Blog
Welcome to my engineering blog! On this page you will find various brief posts I’ve written over the years. Most of these posts focus on specific engineering challenges I’ve faced, but some posts also cover events like awards I’ve won or conferences I’ve attended. I also use this space to crosspost my content from other sites (mostly StackOverflow).
Welcome to devillers.nl v3!
Today I am launching the third iteration of my personal website at devillers.nl
Jun 5, 2022 · 3 min read
Typing JSON imports in TypeScript
How to extract types from JSON imports for great justice
Nov 5, 2021 · 2 min read
Mockito, @BeforeEach and UnnecessaryStubbingException
How to define Mockito stubs in your generic setup method without triggering UnnecessaryStubbingException
May 21, 2021 · 3 min read
NextJS & Sharp library compatibility issue
How to fix the latest NextJS release with Sharp for your system
Feb 5, 2021 · 1 min read
Nodejs, TypeScript, ts-node-dev & top-level await
Where we are, where we are headed and where we want to be
Dec 11, 2020 · 3 min read
Polishing the charts
How to improve the responsiveness of Highcharts on smaller viewports
May 18, 2020 · 5 min read
Time for some reflection
My thoughts after one month of working on the Big O Visualizer
May 14, 2020 · 7 min read
Debugging production with hidden modals
How to change the behavior of an application using a (hidden) settings screen
May 12, 2020 · 4 min read
Web Workerizing CPU-hungry JavaScript
How to avoid browser UI freezes by offloading CPU-heavy code to Web Workers
May 7, 2020 · 11 min read
Implementing previous/next navigation
How to add previous/next navigation to Gatsby pages
May 1, 2020 · 4 min read
Launching the Big O Visualizer
I built an interactive web-based tool that visualizes the time complexity of algorithms
Apr 24, 2020 · 2 min read
Business Process Modeling as a means to bridge The Business-IT Divide
My master's thesis that won an award in 2012
Dec 2, 2019 · 3 min read
Integrating Hystrix Dashboard in Spring Boot Admin 2
How to guide on getting Hystrix Dashboard up and running in Spring Boot Admin 2
Nov 19, 2019 · 3 min read
I won a hackathon!
My team won SHIP IT 2019! This was my first hackathon in DPG Media's brand new headquarters in Antwerp. I had a great 24 hours mob-programming, meeting the CEO and running through the hallways at night with Nerf guns 😀
Oct 12, 2019 · 2 min read
When will AWS S3 delete expired objects?
I ran into an interesting "gotcha" this week with respect to the AWS S3 lifecycle policy
Oct 1, 2019 · 1 min read
Docker in de praktijk
Een kijkje achter de schermen van de ov-chipkaart
Nov 28, 2015 · 2 min read
Jack of all trades, master of none
Reflecting on twenty years of software engineering
Nov 15, 2015 · 3 min read
Back from Microsoft TechEd 2014
I just returned from a week of absorbing hardcore IT knowledge, meeting industry leaders and enjoying the nice Spanish weather. Where? Microsoft TechEd 2014 of course!
Nov 3, 2014 · 2 min read
Announcing M@sterDev 2014
We're organizing a MasterChef spin off called M@sterDev, a 24-hour hackaton / coding competition for students!
Oct 9, 2014 · 2 min read
Strong Naming Third-party Assemblies
How to add a strong name to a third-party assembly
Jul 6, 2014 · 3 min read
Quick debugging KnockoutJS in Chrome
How to quickly debug KnockoutJS templates in your browser using ko.dataFor($0) and ko.contextFor($0)
Dec 14, 2013 · 3 min read
Easy way to improve DbEntityValidationException
How to easily tell what's going on when you face a DbEntityValidationException from Entity Framework
Mar 4, 2013 · 3 min read
ASP.NET MVC 4 RC: Getting WebApi and Areas to play nicely
How to make WebApi Routes Area-aware
Aug 15, 2012 · 9 min read
Localizing Microsoft ReportViewer
How to localize the Microsoft ReportViewer Control in Dutch (or any language) by implementing the three IReportViewerMessages interfaces
May 5, 2012 · 12 min read
Good gravy, I won an award!
The Aia Software Thesis Awards ceremony was held on 10 February 2012, during which I received the award for Most Appealing Master Thesis 2012
Feb 10, 2012 · 2 min read
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