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).
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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.
A gentle introduction to ensemble learning
What is ensemble learning? Well, it’s kind of machine learning’s version of “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”.
Superproductivity at room temperature — Tools, tips & tricks for techies
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.
How do you use htop in Linux?
The htop utility lets you view and manage running processes from a terminal. But how do you use it?
“Heap, Heap, Array!” — Fun with functions (and other stuff)
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?
How do you number SELECT query results using SQL?
Want to let number or rank your query results? Let your database do the hard work for you.
MDX: The good, the bad, and the ugly
If you have your own blog and like the simplicity of Markdown, but don’t want to give up JSX, you may want to give MDX a try.
Flat Earth — It’s all downhill from here
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.
Why Wikipedia is weirder than you think
You’ll never look at Wikipedia the same way ever again.
Translate Dutch to English like it’s 1999
I spent three years building a web app that translates Dutch to bad English and the results are even worse than I expected.
The Toilet Paper — Spicy papers with a grain of salt
You really shouldn’t spend so much time working
Money might buy you a bit of happiness, but working for larger amounts of money will not necessarily make you happier.
How to use the System Usability Scale (SUS) in 2021
An updated guide on how to measure the usability of a product with the System Usability Scale (SUS).
For decision making, speaking is silver – but so is silence
Some people talk too much in meetings, others too little. Good leaders can foster high-quality conversations by creating safe environments.
Ghost writing providers for essays and assignments are cheap and plentiful
Ghost writers aren’t particularly scary, but there are still very good reasons to fear them if you are an educator. Happy Halloween!
How (not) to use the variance inflation factor
The variance inflation factor (VIF) is often used to find and remove multi-collinearity in a regression model. Does that make sense?
Casting doubt on the ability of tools to measure technical debt
Numbers produced by technical debt tools tell a tale, but it’s largely fictional.
Captain’s Blog — This probably shouldn’t be on the front page, but it is
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.
Computers for commuters: A brief history of my mobile (and less mobile) computing devices
For reasons that are no longer clear to me, I named each of my computers after a space shuttle.
Building up my LEGO collection, brick by brick
This page keeps track of my humble LEGO collection that I (passively) built up over the past decades.
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?