Microsoft Word is a dumpster fire
Microsoft Word may be the best word processor on the market, but I still hate it with the fiery passion of a thousand suns.
Captain’s Blog
My software development roadmap
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.
My 2024 in review
The 2024 retrospective has been either postponed or cancelled entirely, just like most of this year’s posts.
Dumb things in my house that just don’t make sense
Sturgeon’s law states that ninety percent of everything is crap. It’s mostly true, except in this post where absolutely everything is crap.
This is my 250th post on this website
I’ve published 250 articles on this website. All that work and what did it get me? Why did I do it? Let’s see if the page views justify it!
My 2023 in review
Another year, another retrospective, and also another excuse to discuss the past, the present, and the future.
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 colours of Chuniversiteit
I illustrated 200 posts on this website using Microsoft PowerPoint and all I got are these lousy colour bar code visualisations.
My 2022 in review
As 2022 draws to a close, I wanted to do a quick retrospective; what made me mad, sad, and glad this year?
Please allow me to introduce mysel–… my personal user manual
This guide describes how I work. Useful for stalkers and future co-workers (current ones get access to a more complete version).
My 2021 in review
It’s the last day of the year, which means it’s time to reflect on all the things that have happened in the past twelve months.
The place to be for a PhD
I don’t actually have any plans to apply for a PhD right now, but if I were it would probably be at one of these places.
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 tried to name each of my computers after a space shuttle (and gave up after 22 years).
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.
Frequently asked questions about my bookcase
Why I organise my books by colour, and why you should too.