Emile (ツ)

Hi, I'm Emile 👋

Software engineer and team lead with 20+ years of experience building products, growing teams, and improving delivery.

I offer hands-on development, leadership, coaching, and mentoring. See about, clients, and services.

2026

Running OCI/Docker images on Sprite.dev
March 01, 2026 #sprite.dev #docker #oci #umoci #runc #firecracker
Deepseeks 3FS' FUSE hackery is super interesting
February 14, 2026 #FUSE #AF_XDP #infiniband #no-kernel #HPC #Networking #OMGFAST
StarGZ fast docker snapshotter is low-key magic
February 13, 2026 #StarGZ #Docker #FUSE
On mourning the craft
February 07, 2026 #LIFE #FEELS
Gow - Simple compile on save, live reload for go web applications
February 01, 2026 #Golang #Tool
Age of good-enough-ism
January 24, 2026 #Feels
I went to Bali and all I got was Chikungunya
January 24, 2026 #Bali #Chikungunya
Getting to ramen profitability in 2026 by lowering my standards (even lower!)
January 22, 2026 #software #2026 #life
Whoopsie, guess I'm LLMs little b*tch now
January 21, 2026 #Feels #Singularity

2024

Starting loopmotion, a better way to kitesurf
September 19, 2024 #Sidegigs #kitesurfing

2023

How I solved ABN statement processing
April 24, 2023 #OCR #ABN

2021

The impossibility of obtaining bank statements in a processable format from ABN-AMRO
August 26, 2021 #Rant #ABN
Some tools to make your static site even better!
August 11, 2021 #jekyll #static-sites
Working with REST APIs like it's 1992
August 10, 2021 #1992 #your-moms-internet

2020

Building a GitHub action that checks your checked boxes
November 30, 2020 #github #action-runner #checks
Magical product owners and where to find them
November 29, 2020 #product-building #productowners #hey-give-that-back
Making plain ruby objects queryable with ruby-queryable
March 21, 2020 #ruby #tools poc
Dutch government's solution to 'simple invoicing' is quite complicated
February 06, 2020 #rant #xml #design-by-committee
A more concise MiniTest reporter for reducing cognitive load
January 30, 2020 #ruby #testing #gitgud

2019

GraphQL protocols will be presented at GraphQL Meetup Montreal!
September 20, 2019 #graphql
Build Craft CMS sites easy and fast with Craft CMS Kit
August 08, 2019 #craftcms #look-ma-no-wordpress
The tiniest, very cute, ruby graphQL microservice Setup
August 02, 2019 #microservice #microsmurfice
Get to know the Fediverse fast with the awesome-fediverse
June 30, 2019 #fediverse #dataownership
Request API tokens easily with the GraphQL token request protocol
June 28, 2019 #tokens #auth
Introducing GraphQL-protocols for federation!
June 27, 2019 #graphql #fediverse #dataownership
Unfortunate reasons for going back on Facebook
June 14, 2019 #facebook #zuck

2018

We just launched our new product Supercraft!
November 30, 2018 #craftcms
Why access and API tokens are the new passwords but worse
October 06, 2018 #fediverse #dataownership
Build a static site with Jekyll and Docker Multistage Builds
September 26, 2018 #static-sites #jekyll #docker
New to code? Here's the ultimate guide to asking tech questions without feeling awkward!
September 04, 2018 #can-i-ask-a-question
Simple sites with Middleman and Docker Multistage Builds
September 04, 2018 #middleman #docker
Fast and easy docker builds with the simplest 'git push' workflow
September 03, 2018 #git #push #for #life
Things I wished I knew before I started with Kubernetes
September 01, 2018 #kubernetes #kubnernietes #kuberwelles
Wanna be a CKA? Let's learn for the kubernetes certified administrator exam together!
August 29, 2018 #cka #ckad #kubernetes #git-gud

2017

Sup! Git, got you down? Sign up for 'Train the Team #4 - How to win at Git with GitHub'
September 04, 2017 #train-the-team
Holy crap! The ruby GraphQL hackathon was awesome!
August 26, 2017 #graphql #hackathon
Want to learn ES6 and Babel? Join me for 'Train The Team #3 - Intro to ES6
August 09, 2017
Want to learn ReactJS? Join me for 'Train The Team #2 - Intro to ReactJS'
July 25, 2017
It's live! Come and join us on the GraphQL hack day the 25th of August in Amsterdam!
July 23, 2017
Free tech coaching for you and your team
July 17, 2017
We're organizing a graphql-ruby hackathon in Amsterdam
July 16, 2017 #hackathon #amsterdam #xxx-no-the-city
Why the greatest frameworks are extractions
July 16, 2017

2016

Praise for Unity's API and IDE hack-ability
May 18, 2016
Open sourcing drone-docker-build plugin for faster docker host builds
May 18, 2016

2013

How to forward calls from the internet to your local machine using SSH
November 01, 2013
Why you should learn to code
September 28, 2013
How the ruby debugger Byebug works with TracePoint API
September 27, 2013
How it works: Docker
September 26, 2013
How to create a portable minimal Ubuntu distro
September 13, 2013
How to create a native gem for ruby using C
September 11, 2013
Understand Docker better by doing LXC from scratch
August 10, 2013
Cook servers with Takeout and chef
August 02, 2013

2009

Content deployment prime still frustratingly buggy
September 07, 2009
STSADM or any assembly loading terribly slow behind firewall or vpc & vmware
September 01, 2009
Storing files externally in MOSS
August 04, 2009 #OLD-BLOG #ENTERPRISE #STSADM
Are you choosing the most efficient way for your SharePoint solutions a look at CRM 4.0 and SharePoint
April 01, 2009 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS #STSADM
SharePoint designer workflow WSP packager source code released
March 22, 2009 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS #STSADM
SDP workflow packer source release and why I am a bit quiet
March 08, 2009 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS #STSADM

2008

Common reasons why corporate Intranet implementations fail
November 13, 2008 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #INTRANET
Meet me at Office Devcon 2008 in Sydney
November 04, 2008 #OLD-BLOG #SYDNEY #STSADM
Sharepoint internals happiness
October 12, 2008 #OLD-BLOG #MOSS #STSADM
Beta SPD workflow export utility on CodePlex
September 11, 2008 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #SPD
Packaging and reusing sharepoint designer workflows - Part 2
September 10, 2008 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS #STSADM
Packaging and reusing SharePoint designer workflows - Part 1
July 04, 2008 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS #STSADM
Happy 2008, y'all!
January 07, 2008 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS #STSADM

2007

Using sharepoint sites regional settings as your UICulture for WCM presence sites
December 17, 2007 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS #STSADM #WCM
Exporting lists for features programmatically using SolGen API and reflection
December 16, 2007
Sharepoint designer workflow association STSADM repair command
November 21, 2007 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS #STSADM
Customized layouts folder on site collection basis
November 17, 2007 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS
Developer awareness and the bad reputation of SharePoint Designer
November 10, 2007 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS #DESIGNER
External storage API for WSS, opening the door for CAS and HSM storage?
September 21, 2007 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS
Getting started with WCM - Part 1
September 14, 2007 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS #WCM
Upcoming WCM series
September 08, 2007 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS
The role of MOSS in an large scale ECM environment - Part 2
September 07, 2007 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS
Back from France and back for business
September 03, 2007 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS
The role of MOSS in an ECM enviroment
August 16, 2007 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS
Looking for more SharePoint gurus
August 16, 2007 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS
Bdc writing to BDC using GenericInvoker
August 09, 2007 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS
Created BDC toolkit project on codeplex
August 08, 2007 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS
BDC general tips on intergrating your external data
August 07, 2007 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS
I passed 70-542!
July 12, 2007 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS
Hurray, I passed 70-542!
July 12, 2007 #OLD-BLOG #SHAREPOINT #ENTERPRISE #MOSS