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I often find myself watching and rewatching documentaries related to my field(s) of interest, mainly the IT industry, and (computer) science in general. I find that doing so provides a certain inspiration to start tinkering with something new, or often times just to keep pushing. I’ve compiled a list of... [Read More]

The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. [Read More]

Taking a look a what I was using and paying WordPress.com for I felt it no longer made sense to keep using the service. After looking at some alternatives I decided upon using GitHub Pages to host my blog. It will force me to use a certain toolset, and it’s... [Read More]

In februari of 2018 Rubrik announced the acquisition of Datos IO, a startup with a focus on data management for an underserved part of the market namely (a.o.) NoSQL databases like Cassandra and MongoDB. Before jumping into more specifics about what Rubrik Datos IO is enabling for NoSQL databases, let’s... [Read More]

My first job in IT, many moons ago, was at a company called MOTEC, it was a subcontractor of Telenet, one of the biggest ISPs in Belgium. We were responsible for building the cable based telephony systems that their customers used to make phone calls over the tv distribution network.... [Read More]