GDPR for Developers [presentation]
On a recent meetup in Amsterdam I talked about GDPR from a technical point of view, effectively turning my “GDPR – a practical guide for developers” article into a talk.Continue reading
When You Have A Blockchain, Everything Looks Like a Nail
Blockchain, AI, big data, NoSQL, microservices, single page applications, cloud, SOA. What do these have in common? They have been or are hyped. At some point they were “the bigContinue reading
Fix Your Crawler
Every now and then I open the admin panel of my blog hosting and ban a few IPs (after I’ve tried messaging their abuse email, if I find one). ItContinue reading
GDPR – A Practical Guide For Developers
You’ve probably heard about GDPR. The new European data protection regulation that applies practically to everyone. Especially if you are working in a big company, it’s most likely that there’sContinue reading
The Problem Solver
I’ll start this post with a quote: "Every great developer you know got there by solving problems they were unqualified to solve until they actually did it." – Patrick McKenzieContinue reading
I Still Prefer Eclipse Over IntelliJ IDEA
Over the years I’ve observed an inevitable shift from Eclipse to IntelliJ IDEA. Last year they were almost equal in usage, and I have the feeling things are swaying evenContinue reading
Blockchain? It’s All Greek To Me…
The blockchain hype is huge, the ICO craze (“Coindike”) is generating millions if not billions of “funding” for businesses that claim to revolutionize basically anything. I’ve been following all ofContinue reading
Self-Driving Cars Should Be Open Source
Self-driving cars are (will be) the pinnacle of consumer products automation – robot vacuum cleaners, smart fridges and TVs are just toys compared to self-driving cars. Both in terms ofContinue reading
Five Must-Watch Software Engineering Talks
We’ve all watched dozens of talks online. And we probably don’t remember many of them. But some do stick in our heads and we eventually watch them again (and again)Continue reading
We Are Not Having a Productive Debate About Women in Tech
Yes, it’s about the “anti-diversity memo”. But I won’t go into particular details of the memo, the firing, who’s right and wrong, who’s liberal and who’s conservative. Actually, I don’tContinue reading