?
This study attempts to provide a more nuanced answer than “JavaScript”, from an educator’s perspective.
Superproductivity at room temperature — Tools, tips & tricks for techies
Ways to facilitate communication and coordination between departments
A very brief introduction to the concepts of horizontal and vertical linkage.
How I separate my private and professional online browsing
My work-life balance is practically non-existent, but at least my browsing is completely separated…
Deploying apps on OpenShift: a stupid comparison between PHP, the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and GraalVM
Spoiler alert: they’re not the same.
“Heap, Heap, Array!” — Fun with functions (and other stuff)
Storing trees in a database table
Relational databases are very good at storing tabular data, but what if you need to store arbitrarily-sized trees?
How to deal with Dutch compound words when you are processing text
The Dutch have a lot of long words that aren’t in dictionaries. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re difficult (if you’re Dutch).
When and how to JOIN a table with itself
Relational databases make it very easy to join data from different tables, but did you know you can also JOIN data within the same table?
Flat Earth — It’s all downhill from here
Tiny catastrophes with apostrophes
This is a brief public service announcement for anyone who occasionally uses apostrophes or single quotes (or both).
I went completely loco with some logos
Some old and current logos of well-known brands and organisations in the Netherlands (but not quite how you remember them).
Blursed async PHP: dumb, but also kind of fun
There are decent, battle-tested ways to write asynchronous PHP, but that’s not what this article is about.
The Toilet Paper — Spicy papers with a grain of salt
The effect of servant leadership on the effectiveness of Scrum teams
To what extent do Scrum masters make use of servant leadership and how does this affect teams?
Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy survey respondents
Researchers often use financial incentives to increase response rates for their surveys. How well do these work for online surveys?
Gender stereotypes are steering girls away from STEM
More female role models may help, but they’re merely a part of the solution.
Chuniversiteitschrift — This website uses a .nl top-level domain for a reason
Hoe zit de Nederlandse publieke omroep in elkaar?Captain’s Blog — This probably shouldn’t be on the front page, but it is
My 2021 in review
It’s the last day of the year, which means it’s time to reflect on all the things that have happened in the past twelve months.
The place to be for a PhD
I’m won’t be applying for a PhD any time soon, but if I were, my shortlonglist would probably look a bit like this.
Website: The Original Series
Now that Chuniversiteit has (more than) 100 articles, it’s time to reflect on the past three years and look towards the future.
The Project Aisle — A gallery of recent project launches
Website: The Next.js Generation
All the things you didn’t need to know about the current incarnation of my personal website.
Dutch rolling stock, recreated using HTML and CSS
If all you have is CSS, everything looks like boxes and pseudo-elements.
Robot journalism at NOS
What happens when you use robots to report on Dutch and European elections in the Netherlands?