The Macbook Neo appears to be a massive sales hit for Apple and popular as first Mac for people – including myself. But coming from Windows, macOS handles and feels quite different, and the default setup […]
Package management under Python can be a bit of a mess, one of the complaints I had about Python in the past. It’s not uncommon for different programs to not only require different packages, but also […]
It’s now about a year and a half since I bought a small, cheap Intel N100-equipped mini PC for use as home server. I’m happy to report that so far it has been running flawlessly, consuming […]
If you follow the news about the effects of AI on software development, you’ll encounter wildly different claims. The supporters claim that AI assistance improves speed by 40%, and that in 2030 95% of all code […]
I’ve been using Linux (Kubuntu to be precise) as my standard operating system on my laptop for a couple of months now. I used Linux almost exclusively in my ten university years (from 1999 to 2009), […]
The keyboard problem Once you start using more than one operating system, you’ll notice that they have different approaches to keyboard layouts – if you use a language that requires special characters. For me, it’s the […]
I used to make fun of Apple users for a long time – for overpaying for their computers (especially hardware upgrades) and for not being able to plug in HDMI cables, needing to make use of […]
Only a few people in the world get to create one famous piece of software. A guy called Linus Torvalds created two that are used every day by millions of people: Linux, and git. What is […]
Al sinds het najaar van 2025 heeft de computerindustrie last van stijgende geheugenprijzen. Vooral RAM, dus het werkgeheugen, is enorm in prijs gestegen. Maar ook opslag in de vorm van zowel SSDs als ook HDDs en […]