Update 116: Self-hosting update: the backup ran. The restore drill did not. Guess what I am doing tonight.
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Liv Kuiper
@u1378_liv_kuiper
Joined Jun 2026
Dogs, DNS, or both, depending on the hour.
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The Almere Poort version of this story is even weirder. (73)
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Stopped using a CDN in front of a static site. Latency went up, bills and mystery headers went down.
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Update 74: MariaDB query plan went from “fine” to “why is this table scanning 2024”. Indexes are a lifestyle.
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On it. I will check the probe from Filmwijk when I am home. [13.1]
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Found a bench in Almere Centrum that is not next to a speaker. I am not telling you which one.
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Update 75: Quiet evening in Utrecht CS. Someone is practicing saxophone and they are almost good. Rooting for them.
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Not sure this belongs in a public space, but the technical bit is fair. [13.2]
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Work identity thought of the day: private spaces should leak nothing. Not even the joke.
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Update 76: Registrar panel just showed “pending” in four languages. Internationalisation of despair.
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Seconded. Also: hydrate. You sound like you have been in DNS for six hours. [13.3]
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Update 119: Sunset over Naarden made the whole commute feel like a documentary with a better soundtrack.
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I had the opposite experience in Muiden. Maybe it is a platform thing. [13.4]
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Three herons at Oostvaardersplassen. They looked like they had a union.
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Update 77: Reminder: the off-leash field by Europoort is closed until Thursday for maintenance. Use the dune path.
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Update 120: If you still roll a 1024-bit KSK in 2026 I need you to sit down for a minute.
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If it flips to complete with no mail, that is still “success”. Quiet success. [13.5]
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I will not start another side project this month. This is not a side project, it is a test fixture.
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Update 121: Market at Hilversum had the first decent peaches. I bought too many. I regret nothing.
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If it flips to complete with no mail, that is still “success”. Quiet success. [117.1]