A command-line scrobbler for Dutch public radio stations NPO Radio 1, 2 and 3FM
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.
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Chun Fei Lung
I’m currently a whatever you want engineer at NOS, a public service broadcaster in the Netherlands. I received my bachelor’s degree in information science from Utrecht University, my master’s degree in information studies from the University of Amsterdam, and my master’s degree in software engineering from the Open University of the Netherlands.
My primary interests include software engineering, human factors, public transport, and academia.
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PHP developers hate him! Find out these weird tricks they don’t want you to know!
Three “fun” ways to throw off fellow PHP developers (and the “fractal of bad design” article isn’t one of them).
Solliciteren kun je leren
Hoe vind je je droombaan? In dit artikel vertel ik je hoe ik zelf (als softwareontwikkelaar) meestal te werk ga.
“Heap, Heap, Array!”
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Fun with functions (and other stuff)
How software developers deal with flaky tests
Flaky tests can cause CI builds to fail unexpectedly, and should be fixed as quickly as possible. This study shows why.
New PHP 8 language features that you may have missed
PHP has gained a lot of new language features over the years. Some of them are frankly a bit insane – but in a good way.
Improving search results using query expansion
Make your custom-built search engine return more relevant results by automatically adding similar or related words to search queries.
Living the Pipe Dream
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2024 is the year of the Linux desktop (but mostly servers)
Level up your Dockerfiles with these tips and tricks
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 may be a popular solution, but not necessarily a safe one
Helm charts are re-usable packages for Kubernetes resources. They are easy to share and use, but this comes at a price.
A comparison of open tracing tools
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.
Flat Earth
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It’s all downhill from here
This is a periodic reminder to add train emojis to your Slack workspaces
Spamming trains on Slack is likely to make some co-workers very happy and others very annoyed.
Get cheered on when you complete JIRA tickets
I built a completely useless Chrome extension that encourages people to complete their JIRA tickets (so I don’t have to).
My boulevard of broken side project dreams
I build a lot of side projects, but sadly many of them go sideways. This blog post lists some of the projects that never made it to production.
The Toilet Paper
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Summaries of spicy papers with a grain of salt
How cellular-based technologies have transformed live broadcasting
New live broadcasting technologies have transformed how news organisations work, in both good and bad ways.
A theory of Scrum team effectiveness
How can an organisation best support Scrum teams? This paper proposes and validates a theory for effective Scrum teams.
Why people find it hard to review code
The experience of reviewing code is negatively impacted by a number of misalignments, which are described in this paper.
Chuniversiteitschrift
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A section for people who inexplicably like bruine boterhammen met kaas
Oud nieuws (2012)
In deze drukke decembermaand even een artikel uit de oude doos: nepnieuwsartikeltjes in een studieverenigingsblad.
Wat doet een ondernemingsraad eigenlijk?
Ik zit al bijna drie jaar in een ondernemingsraad, maar krijg nog steeds vaak de vraag wat ik daar precies doe.
Veelgemaakte Nederlandse spelfouten (die je spellingscontrole niet doorheeft)
Een spelfoutje is snel gemaakt, maar de regels maken het ook niet altijd even eenvoudig om het goed te doen. Daarom hier een paar tips.
The Middle Qingdom
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Chunfeicius says…
Chinese megacities and what they are known for
China is one of the world’s most populous countries, which means it also has some of the largest cities on the planet.
A quick-start guide to public transport in Hong Kong
Depending on where you’re from, public transport in Hong Kong either offers a glimpse of the future or is stuck in the past.
Five things that are (not) made in Japan
Japan is good at inventing things, but in these five cases it was actually just good at adopting things.
Well Played
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It’s all bread and games until someone loses
Fight and commit crimes as an undercover cop in LEGO City
LEGO City Undercover is an underrated action-adventure game where you get to play an undercover cop in a major city.
I built a theme park in OpenRCT2 based on things that are wrong in tech
RollerCoaster Tycoon and its spiritual successors are timeless classics that never get old, unlike messages from tech recruiters.
Conway’s Game of Life: Creating complex patterns from simple rules
This game is an absolute best-celler.
Superproductivity at Room Temperature
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Tools, tips & tricks for techies
A gentle (re-)introduction to Scrum, a framework for project teams
This blog provides a concise summary of the Scrum framework for anyone who needs a refresher or is just getting started.
Upgrading to a Google Pixel 7 Pro from a Huawei P30 Pro
I replaced my Huawei P30 Pro with a Google Pixel 7 Pro. Should you do the same with your smartphone? As usual, it depends.
Effectively onboarding newcomers into agile project teams
A qualitative case study shows how we can design a smooth onboarding experience for agile software development teams.
Captain’s Blog
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The holodeck safety protocols malfunctioned again today…
My 2023 in review
Another year, another retrospective, and also another excuse to discuss the past, the present, and the future.
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.
On maintaining a technical blog in the age of conversational AI
Does it still make sense to write technical blogs when conversational AI like OpenAI’s ChatGPT can give faster and better answers?
The Project Aisle
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A gallery of recent project launches
Let’s build a simple journey planner using SQL (part 3, that you can run yourself)
What’s better than a crappy train travel planner that runs on my machine? A crappy train travel planner that runs on YOUR machine!
Let’s build a simple journey planner using SQL (part 2 of probably more than 2)
Yet another blog post where I create an unmaintainable mess using our favourite yet very inadequate programming language, SQL.
Let’s build a simple journey planner using SQL (part 1 of definitely more than 1)
When all you have is a relational database, everything looks like a table. And you know what? It works! Sort of.