It’s just that: – you don’t know how many pieces the puzzle has – whether you need all the pieces – which part of the jigsaw puzzle is relevant for your role
Why don’t you hear what I say? (LLEWT 2024)
LLEWT 2024 was a peer conference with the theme “communication” that happened a few weekends ago in North-Wales. Dear reader, it was quite the trip to get there! A boat, an extremely shitty English hotel and a long car ride later we finally arrived in Wales. It took us about 28 hours to get there…
“Good vibes only”. How about you learn how to cope?!
I was at LLEWT last week, a peer conference on Anglesey, north Wales, where the theme was: communication. My report, “Why don’t you listen to what I say” was chosen by the content moderator. I’ll write about that topic on a separate occasion, because right now I feel like ranting about something that came up…
Stop trying to make refactoring happen, it’s not going to happen.
I went to Joy of Coding yesterday, a one-day conference in Rotterdam. Two of the talks were about refactoring. One talk called it “mending code”, and zoomed in on this rather strange phenomenon in IT: we’d rather demolish some code and write it new and fresh, than fix the existing code to make it better.…
2023: Year in Review
My favorite tool/book/album and personal reflections about…. stuff. This headline clearly wasn’t written with ChatGPT. Two weeks ago, winter depression hit me hard, and I didn’t think I’d write this post. However: by some sort of Christmas miracle, I’m feeling okay right now, so I will seize the moment and write some words about the…
The Eating for Health Manifesto
We are uncovering better ways of healthy eating by doing it and helping others do it.Through this work we have come to value: Veggies, fruits and wholegrain foods, lean protein sources over processed foods and beverages Simple eating over comprehensive diet plan documentation Coach and client collaboration over going at it alone Responding to change…
The many personalities of a software tester
I just had a weird insight that I want to share with you. Before I can share it, I must first explain the model that the insight was about. Have you ever heard of the Interpersonal Circumplex? It is a model to assess interpersonal behaviour, traits and motives of people. The vertical axis is about…
Test my veggie macaroni recipe
For shits and giggles I’m writing a cookbook. It’s part of my mission to try out anything I like, even if it’s not up my alley. I’ve been my own gatekeeper for far too long and trying out new things should be fun. My cookbook will be called Functional Eating for Simple Souls. The recipes…