Author: Mike van Riel
A new talk in the making? (User) Stories for Developers
At Ingewikkeld, we hold internal presentations to share knowledge between us. Recently, it was my turn; I wanted to tell a story, on stories. In our field of Software Engineering, one of the hardest t... Read More
‘master’ has always been a poor branch name
Recently I was scrolling through my twitter timeline when I encountered this tweet by Fabien Potencier: Fabien eloquently describes something that suddenly clicked with me; master has always been a po... Read More
Three ways to switch between views in Blender, without using a NumPad
I generally work on my laptop a lot, including using Blender, and as most laptops do; this one does not have a NumPad. Most tutorials that you find on the internet presume you do; if you are like me y... Read More
Designing stories in (roleplaying) games
Some time ago my friend Jhon and I spoke through WhatsApp after having spent an enjoyable evening in a café. There we dwelled on various topics including one of our favourites: Dungeons and Dragons, ... Read More
Shape, Form and Detail: What developers could learn from drawing techniques
When you are like me and love practising your art as a developer then it hurts to build something only to throw it away later on. Many books, articles and opinions centre around the notion of good cod... Read More
Quick-tip: using kubectl when you manage multiple Kubernetes clusters
Kubectl has this great feature of ‘contexts’ which allow you to switch between clusters or even namespaces within a cluster. But how do you go about adding contexts to your version of kube... Read More
Kubernetes: Unexpected 502 errors when rolling out a new ReplicaSet
The other day I was working on migrating a platform at a client from Virtual Machine based deployments using Ansible to Container-based deployments using Kubernetes. The whole migration went smooth un... Read More
phpBenelux 2019 – Friday
Last week was the 10th edition of phpBenelux; and for me, it was the 8th time I had been there. From the first one to the 10th one is quite awesome to be a part of and in those 10 years, the spirit of... Read More