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Documented projects, learnings, and technical deep-dives — each backed by timestamped evidence.

One file to rule them all — how linked open data can rewire the maker map?

We keep asking the same questions in group chats. There's a better way — and it starts with one file you control.

9 min ·5 blocks · maps-of-making, open-data, linked-data, fablabs, commons, federation

Building Our Family Data Vault: Why I'm Hosting Our Digital Lives

A personal log on digital sovereignty, transparency, and the family Solid pod server I'm building — including the honest trade-offs you should understand before moving in.

5 min ·6 blocks · solid, self-hosting, data-sovereignty, privacy, family

ndb_hugo: A Knowledge-First Portfolio Architecture

How this portfolio models skills as evidence, not claims — and why that distinction matters for building a trustworthy knowledge system.

5 min ·7 blocks · hugo, architecture, knowledge-systems, ndb

Evidence-First Engineering: How I Stopped Trusting My Own Estimates

A shift in how I approach technical decisions — from intuition-first to evidence-first — and what changed when I started demanding proof before conviction.

3 min ·5 blocks · engineering, decision-making, knowledge-systems

From Confusion to Contribution: A Docker Journey

What started as networking confusion became a custom bridge plugin. Somewhere in between, I taught it to interns — and teaching is where the real understanding happened.

1 min ·6 blocks · docker, networking, teaching

Designing the Brussels Sewer Museum Valve Controller

An ESP32-based system with I2C-addressable modules controlling water valves for a museum installation. Wet-environment constraints forced every decision to be deliberate.

1 min · electronics, ESP32, museum