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Software Engineer figuring out AI, robotics and pretty much life in general. Belgian in Zürich 🇧🇪🇨🇭

Zurich, Switzerland
Joined December 2009
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Wished @matrixdotorg was more adopted as a messaging standard. [Matrix] is an open and decentralised communication protocol. Basically like Slack or Discord, but you can self-host and use any compatible client to message others (or built one yourself!). Ofc for most users hosting a Matrix instance is too complicated, but you could just choose a provider and seamlessly communicate with others, regardless of their provider or client. You would be in full control of your data and easily switch to a new provider if needed. I spawned my own instance now and using @element_hq as client. Using it for my @openclaw agent instead of Discord or Telegram. Works great!
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Avoiding the temptation to over-engineer personal projects is a constant battle. Having worked in professional environments with mature tooling and processes for over a decade now, I have become so accustomed to a certain way of building software. When building personal projects, it is so natural to try to replicate those ways because obviously they are proven and battle-tested. It’s hard to break out of this tunnel vision and realize things can be much simpler. Ofc simplicity comes with trade-offs, but for personal projects, those are usually perfectly fine.
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What you do today when you have free time determines how much free time you will have a few years from now.
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How to attract and retain great developers: Pay well Use modern tech Offer flexible hours Provide fast laptops Support remote work Treat people with respect Solve meaningful problems You don't need ping pong, game consoles, or beer taps.
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Hou vol, het komt allemaal goed.
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To redesign Facebook.com for today’s browsers, we’ve rebuilt and standardized our tech stack. This let us rethink functionality in a performant, sustainable way and build a solid foundation for future growth. engineering.fb.com/web/faceb…
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Hey @JoviDeC, I started working on @effectiv_app again and want to give Hooked-Form a try. Which validation library would you recommend? Before I used Yup (with Formik), but looks like this is no longer desirable? Nice work btw, looks clean and easy 🙌
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20 years ago Amazon went through a major transformation. Here’s what we learned about building modern applications along the way. - "Modern Applications at #AWS" - #allthingsdistributed allthingsdistributed.com/201…
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There is no avoiding pain, especially if you’re going after ambitious goals. Believe it or not, you are lucky to feel that kind of pain if you approach it correctly, because it is a signal that you need to find solutions so you can progress.
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A little field trial showcase of what we have been doing the past couple of days at @imeclivinglabs On ROBtv youtu.be/B9g5BcDCItA
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Wish I knew this earlier in my career :-) How to Deal with Difficult People on Software Projects people.neilon.software/?fbcl…
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Whether it’s in your private life or your work life, it is best for you to work with others in such a way that each person is matched up with other complementary people to create the best mix of attributes for their tasks.
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40 years of Computer Science at the VUB!
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TIL there are 502 mobile engineers working on a single shared codebase at Uber. 😮 vimeo.com/292733041
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Can't believe I never heard of @alibaba_cloud, while it is the third largest cloud service provider in the world. Chinese tech companies are huge and innovative, yet so unknown in the west. alibabacloud.com/
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Currently, they are hosting a dev conference with 60K attendees! 😮
Around this time last year, I started working on @effectiv_app 🎉 This is my Github progress along the way 👨‍💻 #kaizen
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