
What to do if you accidentally committed secrets to a repository
Have you ever accidentally committed a secret to a Git repository? It’s a simple mistake that can be hard to fix, but it’s also easy to prevent.
Have you ever accidentally committed a secret to a Git repository? It’s a simple mistake that can be hard to fix, but it’s also easy to prevent.
Google’s API Governance process makes sure that the design and development of its APIs meets the company’s standards.
I bought myself a replica of LEGO’s 2016 Brick Bank from a Chinese copycat brand and it went about as well as expected.
Large language models (LLMs) may not be replacing developers anytime soon, but can still be of use in the design process.
Large language models can be used to deduce to what extent your system’s implementation still adheres to a reference architecture.
This study pits 14 open-source main content extractors against each other and arrives at a somewhat surprising conclusion.
It’s easy to write Dockerfiles that work, but also to write Dockerfiles that suck. Here are some tips and tricks for writing better Dockerfiles.
Helm charts are re-usable packages for Kubernetes resources. They are easy to share and use, but this comes at a price.
I’m in the market for a tool that can help me analyse logs, traces, and metrics, and I was hoping that this paper could help me pick one.
Fonts in macOS look different from text that’s been rendered in Windows, mostly due to different philosophies about font rendering.
Spamming trains on Slack is likely to make some co-workers very happy and others very annoyed.
I built a completely useless Chrome extension that encourages people to complete their JIRA tickets (so I don’t have to).
This study looks at how humour can fuel developer engagement in open-source and professional contexts.
End-to-end tests can help you discover problems in web applications, but sadly are not free of problems themselves.
Supersharers managed to reach 5.2% of registered voters. In contrast, Russia’s 2016 campaign only reached 3.4% of voters.
Dat Utrecht Centraal druk is weten we allemaal wel. Gelukkig zijn er genoeg andere domme feitjes waarmee je mensen kunt lastigvallen.
I built a tool for the handful of people who listen to NPO radio stations, use Last.fm and know how to use the command line.
Hoe vind je je droombaan? In dit artikel vertel ik je hoe ik zelf (als softwareontwikkelaar) meestal te werk ga.
China is one of the world’s most populous countries, which means it also has some of the largest cities on the planet.
Depending on where you’re from, public transport in Hong Kong either offers a glimpse of the future or is stuck in the past.
Japan is good at inventing things, but in these five cases it was actually just good at adopting things.
I went to summer school at Two Point Campus, the spiritual successor to Theme Hospital’s spiritual successor Two Point Hospital.
Red Alert 2 has been available on Steam since March this year, but sadly the 24-year old RTS game no longer works out of the box.
Final Fantasy VIII is a classic JRPG in which everyone (including its developer) makes plenty of questionable decisions.
Alright is a Google Chrome extension that automatically turns JIRA (and other) references in GitHub pull request titles into hyperlinks.
This blog provides a concise summary of the Scrum framework for anyone who needs a refresher or is just getting started.
Why an ACM membership is totally worth the money, even if you’re not an academic.
I don’t know what the future of software development will look like and what skills I will need, but at least I have concepts of a plan.
The 2024 retrospective has been either postponed or cancelled entirely, just like most of this year’s posts.
Sturgeon’s law states that ninety percent of everything is crap. It’s mostly true, except in this post where absolutely everything is crap.
What’s better than a crappy train travel planner that runs on my machine? A crappy train travel planner that runs on YOUR machine!
If all you have is CSS, everything looks like boxes and pseudo-elements.
Yet another blog post where I create an unmaintainable mess using our favourite yet very inadequate programming language, SQL.