Mees Ottens

Found a bench in Maastricht that is not next to a speaker. I am not telling you which one.

Work identity thought of the day: private spaces should leak nothing. Not even the joke.

Seconded. Also: hydrate. You sound like you have been in DNS for six hours. [13.3]

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

Three herons at Zeewolde. 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.

Seconded. Also: hydrate. You sound like you have been in DNS for six hours. [14.2]

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

Update 121: Market at Zwolle 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 Almere Poort could swallow a bakfiets. Reported. Again.

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

If it flips to complete with no mail, that is still “success”. Quiet success. [67.1]

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

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

Let me know if you still need a trailer. Mine is free after 10:00. [67.2]

This should be in the house rules. People keep rediscovering it. [117.3]

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