Some rambling and braindumps about topics of interest.
2022, the summary
This is the 10th-anniversary post (hurray!) of this ongoing series of yearly summaries with noteworthy side-projects and self-education. It contains short descriptions of projects and pointers to interesting resources. These posts aim to show I'm serious about continuous self-improvement and to inspire others to have fun with new technologies ...
explore2021, The Summary
This post is part of an ongoing series of yearly summaries with noteworthy side-projects and self-education. It contains short descriptions of projects and pointers to interesting resources. These posts aim to show I'm serious about continuous self-improvement and to inspire others to have fun with new technologies. Previous year ...
explore2020, The Summary
This post is part of a chain of yearly summaries of noteworthy side-projects and self-education. I'm publishing these overviews to provide pointers to interesting resources, to show I'm serious about continuous self-improvement, and to inspire others to have fun with new technologies. Previous year: [2019](/writings/2019-summary) <---> Next ...</--->
exploreIdeas for startups
Here are some ideas for startups. Some of these ideas might be more suitable for non-profits, international organisations, or governments. They're all big ideas, and might take a full ecosystem of startups and other players to make them happen in any meaningful way. Most have some proof of concepts ...
explore2019, The Summary
This post is part of a chain of yearly summaries of noteworthy side-projects and self-education. I'm publishing these overviews to provide pointers to interesting resources, to show I'm serious about continuous self-improvement, and to inspire others to have fun with new technologies. Previous year: [2018](/writings/2018-summary) <---> Next ...</--->
exploreServerless Functions and Serverless Containers
Lately, I've been playing with [serverless architectures](https://martinfowler.com/articles/serverless.html). I noticed there is a lot of hype around serverless functions, but there doesn't seem to be a great deal written about the differences and similarities between **serverless functions** and **serverless containers**. While all cloud ...
explore2018, The Summary
This post is part of a chain of yearly summaries of noteworthy self-education and side-project work. I'm publishing these overviews to provide pointers to interesting resources, to show I'm serious about continuous self-improvement, and to inspire others to have fun with new technologies. Previous year: [2017](/writings/2017-summary ...
explore2017, the summary
This post is part of a chain of yearly summaries of noteworthy self-education and side-project work. I'm publishing these overviews to provide pointers to interesting resources, to show I'm serious about continuous self-improvement, and to inspire others to have fun with new technologies. Previous year: [2016](/writings/2016-summary ...
exploreAmazon
Get it by tomorrow for FREE. Or rather looking for same-day delivery? Amazon knows how to make customers happy, and my team is the lucky messenger. We're a 4 people team with an insane amount of servers running to provide delivery information on the various pages on the retail ...
explore2016, the summary
This post is part of a chain of yearly summaries of noteworthy self-education and side-project work. I'm publishing these overviews to provide pointers to interesting resources, to show I'm serious about continuous self-improvement, and to inspire others to have fun with new technologies. Previous year: [2015](/writings/2015-summary ...
explore2015, the summary
This post is part of a chain of yearly summaries of noteworthy self-education and side-project work. I'm publishing these overviews to provide pointers to interesting resources, to show I'm serious about continuous self-improvement, and to inspire others to have fun with new technologies. Previous year: [2014](/writings/2014-summary ...
explore7 Languages in 7 Weeks
I worked through the book [Seven Languages in Seven Weeks](https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Languages-Weeks-Pragmatic-Programming/dp/193435659X), and very much enjoyed it. You might be sceptical of the promise to learn 7 programming languages from 1 book, but this book actually delivers a wealth of information in a supposedly short ...
exploreProductivity
A lot has been said and written about productivity. Over the years, I read and tried a lot, and while I'm far from optimal productivity, I did learn to make more consistent progress over the years. Here's my take on the important underlying principles behind most productivity hacks ...
explore2014, the summary
This post is part of a chain of yearly summaries of noteworthy self-education and side-project work. I'm publishing these overviews to provide pointers to interesting resources, to show I'm serious about continuous self-improvement, and to inspire others to have fun with new technologies. Previous year: [2013](/writings/2013-summary ...
explore2013, the summary
This post is part of a chain of yearly summaries of noteworthy self-education and side-project work. I'm publishing these overviews to provide pointers to interesting resources, to show I'm serious about continuous self-improvement, and to inspire others to have fun with new technologies. Next year: [2014](/writings/2014-summary ...
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