📊 Blog Analytics & Insights
A deep dive into 13 years of writing, learning, and growth
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96
Total Posts
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36,139
Total Words
⏱️
186 mins
Reading Time
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376
Avg Words/Post
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13
Writing Years
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7
Posts/Year
🚀 Career Evolution Through Writing
2013
Started professional career
2015
First blog about coding passion
2018
Leadership reflections emerge
2019
Infrastructure and tooling focus
2021
Mentoring and growth themes
2024
Principal Engineer evolution
🎯 Interesting Trivia
🚀 Started coding at age 10 with IBM PC and LOGO
🎸 Learned guitar alongside his kid in 2024
🚶♂️ Walks 5-6km daily as part of work-life balance
📚 From college affordability to music lessons - full circle moment
🔧 Advocates for minimalist tooling - Vim over IDEs
🌍 Has worked across 3+ time zones seamlessly
📖 12-year journey from startup employee to Principal Engineer
🎯 Influenced 50% of Dutch schools through platform work
📈 Posts by Year
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Principal Engineer evolution
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Infrastructure and tooling focus
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Leadership reflections emerge
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First blog about coding passion
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Started professional career
💡 Quick Insights
🔥 Most Active:
2025 (28 posts)
2025 (28 posts)
📅 Productive Month:
March (14 posts)
March (14 posts)
📏 Post Lengths:
0 - 1659 words
0 - 1659 words
⚡ Total Reading:
3 hours of content
3 hours of content
🛠️ Technology Evolution Journey
Early Years (2013-2015)
JavaScriptPythonDjango
Growth Phase (2016-2018)
ReactDevOpsLeadership
Expertise Era (2019-2021)
GoInfrastructureMentoring
Principal Phase (2022-2024)
TypeScriptArchitectureStrategy
🏷️ Most Written About Topics
life general (4)life (3)code programming self-improvements (3)git (2)version-control (2)productivity (2)latex macos pdf (2)Hack Projects (2)projects (2)images (2)
⭐ Featured Posts
Vibe Engineering with Django: Working with AI Coding Agents
October 8, 2025
Monokai Pro for Vim: Bringing Modern Aesthetics to Terminal Editing
September 10, 2025
Go 1.25: Container-Aware Runtime, Experimental GC, and Developer Experience Enhancements
August 13, 2025
AI Agents, Me, and My Feelings
July 18, 2025
PDF Joiner Now Supports Linux: Quick Setup Guide
July 7, 2025
Books on My Desk
June 7, 2025
Future of Error Handling in Go Notes
June 5, 2025
Redis Creator's Code Philosophy: 10 Programming Principles from Antirez
May 9, 2025
Balancing AI Tools in Development: A Practical Workflow Guide
May 7, 2025
Natural Coder
April 2, 2025
2024 in Review
January 11, 2025
Remote Work Success Guide: 7 Years of Practical Experience and Best Practices
March 26, 2020
A Somewhat Sane Guide for Software Development
February 6, 2020
Influential Programmers: A Personal Tribute to 10 Open Source Leaders
January 23, 2020
The Minimalist Developer: Maximizing Productivity with Fewer Tools
March 6, 2019
Integrating React with Django CMS: Solving Content Refresh Challenges
May 24, 2018