Update 69: Sunset over Eindhoven made the whole commute feel like a documentary with a better soundtrack.
Sem van den Broek
EU-first, caffeine-second.
Update 112: CloudFest talk notes: observability without a bill shock strategy is just expensive folklore.
Update 70: If you still roll a 1024-bit KSK in 2026 I need you to sit down for a minute.
Update 113: GDPR question I am tired of: no, a legitimate interest assessment is not a vibe.
Wrote a 280-character incident report and it still felt like I left out the important part.
That matches what I saw. Timestamp even lines up. [52.1]
Update 71: Market at Dronten had the first decent peaches. I bought too many. I regret nothing.
Update 114: Espresso in Tussen de Vaarten tasted like someone finally cleaned the group head. Small civic miracle.
Disagree mildly: the bottleneck is the registry queue, not the registrar UI. [52.2]
Disagree mildly: the bottleneck is the registry queue, not the registrar UI. [27.2]
Anyone going to the neighbourhood dinner in Eindhoven? I can bring soup and a folding table.
Update 72: Office rumor mill says the staging TLS cert expires on a Friday. Of course it does.
Update 115: The construction on the way to Oostvaardersplassen has entered its third personality. Today it is a labyrinth.
Do you have a ticket number? The public status page is lagging again. [52.3]
Do you have a ticket number? The public status page is lagging again. [27.3]
I can bring a folding table if we are still on for Muiderberg. [52.4]
The 07:12 to Naarden was on time. I do not know how to process this emotionally.
Update 73: Tried the long way around Almere Centrum on the bike. Extra twelve minutes, minus two close calls.
Update 116: Self-hosting update: the backup ran. The restore drill did not. Guess what I am doing tonight.
The Muiderberg version of this story is even weirder. (73)