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I’ve been writing about technology and software engineering research on my blog since 2018.
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Captain’s Blog
Welcome to my new and improved* website
Chuniversiteit has a fresh new look and more convenient packaging! Mostly for myself, but maybe it will also benefit you.
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Not all parallel careers lead to the same outcomes
People with parallel careers simultaneously hold two different jobs not because they have to but because they want to.
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How humans and AI should work together in critical care
Data scientists and clinicians provide their perspectives on how humans and AI can safely work together in intensive care units.
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Software engineering across domains
Software engineering practices differ between domains and companies. Who’d have thought?
Captain’s Blog
Where I get my papers from
I made a list of all the journals and conferences that have been featured in my paper summaries on this blog.
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People are apparently farming citations on ResearchGate
This week’s paper about citation farming is right at the intersection of two of my “favourite” subjects: AI slop and academic fraud.
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The complicated relationship between developers and security experts in Scrum
Good product security is possible only when developers and security experts work together, but this turns out to be hard in practice.
Point of Review
I’m not sure what to make of Google’s Pixel 10 Pro
The Pixel 10 Pro is supposed to be Google’s flagship phone, but it certainly doesn’t feel like one.
Douze Points of Contention
The Eurovision Song Contest and the European Union
The Eurovision Song Contest is technically not related to the European Union, but it does affect how the EU is perceived abroad.
“Heap, Heap, Array!”
Access your Docker Compose services via easy-to-remember names
Did you know you can make your Docker web app containers available via simple names instead of hard-to-remember port numbers?
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Tackling gender biases in AI-driven systems
This paper presents a handful of recommendations for designing effective guidelines to tackle gender biases in AI.
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Corporate bullshit considered harmful
The Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale provides a way to measure how susceptible someone is to corporate bullshit.
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One More Thing I (Don’t) Want to Buy
High-end consumer electronics, designed by a money-printing machine named after a fruit in California.
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Point of Review
I buy expensive shit and try to determine whether I like it before it reaches the point of “no returns”.
7 postsDouze Points of Contention
Let the yearly Eurovision Song Contest drama begin! 🍿
2 posts“Heap, Heap, Array!”
Articles about the soon-to-be-lost art of computer programming.
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Drinking the Kubernetes Kool-Aid
Kubernetes solves a lot of problems, but things aren’t always as Kubernet-easy as they seem.
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Well Played
Reviews and other articles about video games and other things you can do in front of a screen.
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