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2026
- Copilot vs Claude vs ChatGPT, without the hype May 28 · #ai · #copilot
- Teaching a construction company to actually use Copilot May 26 · #ai · #copilot
- When a fix at one company becomes a group-wide rollout May 19 · #tender · #construction
- Untangling the tender process in construction May 12 · #tender · #construction
- Running OCI/Docker images on Sprite.dev Mar 1 · #sprite.dev · #docker
- Deepseeks 3FS' FUSE hackery is super interesting Feb 14 · #fuse · #af_xdp
- StarGZ fast docker snapshotter is low-key magic Feb 13 · #stargz · #docker
- On mourning the craft Feb 7 · #life · #feels
- Gow - Simple compile on save, live reload for go web applications Feb 1 · #golang · #tool
- Age of good-enough-ism Jan 24 · #feels
- I went to Bali and all I got was Chikungunya Jan 24 · #bali · #chikungunya
- Getting to ramen profitability in 2026 by lowering my standards (even lower!) Jan 22 · #software · #2026
- Whoopsie, guess I'm LLMs little b*tch now Jan 21 · #feels · #singularity
2024
2023
2021
- The impossibility of obtaining bank statements in a processable format from ABN-AMRO Aug 26 · #rant · #abn
- Some tools to make your static site even better! Aug 11 · #jekyll · #static-sites
- Working with REST APIs like it's 1992 Aug 10 · #1992 · #your-moms-internet
2020
- Building a GitHub action that checks your checked boxes Nov 30 · #github · #action-runner
- Magical product owners and where to find them Nov 29 · #product-building · #productowners
- Making plain ruby objects queryable with ruby-queryable Mar 21 · #ruby · #tools poc
- Dutch government's solution to 'simple invoicing' is quite complicated Feb 6 · #rant · #xml
- A more concise MiniTest reporter for reducing cognitive load Jan 30 · #ruby · #testing
2019
- GraphQL protocols will be presented at GraphQL Meetup Montreal! Sep 20 · #graphql
- Build Craft CMS sites easy and fast with Craft CMS Kit Aug 9 · #craftcms · #look-ma-no-wordpress
- The tiniest, very cute, ruby graphQL microservice Setup Aug 2 · #microservice · #microsmurfice
- Get to know the Fediverse fast with the awesome-fediverse Jun 30 · #fediverse · #dataownership
- Request API tokens easily with the GraphQL token request protocol Jun 28 · #tokens · #auth
- Introducing GraphQL-protocols for federation! Jun 27 · #graphql · #fediverse
- Unfortunate reasons for going back on Facebook Jun 14 · #facebook · #zuck
2018
- We just launched our new product Supercraft! Nov 30 · #craftcms
- Why access and API tokens are the new passwords but worse Oct 6 · #fediverse · #dataownership
- Build a static site with Jekyll and Docker Multistage Builds Sep 26 · #static-sites · #jekyll
- Simple sites with Middleman and Docker Multistage Builds Sep 4 · #middleman · #docker
- New to code? Here's the ultimate guide to asking tech questions without feeling awkward! Sep 4 · #can-i-ask-a-question
- Fast and easy docker builds with the simplest 'git push' workflow Sep 3 · #git · #push
- Things I wished I knew before I started with Kubernetes Sep 1 · #kubernetes · #kubnernietes
- Wanna be a CKA? Let's learn for the kubernetes certified administrator exam together! Aug 29 · #cka · #ckad
2017
- Sup! Git, got you down? Sign up for 'Train the Team #4 - How to win at Git with GitHub' Sep 4 · #train-the-team
- Holy crap! The ruby GraphQL hackathon was awesome! Aug 26 · #graphql · #hackathon
- Want to learn ES6 and Babel? Join me for 'Train The Team #3 - Intro to ES6 Aug 9
- Want to learn ReactJS? Join me for 'Train The Team #2 - Intro to ReactJS' Jul 25
- It's live! Come and join us on the GraphQL hack day the 25th of August in Amsterdam! Jul 23
- Free tech coaching for you and your team Jul 17
- Why the greatest frameworks are extractions Jul 16
- We're organizing a graphql-ruby hackathon in Amsterdam Jul 16 · #hackathon · #amsterdam
2016
- Praise for Unity's API and IDE hack-ability May 18
- Open sourcing drone-docker-build plugin for faster docker host builds May 18
2013
- How to forward calls from the internet to your local machine using SSH Nov 1
- Why you should learn to code Sep 28
- How the ruby debugger Byebug works with TracePoint API Sep 27
- How it works: Docker Sep 26
- How to create a portable minimal Ubuntu distro Sep 13
- How to create a native gem for ruby using C Sep 11
- Understand Docker better by doing LXC from scratch Aug 10
- Cook servers with Takeout and chef Aug 2
2009
- Content deployment prime still frustratingly buggy Sep 7
- STSADM or any assembly loading terribly slow behind firewall or vpc & vmware Sep 1
- Storing files externally in MOSS Aug 4 · #old-blog · #enterprise
- Are you choosing the most efficient way for your SharePoint solutions a look at CRM 4.0 and SharePoint Apr 1 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- SharePoint designer workflow WSP packager source code released Mar 22 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- SDP workflow packer source release and why I am a bit quiet Mar 8 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
2008
- Common reasons why corporate Intranet implementations fail Nov 13 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- Meet me at Office Devcon 2008 in Sydney Nov 4 · #old-blog · #sydney
- Sharepoint internals happiness Oct 12 · #old-blog · #moss
- Beta SPD workflow export utility on CodePlex Sep 11 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- Packaging and reusing sharepoint designer workflows - Part 2 Sep 10 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- Packaging and reusing SharePoint designer workflows - Part 1 Jul 4 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- Happy 2008, y'all! Jan 7 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
2007
- Using sharepoint sites regional settings as your UICulture for WCM presence sites Dec 17 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- Exporting lists for features programmatically using SolGen API and reflection Dec 16
- Sharepoint designer workflow association STSADM repair command Nov 21 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- Customized layouts folder on site collection basis Nov 17 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- Developer awareness and the bad reputation of SharePoint Designer Nov 10 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- External storage API for WSS, opening the door for CAS and HSM storage? Sep 21 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- Getting started with WCM - Part 1 Sep 14 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- Upcoming WCM series Sep 8 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- The role of MOSS in an large scale ECM environment - Part 2 Sep 7 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- Back from France and back for business Sep 3 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- The role of MOSS in an ECM environment Aug 16 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- Looking for more SharePoint gurus Aug 16 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- Bdc writing to BDC using GenericInvoker Aug 9 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- Created BDC toolkit project on codeplex Aug 8 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- BDC general tips on integrating your external data Aug 7 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- I passed 70-542! Jul 12 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
- Hurray, I passed 70-542! Jul 12 · #old-blog · #sharepoint
2006
2005
- Practical use of the operator "explicit" in XLinq Dec 19 · #dotnet · #linq
- Pimp your winform application with VisualFX Cab ObjectBuilder Extension Dec 13 · #dotnet · #winforms
- Query your WMI with ease using WMILinq! Dec 12 · #dotnet · #linq
- Yes! Someone gave me shelter! Dec 12 · #meta
that's everything since 2005. yes, the SharePoint era included. we don't talk about it, but it's there.