Update 102: Unpopular take: the coffee at Almere Haven is better than half the specialty bars in the city.
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Emma van der Meer
@u1502_emma_van_der_meer
Joined Jun 2026
Bike first, train second, car never (almost).
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The herons union would like to add: more fish, fewer drones. [40.7]
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The herons union would like to add: more fish, fewer drones. [15.7]
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Does anyone have a spare cargo bike in Leiden on Sunday? Moving plants, not pianos. Mostly.
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Update 60: Hot take: if your .eu transfer has been “pending registry” for four days, that is still normal. Annoyingly.
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PHP will PHP. The workaround is ugly and it works. [40.8]
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Update 103: Anyone else stuck behind a disrupted sprinter near Weesp? Bring a book.
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This should be in the house rules. People keep rediscovering it. [94.1]
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I am quoting this later. Too clean a summary to lose. [94.2]
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Read the DMA FAQ so you do not have to. Gatekeepers, gatekeeping, gated communities of PDFs.
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Update 61: Brought the dogs to Stedenwijk. One of them made a new enemy. The enemy was a leaf.
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The herons union would like to add: more fish, fewer drones. [94.3]
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This is the bit I keep forwarding to people who think DNS is “just a lookup”. (61)
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Sunset over Pampus made the whole commute feel like a documentary with a better soundtrack.
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Update 62: CloudFest talk notes: observability without a bill shock strategy is just expensive folklore.
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PHP will PHP. The workaround is ugly and it works. [94.4]
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Come to Groningen tomorrow, we can debug it on a bench. [94.5]
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If you still roll a 1024-bit KSK in 2026 I need you to sit down for a minute.
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Update 63: GDPR question I am tired of: no, a legitimate interest assessment is not a vibe.
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Update 106: The new bike path lighting toward Scheveningen is actually good. Whoever signed that off: thank you.