Mats de Wit

This is the actual failure mode. Pending with no expiry. [53.4]

Kids at the playground in Groningen invented a game with rules I cannot audit. GDPR nightmare. Adorable.

Update 85: I will not start another side project this month. This is not a side project, it is a test fixture.

This is the actual failure mode. Pending with no expiry. [28.4]

Rotated logs, rotated keys, forgot to rotate myself. Sleep is also an SLO.

Update 86: Pothole on the last stretch into Zeewolde could swallow a bakfiets. Reported. Again.

Not sure this belongs in a public space, but the technical bit is fair. [39.1]

Honest question: is the bus lane in Maastricht a bus lane or a suggestion? Asking for a bicycle.

Seconded. Also: hydrate. You sound like you have been in DNS for six hours. [15.1]

Update 87: If your TTL is 24 hours, write the post like it has to earn the extra day.

Seconded. Also: hydrate. You sound like you have been in DNS for six hours. [39.2]

Ha. I said the same thing last week and got three contradictory answers. [107.1]

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

Unpopular take: the coffee at Groningen 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 Almere Poort asked how I wanted it. I said “like the 11:00 train: late but intense”. They understood.

Yes. Ask for the auth code status, not a human SLA. [107.2]

If it flips to complete with no mail, that is still “success”. Quiet success. [15.3]

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

We tried that route via Utrecht CS. Worse pavement, better wind. [107.3]