Not all parallel careers lead to the same outcomes
People with parallel careers simultaneously hold two different jobs not because they have to but because they want to.
Chuniversiteit
A personal blog about programming, design, and software engineering research
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How humans and AI should work together in critical care
Data scientists and clinicians provide their perspectives on how humans and AI can safely work together in intensive care units.
Software engineering across domains
Software engineering practices differ between domains and companies. Who’d have thought?
Where I get my papers from
I made a list of all the journals and conferences that have been featured in my paper summaries on this blog.
People are apparently farming citations on ResearchGate
This week’s paper about citation farming is right at the intersection of two of my “favourite” subjects: AI slop and academic fraud.
The complicated relationship between developers and security experts in Scrum
Good product security is possible only when developers and security experts work together, but this turns out to be hard in practice.
I’m not sure what to make of Google’s Pixel 10 Pro
The Pixel 10 Pro is supposed to be Google’s flagship phone, but it certainly doesn’t feel like one.
The Eurovision Song Contest and the European Union
The Eurovision Song Contest is technically not related to the European Union, but it does affect how the EU is perceived abroad.
Access your Docker Compose services via easy-to-remember names
Did you know you can make your Docker web app containers available via simple names instead of hard-to-remember port numbers?
Tackling gender biases in AI-driven systems
This paper presents a handful of recommendations for designing effective guidelines to tackle gender biases in AI.
Corporate bullshit considered harmful
The Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale provides a way to measure how susceptible someone is to corporate bullshit.
How explainable AI affects understandability, trust and usability
Researchers evaluated different explainable AI designs for disinformation detection and found some surprising results.
Valse vrienden in het onderwijs
Valse vrienden naaien je er altijd bij op een moment waarop het je niet uitkomt, dus je kunt maar beter goed voorbereid zijn…
Agile teams don’t use a lot of data in their retrospectives
A survey of 19 development teams suggests that objective data such as project metrics are not used systematically in retrospectives.
My thoughts on Apple’s Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and numeric keypad
The Apple Magic Keyboard is an outrageously expensive wireless Mac keyboard with just one redeeming feature.
Do AI coding agents improve velocity and quality?
I know you have Betteridge’s law of headlines in mind, but the answer to this question isn’t as simple as “yes” or “no”.
My experiment with GitHub Sponsors
I tried donating to OSS creators via GitHub Sponsors and learned some *mildly* interesting things.
The current(-ish) state of LLM-based multi-agent systems for software engineering
At this point, we may just be reinventing real-world software engineering practices using LLMs.
How batch size affects LLMs’ classification of requirements
We all know that larger large language models (LLMs) tend to perform better than smaller ones – but what about the size of their inputs?
Is that my legitimate interest or your legitimate interest?
Websites are allowed to collect user data without explicit consent, if they follow all the rules – but they often don’t.
My 2025 in review
Steve Jobs once said that “great artists ship”. That’s how I know I’m not a great artist – I haven’t shipped anything of note this year.
What’s wrong with technology readiness levels (TRLs) and how to fix them
The technology readiness level (TRL) scale, developed by NASA in the 1970s, is still going strong but can be challenging to use.
Generating and using Let’s Encrypt wildcard certificates with cert‑manager
Wildcard certificates are amazingly easy to set up and manage with cert-manager. I don’t know how I managed without them for so long.
Israel’s attempts at songwashing in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest
The 2024 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was an absolute shitshow, and Israel was a major part of that.
Weaponised autism in online alt-right communities
The term “weaponised autism” is frequently used on extremist platforms such as Gab. What is it and what does it mean for autistic people?