A day late and a dollar short I suppose, but just now I remembered I got back to writing week notes. The best thing that happened this week Wednesday and Thursday I was in Amsterdam for our quartely off-site with the entire tech team. We went to a place for some VR games and just generally had a good time. We also...

The weeknotes are back after a long hiatus. I've been contemplating whether to continue (or rather restart) writing them because it didn't feel right to share all these personal things in a public space. But I think it's important to keep writing them for myself, and if others find them interesting, that's a bonus....

As someone in IT, someone who spends a lot of time thinking about systems and optimizations and data, it's easy to fall into this trap of constantly looking at your running data and trying to optimize every single angle. I get paid to pour over data and find ways to make things better, more streamlined, more...

2025 has been the year of handheld gaming for me. I haven't touched my Xbox Series X for a full year now and I can't say I miss it. The portability and convenience of the Steam Deck has completely won me over. Being able to play games anywhere, any time, in short burts or longer sessions has been a game changer for...

Less Overthinking Scrolling Sitting Negativity Postponing Perfectionism Context switching Consuming More Movement Early mornings Deep work Iteration Positivity Ruthlessness Focus Reading Gratefulness Creating

For a lot of different reasons, I love the internet. I love it because it connects me to people I wouldn't otherwise get to know, because it gives me access to all kinds of information, because it lets me share my thoughts and creations with a wider audience, and because it entertains me in countless ways. But for...

It's almost October, which means we're three quarters into 2025 already. Time dilation is real when you're getting older and a year becomes an increasingly smaller portion of your life. For 2025 I set some goals for myself, which you can read about in this post. Those goals are mostly related to running, health,...

Another blog post? The second one in two days. My mind has been occupied with running lately, so much so that it got me thinking about all the things I learned from running over the last 20 years. I'm not saying I'm some sort of running expert, not at all actually, but I do know a thing or two by now. Running has...

Back in 2021 I was dipping my toes into the world of OpenBSD. A few days ago I got the itch to try OpenBSD again, mostly because I'm kind of fed up with how little control I have over security headers and such on GitHub Pages. Since I have a Synology NAS with 32GB of RAM and plenty of storage, I decided to install...

There are apparently two definitions of yak shaving: Any apparently useless activity which, by allowing one to overcome intermediate difficulties, allows one to solve a larger problem. and A less useful activity done consciously or subconsciously to procrastinate about a larger but more useful task. I think the...

For the past two years I've been working remotely most of the time. I sometimes go the office in Amsterdam, but I vastly prefer working from home. Being at the office is really nice for a change of scenery, working together with others, and having lunch together, but I find that I get more stuff done when I'm at...

I am (was?) definitely addicted to my phone; I would check it every 15 minutes in hopes of seeing new content or notifications. I would aimlessly scroll through short videos, my Mastodon timeline or Reddit. I'm someone who can't let a notification badge just sit there, I have to clear them all. Lately I've been...