Software Engineer, PhD

I’m passionate about all things software development and deployment. At my current employer, I lead the effort to continuously improve our software by automating its development processes. Currently open to new challenges to help tackle obstacles in software development and operations. Branching out as an independent DevOps engineer from H2 2021.

I specialize in:

Python: back-end and scientific programming

RESTful APIs: design and development

Continuous Improvement and Continuous Delivery

Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud solutions

Containerization of applications and k8s container orchestration

Infrastructure as code (terraform) and gitops.

GNU/Linux (x86 mostly)

Computer networking

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Moving from Instagram to Mastodon

Moving from Instagram to Mastodon

For some time I’ve wanted to move the Instagram account of floriscycles.com to my Mastodon instance and delete the instagram account. Earlier this year I did just that and I’d like to share my method in case someone would want to move their account(s). Note: while PixelFed is better suited to hosting media centered content,…

Home backups with borg

Home backups with borg

Now that my backup solution has been up and running for six months, I thought I’d share a short write-up. I would only recommend running your own backup method, if you are aware of the risks involved. If you’re in the market for backup software, there exist many off-the-shelf products that likely offer what you…

Examenroute rijbewijs A

Examenroute rijbewijs A

In februari heb ik het examen openbare weg afgelegd in het examencentrum te Sint-Denijs-Westrem. Nu ken ik de streek rondom het examencentrum behoorlijk (wat niet noodzakelijk een voordeel is), maar misschien heeft iemand anders wel iets aan de route die ik gereden heb. Bovendien is info over examenroutes behoorlijk karig. Vandaar dit bericht.

Upgrading your mastodon instance

Upgrading your mastodon instance

As mastodon v3.3.0 has been released for over two months now, I figured it was time to upgrade my family instance from v3.2.1 to v3.3.0 (thereby skipping v3.2.2). I wrote about hosting your own instance, via docker-compose, in a previous post. The past week I’ve been tinkering with mastodon development. Considering what a pain it…

Hosting your own mastodon instance via docker-compose

Hosting your own mastodon instance via docker-compose

Recently I’ve setup an invite-only mastodon instance as a private space for friends and family. While I am still evaluating whether mastodon is the right tool for such a private space, I’d like to share a number of issues I encountered during setup.