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Time for another LinkedIn break

For a couple of years now, I have tried to stop wasting so much time faffing about on the Internet in general and on LinkedIn in particular. I’ve gone on a couple of, admittedly not very successful, LinkedIn breaks before...

Less, but better

There’s an expression referenced in Greg McKeown’s excellent book ‘Essentialism: the disciplined pursuit of less’ that I’ve been finding myself thinking about on a regular basis for the last couple of months, and that’s “Weniger aber besser” This German expression...

2025 - A year in review

And just like that, 2025 is in its final weeks, and with that, it’s time for me to slow down and take a bit of time off. It is also a moment to take stock of what I have been...

On finding clients as an independent consultant

I’ve been a freelancer / independent consultant for some 11 years now, and until recently, keeping myself occupied has been fairly smooth sailing. There has always been a lot of demand for people with the technical skills that I have...

Mutation testing - not just for unit tests

I wrote about mutation testing a few times on this blog, and I even have a mutation testing workshop that I run on a pretty frequent basis. One misconception that pops up sometimes, either explicitly in a question or implicitly...