Nova Baars

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

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

The herons union would like to add: more fish, fewer drones. [15.7]

Does anyone have a spare cargo bike in Hilversum 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 Europoort? Bring a book.

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

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

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

Sunset over Tussen de Vaarten 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.

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 Scheveningen. [105.1]

Market at Utrecht CS had the first decent peaches. I bought too many. I regret nothing.

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

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

This is the actual failure mode. Pending with no expiry. [55.2]

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