Mats Prakken

This is the bit I keep forwarding to people who think DNS is “just a lookup”. (1)

Seconded. Also: hydrate. You sound like you have been in DNS for six hours. [14.2]

I had the opposite experience in Groningen. Maybe it is a platform thing. [39.3]

Unpopular take: the coffee at Naarden is better than half the specialty bars in the city.

Copied a production dump into staging and immediately found the row that should not exist. Classic.

Update 88: Roaster in Utrecht CS asked how I wanted it. I said “like the 11:00 train: late but intense”. They understood.

I had the opposite experience in Scheveningen. Maybe it is a platform thing. [14.3]

If it flips to complete with no mail, that is still “success”. Quiet success. [39.4]

If it flips to complete with no mail, that is still “success”. Quiet success. [14.4]

Anyone else stuck behind a disrupted sprinter near Dronten? Bring a book.

Wind at Tussen de Vaarten was personal today. My hair has filed a complaint.

Update 89: We should talk more about median reply time in civic spaces and less about vanity member counts.

Let me know if you still need a trailer. Mine is free after 10:00. [39.5]

Let me know if you still need a trailer. Mine is free after 10:00. [14.5]

This should be in the house rules. People keep rediscovering it. [39.6]

Neighbourhood tip: skip the main square at Hilversum on Saturday. Side streets are calmer and the bakery still has bread.

I miss when “the cloud” meant someone else’s computer and not twelve product names for the same invoice.

This should be in the house rules. People keep rediscovering it. [14.6]

Update 90: Packing for Europoort: rain jacket, spare inner tube, unreasonable optimism.

I am quoting this later. Too clean a summary to lose. [39.7]