Koen van Hove
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Koen van Hove
@koenvh.nl
Computer person who likes toying with networking, security, and data. Also creates software that is sometimes useful. Opinions are my own.
Het Rijkspodcastregister is nu ook beschikbaar als Atom-feed: rijkspodcast.koenvh.nl/feed.xml
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The game might only be out for two days, but I already have a working prototype of my custom pacenotes application for #ACRally, enabling both custom voices and editing the pacenotes. It is still very rough around the edges though.

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Assetto Corsa Rally Nederlandse bijrijdersstem
YouTube video by Koenvh
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November 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Recently I've been playing The Farmer Was Replaced. There is something quite satisfying about seeing your algorithms come to life, especially as normally I'm too lazy to make a decent visualisation.

In the open source philosophy, here's my final script: gist.github.com/Koenvh1/a8ca...
October 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Alle updates van de podcasts in het Rijkspodcastregister staan op GitHub. Als bijvangst kan ik nu zien wanneer bijvoorbeeld een spelfout in een aflevering verbeterd is of dat een aflevering is toegevoegd of verwijderd. Misschien komt die dataset nog een keer van pas :-)

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GitHub - Koenvh1/Rijkspodcast: Een overzicht van alle podcasts geproduceerd door of in opdracht van de Rijksoverheid
Een overzicht van alle podcasts geproduceerd door of in opdracht van de Rijksoverheid - Koenvh1/Rijkspodcast
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October 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
My Stream Deck plugin "ScreenDeck" (to use my Stream Deck as video player) is now available on GitHub!

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GitHub - Koenvh1/ScreenDeck: Turn your Stream Deck into an actual "Stream" Deck
Turn your Stream Deck into an actual "Stream" Deck - Koenvh1/ScreenDeck
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October 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The roadbooks I made for Dakar 18 and Dakar Desert Rally now end up on the first page if you Google "Dakar roadbook". As a consequence people have been emailing me thinking they are the roadbooks for the real 2020/2021/2022 Dakar seasons. Mission failed successfully I guess :-)
October 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Some time ago I bought a Stream Deck (I also wrote a blog about it), but I could never actually stream anything to it. That had to change. Recently I've been working on a plugin to stream live video to the Stream Deck. It works remarkably well:
October 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
After 12 years of loyal service, my dashboard for Raceroom has stopped working. It was time for something new, which gave me something to tinker with again. I also just now caught up with all the added functionality from the last 12 years, like showing the current flag.
October 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
One last addition to my PC (which had to arrive from China): two LED spotlights. Both because I like the look, and because I can more easily see that my PC is still on — it's so quiet most of the time I sometimes forget it is still running.
September 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Because some people requested it: I have now written a longer article about the why and how of building the custom HUD for Dakar Desert Rally on my blog.

blog.koenvh.nl/building-a-c...
Building a custom HUD for Dakar Desert Rally
How I keep finding incredibly niche things to develop for
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September 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I have the uncanny ability to find really niche things to develop for. This weekend: a dashboard for Dakar Desert Rally. It only shows the speed, but that's all I need. Plus I learnt a thing or two about reverse engineering Unreal Engine and extracting values from running processes.
September 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Last week a parcel by @alexfursuitmaker.bsky.social arrived and I'm chuffed to bits with it - world, say hello to Rakoen (pronounced as Raccoon).
September 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I built a new pc after not changing anything for 8+ years. I decided to document my experience, which you can read here: blog.koenvh.nl/lets-finally...
Let's finally build a new PC
Recently I assembled a new PC. I figured I would take the opportunity to write a bit about how that came to be, as well as reminisce about the good old times, because as my last upgrade has been about 8 years ago, and I think it’s quite an interestin...
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September 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
13 jaar geleden publiceerde ik WIDM Exam. Hoewel ik al lang opgehouden ben met ontwikkelen daarvan, wordt het tot op de dag van vandaag nog steeds gebruikt - dat had ik van tevoren nooit verwacht.
September 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
De afgelopen weken ben ik bezig geweest met het opzetten van het Rijkspodcastregister. Aangezien het waarom, wat, en hoe te lang is om hier te plaatsen, heb ik het hier opgeschreven: blog.koenvh.nl/het-verhaal-...
Het verhaal achter het Rijkspodcastregister
Mag het ook een podcast meer zijn?
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August 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Met hulp van vele anderen is het aantal podcasts in het Rijkspodcastregister (een overzicht van alle podcasts geproduceerd door of in opdracht van de Rijksoverheid) nu 141.
Ongeveer 25% is exclusief op Spotify beschikbaar en niet via RSS.

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Rijkspodcastregister
De Rijksoverheid produceert een tal van podcasts. Deze website is een overzicht van alle podcasts die de Rijksoverheid heeft geproduceerd.
rijkspodcast.koenvh.nl
July 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My love-hate relationship with backups continues, though this time it seems like I finally found something that ticks most of the boxes. tl;dr: it's restic with Backrest.

Read the full version here:
blog.koenvh.nl/the-tale-of-...
The tale of backups continues
Some time ago I wrote about backups, my love-hate relationship with most back-up software available, how Duplicati had let me down when it came to rebuilding my database, and I switched to my own solution. Let’s have a look at what happened since the...
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July 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
De Rijksoverheid produceert een tal van podcasts. Vele daarvan zijn helaas niet of nauwelijks vindbaar. Ik vond het tijd om daar verandering in te brengen, en ben begonnen met het maken van een Rijkspodcastregister. De eerste versie staat vandaag online:

rijkspodcast.koenvh.nl
Rijkspodcastregister
De Rijksoverheid produceert een tal van podcasts. Deze website is een overzicht van alle podcasts die de Rijksoverheid heeft geproduceerd.
rijkspodcast.koenvh.nl
July 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Sometimes the simplest programming projects bring the greatest joy, like this button on my Stream Deck that allows me to turn the fan behind my simracing setup on and off (using a smart plug). It's really nice, especially with summer around the corner.
June 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
As many people probably already know, I fly a rainbow flag outside my house. Not just during pride month, but pretty much year round. I hope that one day LGBTQ+ acceptance will be as self-evident as women's voting rights, but until that day there is still something to fight for.
June 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Good morning!
June 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Good morning! Last weekend I made a clock where it's always 11 AM, just the timezone changes, so I can always say good morning. See it for yourself here: koenvh.nl/playground/1...
June 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
After over two months we resume the cookie experiment at the University of Twente, this time using stroopwafels. Admittedly at this point I've stopped tracking the data.
May 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Gisteren was er een ontbijtsessie "Wet Open Overheid", waar ook de transparantieprijs werd uitgereikt. Van de 4 nominaties was van 2 de strekking "probeert de wettelijke termijn te halen". Volgens mij is dit een teken dat er nog winst te behalen valt.

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Openbaarmakingscentrum Amsterdam wint Transparantieprijs 2025 - iBestuur
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May 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Even though it is now over a month ago I was busy this April Fools. I made a summary of the things I did; if you're interested, you can read about it here:

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April Fools 2025: Phone books and adverts
The things I did for April Fools 2025
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May 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM