Translating my Grandfather’s biograpy
My grandfather, Dr Kornelis Sietsma was a Dutch Reformed Church minister in wartime Amsterdam. He preached in ways that offended the Nazi occupiers, and the...
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Custom URI schemes in Obisidian (on a mac)
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Refreshing multiple git repos
File under “blogging so I remember how I did this”… I often have the situation where I have a directory full of related git repositories related to one area...
Playing with Rust and Copilot
The world is full of AI hype aright now - and often it’s blown out of proportion, both on the “everything is fine” side and the “machines are going to take o...
New job, new blog!
I quit my job! Yes, after 12 amazing years at Thoughtworks, I decided it was time to move on. I’m starting a new job in November - more on that later - but ...