Elin Hoekstra

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

Update 61: Brought the dogs to Almere Poort. 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 Zeewolde 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 Almere Haven 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.

Officially: we are looking into it. Unofficially: yes. [119.6]

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

Update 106: The new bike path lighting toward Zwolle is actually good. Whoever signed that off: thank you.

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

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

I can bring a folding table if we are still on for Groningen. [80.1]

Market at Almere Poort had the first decent peaches. I bought too many. I regret nothing.

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

Update 107: Looking for a trailer this weekend near Maastricht. Two wardrobes, one optimistic plan.

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

Ha. I said the same thing last week and got three contradictory answers. [80.3]

Update 108: PHP 8.4 property hooks just saved me a DTO class I did not want to maintain. Quiet win.

Yes. Ask for the auth code status, not a human SLA. [80.4]