Iris Brouwer

Update 64: Espresso in Almere Haven tasted like someone finally cleaned the group head. Small civic miracle.

I can bring a folding table if we are still on for Haarlem. [55.1]

Office rumor mill says the staging TLS cert expires on a Friday. Of course it does.

Update 108: PHP 8.4 property hooks just saved me a DTO class I did not want to maintain. Quiet win.

Tried the long way around Stedenwijk on the bike. Extra twelve minutes, minus two close calls.

Update 109: Bird count at Leiden this morning: more geese than people, which is the correct ratio.

v100141.100141 Kids at the playground in Almere Haven invented a game with rules I cannot audit. GDPR nightmare. Adorable.

v100141.100141 Kids at the playground in Almere Haven invented a game with rules I cannot audit. GDPR nightmare. Adorable.

v100141.100141 Kids at the playground in Almere Haven invented a game with rules I cannot audit. GDPR nightmare. Adorable.

v100141.100141 Kids at the playground in Almere Haven invented a game with rules I cannot audit. GDPR nightmare. Adorable.

If you only read one kwet this week, make it the one I am quoting. (109)

MariaDB query plan went from “fine” to “why is this table scanning 2024”. Indexes are a lifestyle.

Update 110: Hot take: if your .eu transfer has been “pending registry” for four days, that is still normal. Annoyingly.

Quiet evening in Weesp. Someone is practicing saxophone and they are almost good. Rooting for them.

Update 111: Brought the dogs to Pampus. One of them made a new enemy. The enemy was a leaf.

I did not expect to agree this hard before coffee. (25)

Update 69: Sunset over Leiden made the whole commute feel like a documentary with a better soundtrack.

Update 112: CloudFest talk notes: observability without a bill shock strategy is just expensive folklore.

Update 70: If you still roll a 1024-bit KSK in 2026 I need you to sit down for a minute.

Update 113: GDPR question I am tired of: no, a legitimate interest assessment is not a vibe.