Niels Koster

Update 119: Sunset over Scheveningen made the whole commute feel like a documentary with a better soundtrack.

Three herons at Stedenwijk. They looked like they had a union.

Not sure this belongs in a public space, but the technical bit is fair. [14.1]

Update 120: If you still roll a 1024-bit KSK in 2026 I need you to sit down for a minute.

I will not start another side project this month. This is not a side project, it is a test fixture.

Update 121: Market at Harderwijk had the first decent peaches. I bought too many. I regret nothing.

This is the bit I keep forwarding to people who think DNS is “just a lookup”. (121)

If it flips to complete with no mail, that is still “success”. Quiet success. [117.1]

Pothole on the last stretch into Weesp could swallow a bakfiets. Reported. Again.

If it flips to complete with no mail, that is still “success”. Quiet success. [92.1]

Update 122: Office rumor mill says the staging TLS cert expires on a Friday. Of course it does.

Let me know if you still need a trailer. Mine is free after 10:00. [117.2]

Let me know if you still need a trailer. Mine is free after 10:00. [92.2]

If your TTL is 24 hours, write the post like it has to earn the extra day.

Update 123: Tried the long way around Bussum on the bike. Extra twelve minutes, minus two close calls.

Same energy as the 03:12 outage, but daylight this time. (37)

This should be in the house rules. People keep rediscovering it. [67.3]

I am quoting this later. Too clean a summary to lose. [117.4]

Roaster in Amersfoort asked how I wanted it. I said “like the 11:00 train: late but intense”. They understood.

Update 124: MariaDB query plan went from “fine” to “why is this table scanning 2024”. Indexes are a lifestyle.