Let’s build a simple journey planner using SQL (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!
Chuniversiteitschrift
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 (yes, you read that right)
When all you have is a relational database, everything looks like a table. And you know what? It works! Sort of.
Visiting Dutch museums with a Netherlands Museum Pass
Life pro tip: get yourself a Museum Pass (aka Museumkaart) if you plan on visiting a lot of Dutch museums in one year.
Lessons learnt from preserving the Amsterdam Digital City online community
The Amsterdam Digital City was one of the first online social networks in the Netherlands. How should it be preserved for future generations?
阻住地球轉: Please move aside!
This month’s side project takes passive-aggressiveness against life’s daily obstacles to a whole new level.
Een dag in het leven van een ✨ backend engineer bij NOS Digitale Media ✨
Hoe is het om als backend engineer verantwoordelijk te zijn voor één van de meest bezochte nieuwsplatformen van Nederland?
A Sprinter Lighttrain (SLT) for your terminal
slt is kind of like sl, but instead of a steam locomotive it’s an NS Sprinter Lighttrain (SLT).
2 BA Master? Hoe academische titels (niet) werken
Alle antwoorden op vragen over academische titels waarvan je niet wist dat je ze had.
Hoe zit de Nederlandse publieke omroep in elkaar?
“Makkelijker kunnen we het niet maken, wel leuker.”
How to deal with Dutch compound words when processing text
The Dutch have a lot of long words that aren’t in dictionaries. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re hard to read for Dutch people.
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).
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 big FAQ you never asked for
Finally, an article that provides answers to assorted questions that nobody ever asks.
Using data to improve your bus and train rides
A non-exhaustive list of public transport projects I was part of throughout the years.
Dutch rolling stock, recreated using HTML and CSS
If all you have is CSS, everything looks like boxes and pseudo-elements.
Allonsay’s language classification algorithm
How you can detect the language of texts, without using the “ML” word.
Robot journalism at NOS
What happens when you use robots to report on Dutch and European elections in the Netherlands?