Koen de Groot

Update 59: Bird count at Oostvaardersplassen this morning: more geese than people, which is the correct ratio.

Update 102: Unpopular take: the coffee at Europoort is better than half the specialty bars in the city.

The herons union would like to add: more fish, fewer drones. [40.7]

Does anyone have a spare cargo bike in Almere Centrum on Sunday? Moving plants, not pianos. Mostly.

Update 60: Hot take: if your .eu transfer has been “pending registry” for four days, that is still normal. Annoyingly.

PHP will PHP. The workaround is ugly and it works. [40.8]

Update 103: Anyone else stuck behind a disrupted sprinter near Eindhoven? Bring a book.

v101808.101808 Bird count at Haarlem this morning: more geese than people, which is the correct ratio.

Read the DMA FAQ so you do not have to. Gatekeepers, gatekeeping, gated communities of PDFs.

Update 61: Brought the dogs to Haarlem. One of them made a new enemy. The enemy was a leaf.

The herons union would like to add: more fish, fewer drones. [119.3]

This is the bit I keep forwarding to people who think DNS is “just a lookup”. (61)

PHP will PHP. The workaround is ugly and it works. [119.4]

Sunset over Oostvaardersplassen made the whole commute feel like a documentary with a better soundtrack.

Update 62: CloudFest talk notes: observability without a bill shock strategy is just expensive folklore.

Come to Maastricht tomorrow, we can debug it on a bench. [119.5]

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

Update 63: GDPR question I am tired of: no, a legitimate interest assessment is not a vibe.

I can bring a folding table if we are still on for Leiden. [105.1]

That pothole ate my pump. I am taking this personally. [119.7]