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Successfully tackled IT challenges and the underlying pragmatic choices.
In a rapidly changing digital world, I encounter challenging issues every day; from efficiently deploying code and taking back control over your own data, to streamlining complex project processes. I believe that every digital bottleneck requires a smart, pragmatic solution. With my articles I dive deep into the core of technology and methodology to show how we can transform digital barriers into opportunities for growth and independence.
Excel to Dynamic Website: Directus & AI Prototyping Guide
Recently, I had such an opportunity to sink my teeth into a project that combined two key areas of expertise: deploying the headless CMS Directus and the power of rapid prototyping using AI.
Windows-inside-Docker
The latest episode of the Tweakers Podcast #385 got me thinking again: You can't do everything on Linux!? I had to smile, because my daily work consistently demonstrates the opposite.
LocalAI
I am always open to innovative technologies, and artificial intelligence is definitely one of them. The rapid developments in the field of AI offer enormous opportunities, but at the same time raise important questions about data management, privacy and the growing dependence on large tech giants. The search for a safe, independent and fully controllable way to use AI ultimately brought me to the open source solution LocalAI. Hosting this technology on your own hardware turned out to be the key to solving the privacy issue, without sacrificing the power of modern AI.
The Open Source Revolution: Why I Broke Up with Big Tech
When I started my web development business, I faced the familiar choice: conform to the dominant Big Tech and SaaS ecosystems, or forge an alternative path.An open source project is dead, long live open source
What to do if the developer has declared an open source Android app to the project. But you need an update of that app? Well then you take matters into your own hands. Long live open source.
Do you arrive at your location with an EV with a route from Google Bard or ChatGPT?
Content Management Systems
Mijn persoonlijke supermarkt gebaseerd op Picnic en
Sinds de leuke karretjes van Picnic in Utrecht rondrijden, ben ik fan van deze supermarkt. Simpel met een App op vanaf de bnk boodschappen doen. In de loop der jaren ben ik bewuster gaan leven en merkte dat ik meer van een online supermarkt verwacht. De onderstaande artikelen beschrijven de ontwikkeling van deze webshop.
Alle onderstaande artikelen zijn een persoonlijk gedachte experiment en een programmeer vinger oefening. Er is geen commerciële insteek en dit project is niet gelieerd aan Picnic zelf. Picnic mag natuurlijk zelf inspiratie komen op doen.