Alper Cugun
@alper.nl
Doing Platform Engineering in Berlin
Now: Uiua, Iceland 14/8-2/9, road cycling, Claude Code, Cuppin.gs, 十一月日本にハイキング旅行を計画しています, Gleam, mountains
Now: Uiua, Iceland 14/8-2/9, road cycling, Claude Code, Cuppin.gs, 十一月日本にハイキング旅行を計画しています, Gleam, mountains
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Alper Cugun
@alper.nl
· Jan 30
Do not treat as human those who would not treat you as human.
Heeft iemand Moederland (Родина) van Lermontov in de Nederlandse vertaling ergens liggen? Ik had al eens gezocht maar nu ook weer niks gevonden.
Hier in het Turks op een bijzondere site: www.siirparki.com/mlermontov1....
Hier in het Turks op een bijzondere site: www.siirparki.com/mlermontov1....
~ ANAYURT ~ MIHAIL LERMONTOV
www.siirparki.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Heeft iemand Moederland (Родина) van Lermontov in de Nederlandse vertaling ergens liggen? Ik had al eens gezocht maar nu ook weer niks gevonden.
Hier in het Turks op een bijzondere site: www.siirparki.com/mlermontov1....
Hier in het Turks op een bijzondere site: www.siirparki.com/mlermontov1....
Looking to setup a Hugo site and I would be willing to pay for a quality theme, but most of the premium themes look similar and also rather poor quality. The ones that look half-way decent, I can't really be sure that they do everything I need without going through a thorough audit.
December 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Looking to setup a Hugo site and I would be willing to pay for a quality theme, but most of the premium themes look similar and also rather poor quality. The ones that look half-way decent, I can't really be sure that they do everything I need without going through a thorough audit.
No way to exit full screen videos on Bluesky for me other than force quitting the app.
I love react native.
I love react native.
December 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
No way to exit full screen videos on Bluesky for me other than force quitting the app.
I love react native.
I love react native.
Trying to get the kid to use nose spray by telling her: “that’s what all the rappers use”.
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Trying to get the kid to use nose spray by telling her: “that’s what all the rappers use”.
Reverse Centaur, a creature with the arse of a human and the head of a horse.
The horse does whatever horses do while the human’s ass is on the line.
The horse does whatever horses do while the human’s ass is on the line.
December 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Reverse Centaur, a creature with the arse of a human and the head of a horse.
The horse does whatever horses do while the human’s ass is on the line.
The horse does whatever horses do while the human’s ass is on the line.
The diagnosis here about the unique German problem with Datenschutz is mostly correct. Of course other European countries manage to have privacy without working themselves in a huff around Datenschutz. How could that be?
The causes mentioned are correct:
The causes mentioned are correct:
DSGVO-Reform: „Beim Datenschutz ist Deutschland inzwischen dem Silicon Valley näher als dem Rest der EU“
Die Datenschutzgrundverordnung kann reformiert werden, sagt Max Schrems - aber ganz anders, als die EU es gerade plant. Im Interview erklärt der prominente Datenschützer, warum er keine Hoffnung mehr…
netzpolitik.org
December 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The diagnosis here about the unique German problem with Datenschutz is mostly correct. Of course other European countries manage to have privacy without working themselves in a huff around Datenschutz. How could that be?
The causes mentioned are correct:
The causes mentioned are correct:
Do you want some flashbacks to the horrors of trigonometry? Here’s fizz buzz in cosines.
I inadvertently picked an area of software engineering that was pretty much exclusively this even though I liked formal systems and proofs a lot more.
susam.net/fizz-buzz-wi...
I inadvertently picked an area of software engineering that was pretty much exclusively this even though I liked formal systems and proofs a lot more.
susam.net/fizz-buzz-wi...
Fizz Buzz with Cosines - Susam Pal
Fizz Buzz is a counting game that has become oddly popular in the world of computer programming as a simple test of basic programming skills. The rules of the game are straightforward. Players say…
susam.net
December 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Do you want some flashbacks to the horrors of trigonometry? Here’s fizz buzz in cosines.
I inadvertently picked an area of software engineering that was pretty much exclusively this even though I liked formal systems and proofs a lot more.
susam.net/fizz-buzz-wi...
I inadvertently picked an area of software engineering that was pretty much exclusively this even though I liked formal systems and proofs a lot more.
susam.net/fizz-buzz-wi...
Dependency cooldowns were the first thing we instituted after tj-actions forced us to hash-pin all the GitHub actions we pulled in. Glad the industry is now also catching up.
blog.yossarian.net/2025/11/21/W...
blog.yossarian.net/2025/11/21/W...
We should all be using dependency cooldowns
Nov 21, 2025 Tags: oss, security
blog.yossarian.net
December 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Dependency cooldowns were the first thing we instituted after tj-actions forced us to hash-pin all the GitHub actions we pulled in. Glad the industry is now also catching up.
blog.yossarian.net/2025/11/21/W...
blog.yossarian.net/2025/11/21/W...
With the price of solar panels continuing to go down, there's no reason any surface that you see outside couldn't generate electricity. That's what they mean when they say Kardashev.
booktwo.org/notebook/act...
booktwo.org/notebook/act...
Actually Existing Solarpunk | booktwo.org
November 7, 2025
booktwo.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
With the price of solar panels continuing to go down, there's no reason any surface that you see outside couldn't generate electricity. That's what they mean when they say Kardashev.
booktwo.org/notebook/act...
booktwo.org/notebook/act...
AI sales targets are down. Github Actions prices are going up. Most of their software is second tier at best. Microsoft is still, Microsoft.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/m...
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/m...
Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas
Report: Microsoft declared "the era of AI agents" in May, but enterprise customers aren't buying.
arstechnica.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
AI sales targets are down. Github Actions prices are going up. Most of their software is second tier at best. Microsoft is still, Microsoft.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/m...
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/m...
"RDS goes down too. And when it does, you're still the one getting paged, you just have fewer tools to fix the problem."
pierce.dev/notes/go-ahe...
Not that much to argue with here. Anybody starting something new right now should most likely steer clear of the AWS trap.
pierce.dev/notes/go-ahe...
Not that much to argue with here. Anybody starting something new right now should most likely steer clear of the AWS trap.
Go ahead, self-host Postgres | Pierce Freeman
Self-hosting Postgres is simpler and cheaper than managed services suggest, with comparable reliability and better performance tunability.
pierce.dev
December 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"RDS goes down too. And when it does, you're still the one getting paged, you just have fewer tools to fix the problem."
pierce.dev/notes/go-ahe...
Not that much to argue with here. Anybody starting something new right now should most likely steer clear of the AWS trap.
pierce.dev/notes/go-ahe...
Not that much to argue with here. Anybody starting something new right now should most likely steer clear of the AWS trap.
"AI is expected to approach human reasoning"
If nothing else, von der Leyen demonstrates here that ChatGPT is smarter than the average person in her office. Not exactly what you would call super intelligence, but still.
euobserver.com/digital/ar68...
If nothing else, von der Leyen demonstrates here that ChatGPT is smarter than the average person in her office. Not exactly what you would call super intelligence, but still.
euobserver.com/digital/ar68...
Von der Leyen caught in AI hype trap while Tech bros cash in
Ursula von der Leyen and the EU Commission are fueling the AI hype, claiming AI could reach human-level reasoning next year. When asked for evidence, they cited tech CEOs’ essays, prompting…
euobserver.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
"AI is expected to approach human reasoning"
If nothing else, von der Leyen demonstrates here that ChatGPT is smarter than the average person in her office. Not exactly what you would call super intelligence, but still.
euobserver.com/digital/ar68...
If nothing else, von der Leyen demonstrates here that ChatGPT is smarter than the average person in her office. Not exactly what you would call super intelligence, but still.
euobserver.com/digital/ar68...
I'm glad that Robert Yang is still making games like these. One of the more original and interesting thinkers in game design/development.
www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2025/12/rain...
www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2025/12/rain...
new game: Rainbows Are Carnivores, a gay fishing / aquaculture romance
Info, images, and artist statement for a fishing / aquaculture video game by Robert Yang
www.blog.radiator.debacle.us
December 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I'm glad that Robert Yang is still making games like these. One of the more original and interesting thinkers in game design/development.
www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2025/12/rain...
www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2025/12/rain...
For the holiday break I made a big list of foods I always wanted to cook to knock them out one by one. Two weeks of strong cooking and even stronger eating is ahead.
Today we made Babka and Boeuf Bourgignon both of which turned out great.
Today we made Babka and Boeuf Bourgignon both of which turned out great.
December 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
For the holiday break I made a big list of foods I always wanted to cook to knock them out one by one. Two weeks of strong cooking and even stronger eating is ahead.
Today we made Babka and Boeuf Bourgignon both of which turned out great.
Today we made Babka and Boeuf Bourgignon both of which turned out great.
Am I the only person whose podcast app looks like this? I love PPF but I can barely keep up with the regular set of episodes.
The same for many other podcasts. Giving me more episodes in exchange for money is hardly a positive thing.
The same for many other podcasts. Giving me more episodes in exchange for money is hardly a positive thing.
December 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Am I the only person whose podcast app looks like this? I love PPF but I can barely keep up with the regular set of episodes.
The same for many other podcasts. Giving me more episodes in exchange for money is hardly a positive thing.
The same for many other podcasts. Giving me more episodes in exchange for money is hardly a positive thing.
Lots of people in my circles promote Vipassana as a way to do maintenance on their brains.
There’s a season of the German podcast Seelenfänger that shows some of the dangers of letting sketchy people into your head.
pca.st/episode/4600...
There’s a season of the German podcast Seelenfänger that shows some of the dangers of letting sketchy people into your head.
pca.st/episode/4600...
Dark Dhamma: Gefährliches Schweigen
pca.st
December 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Lots of people in my circles promote Vipassana as a way to do maintenance on their brains.
There’s a season of the German podcast Seelenfänger that shows some of the dangers of letting sketchy people into your head.
pca.st/episode/4600...
There’s a season of the German podcast Seelenfänger that shows some of the dangers of letting sketchy people into your head.
pca.st/episode/4600...
Because I never really take public transit anymore I had forgotten how shockingly bad some of the transitions are.
S2 to U2 at Potsdamer Platz is so so bad, poor signage, poor routing, needless stairs. This one is enough reason never to use the system alone.
S2 to U2 at Potsdamer Platz is so so bad, poor signage, poor routing, needless stairs. This one is enough reason never to use the system alone.
December 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Because I never really take public transit anymore I had forgotten how shockingly bad some of the transitions are.
S2 to U2 at Potsdamer Platz is so so bad, poor signage, poor routing, needless stairs. This one is enough reason never to use the system alone.
S2 to U2 at Potsdamer Platz is so so bad, poor signage, poor routing, needless stairs. This one is enough reason never to use the system alone.
Moving my blog away from Wordpress/PHP/MySQL which has increasingly become a liability with its cost, character encoding issues and spam/exploit magnet.
I'm evaluating static site generators, right now Pelican and Hugo. Not sure if there are any other (established) contenders.
I'm evaluating static site generators, right now Pelican and Hugo. Not sure if there are any other (established) contenders.
December 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Moving my blog away from Wordpress/PHP/MySQL which has increasingly become a liability with its cost, character encoding issues and spam/exploit magnet.
I'm evaluating static site generators, right now Pelican and Hugo. Not sure if there are any other (established) contenders.
I'm evaluating static site generators, right now Pelican and Hugo. Not sure if there are any other (established) contenders.
We have to use this broken version of Trello now: www.taskcards.de#/home/start
I’d say there are two good outcomes:
- Stop with the Datenschutz nonsense and just use the real fully functional tools.
- Build tools that are actually good and competitive.
This is neither and we are all losing out.
I’d say there are two good outcomes:
- Stop with the Datenschutz nonsense and just use the real fully functional tools.
- Build tools that are actually good and competitive.
This is neither and we are all losing out.
TaskCards
TaskCards ist eine Onlineplattform mit der Lehrer:innen Infos/Aufgaben für Schüler:innen DSGVO konform bereitstellen können.
www.taskcards.de
December 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We have to use this broken version of Trello now: www.taskcards.de#/home/start
I’d say there are two good outcomes:
- Stop with the Datenschutz nonsense and just use the real fully functional tools.
- Build tools that are actually good and competitive.
This is neither and we are all losing out.
I’d say there are two good outcomes:
- Stop with the Datenschutz nonsense and just use the real fully functional tools.
- Build tools that are actually good and competitive.
This is neither and we are all losing out.
After midnight and I solved two days of Advent of Code (in Rust) and made maki and onigiri for the next day. A bit of exercise and then to bed.
Am I doing this right?
Am I doing this right?
December 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
After midnight and I solved two days of Advent of Code (in Rust) and made maki and onigiri for the next day. A bit of exercise and then to bed.
Am I doing this right?
Am I doing this right?
Refreshing to see Brian Cantrill talk about 'trust' and 'accountability' in the tech industry. These days it almost seems as if both of those have become dirty words.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF7J...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF7J...
Trust as Infrastructure | Bryan Cantrill | Monktoberfest 2025
Software runs on trust — not just in the code, but in the people who write it. In this riveting Monktoberfest talk, Bryan explores how accountability, transparency, and human fallibility shape the…
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Refreshing to see Brian Cantrill talk about 'trust' and 'accountability' in the tech industry. These days it almost seems as if both of those have become dirty words.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF7J...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF7J...
Als je bij het voorlezen de GVR een Vlaams accent geeft en dat dan het hele boek moet doortrekken, dan ist dat best pittig. Gelukkig is het nu uit.
December 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Als je bij het voorlezen de GVR een Vlaams accent geeft en dat dan het hele boek moet doortrekken, dan ist dat best pittig. Gelukkig is het nu uit.
“Integrierte Sekundarschule”
I have kids in school in Berlin but given the complete and total chaos that is the school system here, I have no idea what this means.
As far as I know there are also no good official resources on this either in German or English.
I have kids in school in Berlin but given the complete and total chaos that is the school system here, I have no idea what this means.
As far as I know there are also no good official resources on this either in German or English.
December 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Integrierte Sekundarschule”
I have kids in school in Berlin but given the complete and total chaos that is the school system here, I have no idea what this means.
As far as I know there are also no good official resources on this either in German or English.
I have kids in school in Berlin but given the complete and total chaos that is the school system here, I have no idea what this means.
As far as I know there are also no good official resources on this either in German or English.
For as long as I’ve lived in Germany, I’ve never seen the SPD do anything that you could call good.
I’m doubtful even that they did anything good in the 20th century.
I’m doubtful even that they did anything good in the 20th century.
Sigmar Gabriel erklärt in einem mehrteiligen Post, warum er "Fan von Alex Dobrindt" ist: u.a. wegen dessen fehlender Rechtstreue. Und erläutert anschaulich mit ein paar Sätzen, warum die SPD so dermaßen am Ende ist.
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
For as long as I’ve lived in Germany, I’ve never seen the SPD do anything that you could call good.
I’m doubtful even that they did anything good in the 20th century.
I’m doubtful even that they did anything good in the 20th century.
Getting to Ise to be able to begin my walk, I learn some choice lessons about financial infrastructure that I would have preferred gone unlearned.
alper.nl/dingen/2025/...
alper.nl/dingen/2025/...
Iseji – Day 0 – Getting to Ise
I still need to write up how I got to Ise in the first place and why that was so terrible. After landing on Narita at around 11:00 JST, I fumbled around a bit and managed to buy myself a sandwich a…
alper.nl
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Getting to Ise to be able to begin my walk, I learn some choice lessons about financial infrastructure that I would have preferred gone unlearned.
alper.nl/dingen/2025/...
alper.nl/dingen/2025/...