Jan Ouwens
@jqno.nl
Developer ◦ Java/JVM ◦ EqualsVerifier ◦ speaker ◦ @yoinknl but opinions mine ◦ 👨👩👧 ◦ 🇳🇱🇪🇺 ◦ 🖖🏻 ◦ 💚 ◦ 🇺🇦🌻 ◦ he/him
My "smart" tv is translating YouTube video titles to Dutch and I hate it.
The phrasing feels awkward. More importantly, it suggests the videos are in Dutch, which they're not.
The phrasing feels awkward. More importantly, it suggests the videos are in Dutch, which they're not.
October 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
My "smart" tv is translating YouTube video titles to Dutch and I hate it.
The phrasing feels awkward. More importantly, it suggests the videos are in Dutch, which they're not.
The phrasing feels awkward. More importantly, it suggests the videos are in Dutch, which they're not.
Yes let's hide the important stuff, thanks GitHub
August 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Yes let's hide the important stuff, thanks GitHub
Somehow, Microsoft Outlook has found a way to make GitHub notification mails even more annoying than they already were
![Three GitHub notification mails, with the tag [SUSPECTED MARKETING] added to them for no reason](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wb7h5xsl45rgznj5ackbh2rb/bafkreiejbjuy5jgo3mozxsaodwno223ct3ui2ndhuf547wzgktqi6klib4@jpeg)
August 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Somehow, Microsoft Outlook has found a way to make GitHub notification mails even more annoying than they already were
The local newspaper (Brabants Dagblad) is now using my Lego model as a stock photo, and I'm not gonna lie, I love it
June 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The local newspaper (Brabants Dagblad) is now using my Lego model as a stock photo, and I'm not gonna lie, I love it
Just another case of me taking my hobby projects way too far: last month I had an official meeting with a Tilburg city council member to present my Lego Tilburg Skyline as a gift; today it was featured in the local newspaper 😄
May 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Just another case of me taking my hobby projects way too far: last month I had an official meeting with a Tilburg city council member to present my Lego Tilburg Skyline as a gift; today it was featured in the local newspaper 😄
Google Nest is pulling out of Europe for thermostats because building for European heating systems is "challenging".
Quite the claim for the company that invented AI
www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Blog/Supp...
Quite the claim for the company that invented AI
www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Blog/Supp...
April 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Google Nest is pulling out of Europe for thermostats because building for European heating systems is "challenging".
Quite the claim for the company that invented AI
www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Blog/Supp...
Quite the claim for the company that invented AI
www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Blog/Supp...
Nice! It can be a dangerous hobby though. Before you know it, your home looks like this 😄
April 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Nice! It can be a dangerous hobby though. Before you know it, your home looks like this 😄
Excited to be a speaker at @amsterdam.voxxeddays.com! I'm hosting a quickie about the various (programming) languages I've learned throughout my life, and why they're all awesome in their own ways! Yes, even C#!
February 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Excited to be a speaker at @amsterdam.voxxeddays.com! I'm hosting a quickie about the various (programming) languages I've learned throughout my life, and why they're all awesome in their own ways! Yes, even C#!
I did a bunch of programming this year!
Too bad that I threw away a lot of the code from my most productive month of the year 😅 ( see jqno.nl/post/2024/12... )
#gitwrapped
Too bad that I threw away a lot of the code from my most productive month of the year 😅 ( see jqno.nl/post/2024/12... )
#gitwrapped
December 18, 2024 at 6:29 PM
I did a bunch of programming this year!
Too bad that I threw away a lot of the code from my most productive month of the year 😅 ( see jqno.nl/post/2024/12... )
#gitwrapped
Too bad that I threw away a lot of the code from my most productive month of the year 😅 ( see jqno.nl/post/2024/12... )
#gitwrapped
Preparing for an ignite session is hard, because you're limited to 20 slides, no more, no less.
Yesterday I discovered I had 21, so I had to scramble to get rid of one.
Today I discovered that I miscounted yesterday, so I had to scramble to add a new one 😅
#jfall
Yesterday I discovered I had 21, so I had to scramble to get rid of one.
Today I discovered that I miscounted yesterday, so I had to scramble to add a new one 😅
#jfall
November 1, 2023 at 9:21 AM
Preparing for an ignite session is hard, because you're limited to 20 slides, no more, no less.
Yesterday I discovered I had 21, so I had to scramble to get rid of one.
Today I discovered that I miscounted yesterday, so I had to scramble to add a new one 😅
#jfall
Yesterday I discovered I had 21, so I had to scramble to get rid of one.
Today I discovered that I miscounted yesterday, so I had to scramble to add a new one 😅
#jfall
I made a minimalistic rendition of the cast of Star Trek in Lego.
And in another case of me maybe taking my hobby projects a little too far, I also made a pdf with building instructions, created a website, submitted it to Rebrickable and did the other classic 90s Trek shows as well!
And in another case of me maybe taking my hobby projects a little too far, I also made a pdf with building instructions, created a website, submitted it to Rebrickable and did the other classic 90s Trek shows as well!
September 25, 2023 at 5:54 PM
I made a minimalistic rendition of the cast of Star Trek in Lego.
And in another case of me maybe taking my hobby projects a little too far, I also made a pdf with building instructions, created a website, submitted it to Rebrickable and did the other classic 90s Trek shows as well!
And in another case of me maybe taking my hobby projects a little too far, I also made a pdf with building instructions, created a website, submitted it to Rebrickable and did the other classic 90s Trek shows as well!