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Developing a side project made me really embrace the MVP mindset
Development
May 6, 2025May 6, 2025

Developing a side project made me really embrace the MVP mindset

I never thought developing a personal side project would make me enthusiastic about MVPs… It’s not easy making something simple!…

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How to remove DRM from Amazon Kindle and Adobe Digital Editions ebooks – for free
Tooling
February 25, 2025February 25, 2025

How to remove DRM from Amazon Kindle and Adobe Digital Editions ebooks – for free

Amazon announced this month that they won’t allow users to download the ebooks they bought on Kindle locally after February…

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Choosing the tech stack for a development side project
Development
February 17, 2025April 28, 2025

Choosing the tech stack for a development side project

Software engineering in our daily job can sometimes feel frustrating. Developing a side project on your own time is a…

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Takeaways from Devoxx 2024: on developer productivity, testing done right, good use of AI in programming and anonymization
Development
December 10, 2024

Takeaways from Devoxx 2024: on developer productivity, testing done right, good use of AI in programming and anonymization

This year at Devoxx Belgium, I attended talks on data anonymization in the public sector, reframing testing in software engineering,…

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Understanding CSS positioning, finally!
CSS, Development, Front-end development
October 25, 2024December 18, 2024

Understanding CSS positioning, finally!

I’ve always been more attracted to backend development. However, I’ve mainly worked as a full-stack developer, and working on the…

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Beyond Programming: The Art of Software Engineering à la Google – takeaways from the book “Software Engineering at Google”
Career, Development, IT project management, Team work
May 12, 2024December 18, 2024

Beyond Programming: The Art of Software Engineering à la Google – takeaways from the book “Software Engineering at Google”

Curious about the art of Software Engineering as practiced at Google? From understanding the difference between programming and software engineering…

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Stream API – Java advanced (OCP)
Java
November 12, 2022November 29, 2024

Stream API – Java advanced (OCP)

The Java Stream API allows to create pipelines of chained methods to produce a result. It exists since Java 8.…

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68 things I learned at Devoxx Belgium 2022
Development
November 5, 2022April 22, 2025

68 things I learned at Devoxx Belgium 2022

This year, I attended the Devoxx convention deep dive days. I was my first time attending such an event and…

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Who’s “she”

30-something Software Engineer

📌 Passionate about Knowledge Sharing, UX/User Centric development, Inclusion and Ethics, DevOps and automation, Developer Experience.

📌 Started working in IT after a career shift (10 years in a non-technical field).

📌 5 years’ experience in Software Engineering.

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