This is a DNS blog series of two parts.

In this first part I will give an introduction to DNS, including some examples and hands-on experiments on the command line. So you will understand the concept of DNS much better! In Part 2 we will setup our own DNS server. Let’s get started!

Bun 1.0 is out of the oven! And it’s a big deal, because there wasn’t much happening in terms of performance or innovation in the recent years with NodeJS. Sure we have Deno, but who is really using Deno? Also Bun tries to combine various tools into one tool, helping out the developers a lot.

I would like to share a nice ‘secret’. I want to introduce you to the Starship prompt! This is a getting started guide for Starship. I’m using Starship every day.

Starship Prompt, not to be confused with the Starship from SpaceX 😆, is a cross-shell prompt written in Rust. The prompt works in any common shell you may already use under GNU/Linux, like Bash.

GitLab is an awesome product. I’m using GitLab Community Edition (FOSS) at home on a daily basis.

However, I needed a specific feature in GitLab called Pull from a remote repository which is officially a premium feature only. Too bad this feature is not free, but I have a solution.
This sync feature allows you to keep for example your forked repository in sync with a remote upstream repository.

Introduction

I hear a lot of people talking bad about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. As if crypto is bad for humanity. In 2014 I already wrote a blog article about Bitcoin; Bitcoin and Litecoin (Dutch).

I want to discuss several arguments against Bitcoin and misconceptions people are telling me regarding crypto. Specifically against Bitcoin.

My current server is 15 years old, and time for an upgrade! Finally! After all, adding additional memory is not good enough and we hitting the limits of the old hardware. We will replace the whole server from the ground-up.

Currently, I’m also searching for an electric car. Of course when you are buying a car for yourself, you are judging your bare minimal requirements. Like what is the minimum range (for electric cars), the type of car or what is your budget you want to spend on a car.

Aside from all those factors, those cars were hitting the marked and I couldn’t choose any more. The cars have huge differences in both range and starting price. This gave me the idea to come up with some similar calculation what is used in the IT; to compares hard-disks/solid state disks. Namely the cost of of 1 Gigabyte.

Most of the people know I’m using Telegram. But I never explained the reasons why I use Telegram. Let me explain why I think you should also use Telegram. Telegram is an alternative of WhatsApp.
Read the full article, and be amazed by the features of Telegram.

Most of the people know about the new augmented reality game named “Pokémon GO”. You grep your smartphone go out-side and gonna catch “m all. I won’t explain what a gym is or a pokéstop are or even how to battle. Instead I purely focus on how the game technically works.

I share some history behind the game. Explaining some bugs and try to predict the future. Also don’t forget to read the “Did you know” section at the end.

I always like to debate and dream about new technologies and the future. Which is sometimes  sci-fi, but most of the sci-fi becomes reality. I would like to share some of my (crazy?) predictions and technologies I think become truth and fully accepted within several years from now.

We willen allemaal het maximale uit onze computer/laptop halen, in termen van gebruikersgemak, snelheid, optimalisatie en productiviteit.
Zelf heb ik heel lang Ubuntu gebruikt als besturingssysteem (meer dan 5 jaar). Met ups en downs, af en toe toch weer stiekem naar Windows of dual-boot. Of ik ging andere distributies uitproberen, zoals Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, CentOS en meer. Ik heb zelfs Arch Linux geprobeerd.

Door de bomen zie je het bos niet meer. Als je kiest voor Linux, welke distributie kies je? Ik wil je graag meenemen in het verhaal waarbij ik zelfs weer terecht kwam bij Arch Linux.

Een smartphone kopen uit China was een tijd lang taboe. Je kreeg een log en traag toestel met slechte specificaties. Zoals een slechte schermresolutie, touchscreen die niet fatsoenlijk werkt, geen 4G en enorm trage processor met weinig intern geheugen. Dat is wel veranderd in het laatste jaar…

Welke merken heb je? Waarom zou je kiezen voor een Chinees toestel merk? Is het wel goed? En kan het zo goedkoop? Wat zijn de valkuilen?
Tot slot heb ik een conclusie met 2 persoonlijke winnaars (2015).
Lees snel verder!