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Hacking the housing market
Analysing how tech is exaggerating the housing crisis, and how I built a crawler to outcrawl the crawlers.
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Dutch Rail Data Heist: Real-Time Metrics, APIs, and Commuter Chaos
Dive into the secret APIs, real-time data, and questionable design choices powering the Dutch rail network. From live train metrics to student debt calculations, here’s how I turned my commute into a data-driven adventure—without breaking any rules.'
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Saying goodbye to Java rebuilds, hello to JavaScript (but still in the JVM)
The journey of PixelScript, the fastest development cycle for Minecraft content.
PersonalDevelopment
The €12 Privacy Rebellion: How I Reverse Engineered a Smart Ring and Built My Own App
Because sketchy Chinese apps with weird data policies aren't cool, but rings and tech definitely are. Here's how I decoded Bluetooth protocols, battled binary blobs, and built a privacy-respecting mobile app from scratch.
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Meteor: Interfaces as networking contract
An overview of Meteor, a Java RPC library designed for transparent remote procedure calls, featuring a pluggable transport and serialization architecture that simplifies development in distributed systems.
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Block art with Art-Net
Using Art-Net and real lighting consoles to build in-game experiences
LightingImagineFun+3
Bodging in Java - crimes against the runtime
Using Java reflect proxies to manipulate objects at runtime
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COBALT: Building a 200x Faster Entity Engine from Minecraft Protocol
How we eliminated 80% of server overhead by intercepting network traffic and building our own reality.
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