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S3 Tables still does not provide a great console experience despite being around for two-ish years now. This is evident when looking for an easy way to delete the resoure you create with it through the console. So here are some easy AWS CLI commands I’ve been using to delete resources when testing S3 Tables. First, there’s three resources types that get created, a table, a namespace…
Eurostar released the schedule for its winter ski season, earlier this month, the “Eurostar Snow”. Since I covered what the inaugural Travelski Night Express service would look like, it would be interesting to compare it against the now established Eurostar Snow. Eurostar Snow begins their seasonal service on 19 December 2026, offering a train to and from Amsterdam and…
Barcelona has a good mix of public transport modes, however, as a trainspotter one grip I have is that most of the stations and tracks in the city itself are tucked away underground. This reduces the number of trainspotting locations to just the stops themselves (requiring a valid ticket), and also means I need to account for low light if I want to take any pictures or videos. Most underground…
The Dutch Railway, NS, has submitted a notice to the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) of its intention to run 6 daily services in both directions from Amsterdam Centraal to the Rhine-Ruhr region. This will be done in collaboration with Deutsche Bahn, DB, starting in the 2028 timetable. Since the notice on 10 June 2026, a few articles have come out, and while I wanted to share this…
In general, I’m in favour of disclosing AI-generated or assisted code in commits. In recent months, I’ve been seeing more and more of them across various open source repositories, and it’s a good indicator to me on how the project was developed and is being maintained. I want to actively avoid using, relying on, or contributing to repositories that are AI-generated or heavily…
This weekend, Stichting Industrieel Erfgoed Meierijstad (SIEMei) will inaugrate the work done at the marshalling yard in Veghel, connecting the tracks that were once part of the Duits Lijntje (German line) running from Boxtel to Wesel. Over the years the foundation has acquired various equipment including steel carriages used in the 20th century, the Zuid-Willemsvart lifting rail bridge that was…
Given a Lambda function’s ephemeral nature, when working with SQLite databases or other files, you would typically be baking it into the functions deployment package, reading the database from S3 using external libraries, or attaching the function to an Amazon EFS file system. The first approach would mean any changes made during the runtime of the function would be lost, given that the…
Like many cities, Barcelona started with a horse-drawn tram network, which then grew and was electrified before being decommissioned in favour of buses, private vehicles and the metro. Having not turned out so great, Barcelona then returned to the tram. I wrote about this same pattern in Luxembourg and Berlin , now it’s time for Barcelona. The first tram network The horse-drawn tram A…
It’s always fun looking back at things I’ve done in the past, especially if they’re neatly logged or visualised in some way. Robert Birming commented on the same feeling he gets when looking at his blog calendar, or pins on a map based on completed house inspections he’s done. Reading his post inspired me to finally write this one. The front page of my website has the…
Travelski, a subsidiary of Compagnie des Alpes, will begin offering a night train from Amsterdam, through Brussels, to the French Alps starting this December. This is in addition to the service launched last ski season in December 2025 that went from Paris - Gare de Lyon to Moûtiers, Aime and Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Starting Friday, 18 December 2026, Travelski will run a train from Amsterdam Centraal…