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I want to set up EventStoreDB (eventstore-oss=20.6.1-2) on a cloud instance to play with, and I want it to be secured. It took some time to get the certs sorted out, but I’m documenting it here now. I’m using Cloudflare to provide DNS. I want the instance to run at prod.esdb.<example.org>. Step 1: Generate the certificates I’m using certonly with the Cloudflare DNS provider. I…
I’m a full stack developer working with TypeScript, Angular, React, serverless, Firebase, and a lot more. Interested in event sourcing, software engineering, proglang design, DDD, and high scalability. Passion for creating delightful software. Other than that I’m trying to make the world a better place.
You can reach me on myfirstname@mylastname.io.
The titles is a quote from the book Turn the Ship Around! (L. David Marquet) that resonated with me. It made me think back on the attitude towards growing leadership I personally have. My phone woke me up at 7.45, and that was the sign something was wrong. I had been training a group of about fifteen people to lead a team of volunteers in youth work, and they had to organise a lot of things…
As part of my Master’s, I took a course called Mechatronic Design. There was no curriculum. Instead, we were split into groups and given a real world case, a breath of fresh air after a very academic program. We were tasked with creating an self-driving boat. An organic farmer outside the city of Ghent wanted to deliver produce to the city centre in an ecological way. Since his farm and the…