Everyone loves vacation, right? Not me. Here’s why travel stresses me out, annoys me, makes no sense and also wrecks the planet while we’re at it.
Oracle WSM, JWT and custom policies
How to attach custom OWSM policies to REST (Oracle OSB)
Kernel Panic #2 — A deal’s a deal — until it isn’t
Apparently, ‘We have a deal’ translates to ‘Let’s confuse the system’ Another story in the Kernel Panic series — once again set in my early youth. I still remember it clearly: it was late spring or early summer. I can recall the weather, the clothes I was wearing, and everything around me.
Dead Symbols, Living Systems — Why Some Knowledge Won’t Compile
Why information sometimes is very hard to digest and save As long as I can remember, I’ve had this weird issue with learning new things. Take high school, for example. Subjects like history and geography were a breeze. Even the statistics and probability part of math came naturally to me — but algebra and calculus?…
Backup stories — What was needed to get to NEVER again
Ever since I owned a computer, I’ve lost data. Those three moments got me to the point where I said: “This will never, ever happen again.” This story is about how I went from thinking that RAID is backup, to the backup setup I have today. And yes, I’ll sprinkle this story with the mistakes…
Reacher update 12th of april 2025
And now, time for the promised update! Weight: 114,3kg (-0.5kg) Chest: 110cm (no change) Waist: 112cm (-1cm) Belly: 111.5cm (-0.5cm) Body fat: No measurement this week. Not the best week. Not the best week — I didn’t walk as much as I wanted to and skipped Monday’s workout because of serious muscle soreness. But yesterday,…
Agilemania 2025
I started working in the IT industry in 1999 — not counting my three internships. I first encountered Agile and Scrum around 2007, and in 2008 I got officially certified. My training was under the inspiring guidance of Jens Østergaard and Bas Vodde, two early champions of the framework. Since then, I’ve seen my fair…
Kernel Panic #1 — The First I Know Of
And as I said earlier this week — it’s time to start the very first Kernel Panic post in this series. The earliest moment my brain crashed trying to make sense of a simple question. Honest answer, unexpected result — and the birth of my internal codebase. This is actually the earliest kernel panic I…
Your brain as a company
Imagine your brain is a company. It has a CEO who is constantly deciding what you do. Your company has different departments, located on different floors of your building — and some departments might even be in entirely different locations. And of course, all those departments are occupied by your co-workers: some work on-site every…
Reacher update 5th april 2025
And I just had my official appointment with my scales. Time for the update I promised a week ago. Weight: 114,8kg (-1,2kg) Chest: 110cm (-1cm) Waist: 112cm (+1cm) Belly: 112cm (-2cm) Fat: 31.1% ( -0,7% in 3 weeks ) This week’s drop looks big — 1.2 kg in seven days — but I’m pretty sure…