Category: Dancing Engineer

  • Big News Today!

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Seventeen] That I still can’t share but now I have an actual for realsies real date. I know. Super vague. #SorryNotSorry But first the news: Positive coronavirus tests dip below 6,000, but no change in weekly average RIVM picks new leadership team for Covid vaccine program Dutch government yet…

  • Bacon Lorem Ipsum Dolor

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Fourteen] Bacon ipsum dolor amet kevin burgdoggen meatball leberkas, strip steak turducken pork belly drumstick tri-tip pig fatback porchetta hamburger boudin andouille. Chislic strip steak landjaeger bresaola burgdoggen ball tip chicken ribeye doner short loin alcatra kevin drumstick tenderloin jowl. Beef tri-tip capicola kevin biltong. Turkey frankfurter landjaeger meatball.…

  • Do I Have To?

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Thirteen] I write every single day and sometimes, damnit, I just don’t want to. Sometimes it’s the end of the day and you want to sleep and you’re a bit cold and haven’t been sleeping well and it’s the end of an intense week and you just walked your…

  • A Group Of Cockroaches Is An Intrusion

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Twelve] What have you learned this week, Leander? A lot, Warriors. Cockroaches have been around since the time of dinosaurs! A cockroach can live almost a month without food. A cockroach can live about two weeks without water. Some female cockroaches only mate once and stay pregnant for life! A cockroach can live for up to one week…

  • Cockroach Labs At KubeCon CloudNativeCon EU

    #KubeCon #CloudNativeCon

  • Getting Started With CockroachDB

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Nine] I know, I know. I haven’t even officially started with Cockroach Labs and I’m already nerding out? Where’s the work life balance? Where’s the weekend off? #CantStopWontStop But first the news: Strict Protestant churches ignored calls for online services, no singing Two Covid patients die after power outage…

  • Drumroll Please!

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Five] I am. Absolutely. Over the MOON. To announce my new adventure. But first the news: Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what changes today True number of Covid vaccines given in Netherlands still unknown; Up to 30% of data missing King’s Day 2021: 50 arrested in Amsterdam, parks closed across…

  • Now With Music!

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Three] Today I’m quite excited to share that I figured out how to add music to my streams. And also I demonstrated how to use the new and improved GitHub Pages to put your CV online. It’s quite the productive day, eh? But first the news: Coronavirus cases start…

  • Last Week of Vacation

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Two] Sure, I’ve been super sick for a few days, but I have high hopes for this week. First, though, I am entirely over the moon to announce that I have filed to create a company, Groningen Rain BV, here in the Netherlands. But first the news: Brabant hospitals…

  • So Long, Equinix Metal

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Ninety Eight] And thanks for all the fish. This morning Equinix Metal sent a courier to pick up all their hardware and maybe that’s why I woke up at 0100 this morning and couldn’t go back to sleep AT ALL? I haven’t really processed All That Stuff. Just shot…

  • A Company Wants to Hire You But

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Ninety One] They don’t have a tax entity in the Netherlands. What do you do? The short version is that every single company that extended an offer doesn’t have a tax entity in the Netherlands, so I’m doing a LOT of research on my options / their options for…

  • Psst. Hey, You.

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Ninety] I love you. That’s it. That’s the whole post.