JP Mens

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JP Mens
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Small-scale fiddler, enjoys doing & teaching. Wrote a thick book on FLOSS DNS servers. Dreamed up @OwnTracks over MQTT. Ansible with NOCOWS=1. Loves plain text. I (re-)toot in several languages. https://jpmens.net Homepage: https://jpmens.net Github: https://github.com/jpmens Location: Germany
"Bad software is one of the few things in the world you cannot solve with money. Billion dollar airlines have flight search apps that are often inferior to those built by groups of students. Established taxi companies the world over have terrible booking apps. And painful corporate IT systems are usually projects with massive budgets, built over the course of many years. Whatever the cause of bad software is, it does not seem to be a lack of funding."
How to Build Good Software
When I write a blog post I edit a new file, type make which runs the static site generator and rsyncs the result to the Web server, and that's it. Edit: I like boring. Others, well they do it differently:
Thomas Letan’s website
I Cannot SSH Into My Server Anymore (And That’s Fine)
To kick off 2026, I had clear objectives in mind: decommissioning my trusty VPS and setting up its successor. Embracing a complete paradigm shift, ...
My 23 yo nephew Eric will be studying industrial engineering in Delft (NL) from 1st February until end of June 2026. He is looking for a room or shared apartment to rent near town or university, an undertaking which appears to be quite difficult. He speaks fluent English & German, is learning Dutch, and is very neat and polite (or I'd have kicked his butt) and reliable. He's also quite a decent cook; just saying! Do I have followers who can help me help him? Boosts greatly appreciated.