Last weekend was the start of sportlov for the kids. We didn't really have a plan, we just spontaneously decided to go to a hotel, put the computers away, and do things in the physical world for a change. We spent the days swimming, looking at sea creatures and animals (the tiger family was kind… Continue reading Sportlov, Standing Trains, and Turning Thoughts Into Things
I haven't had time to blog in a while — weekends have been very busy. February is also known as VABuary in Sweden: kids get sick, then I get sick, and the cycle continues. But even through the fog of tissues and cough drops, things have been moving. Fast. The Openclaw Experiment Since my last… Continue reading Bed-Ridden Development and the Joy of Shipping
I attended an event modeling workshop a few weeks back and learned quite a lot during the sessions. So this weekend, I decided to put some of that into practice. One of the takeaways from my previous practice session was that I thought the front end was going to be something I would have to… Continue reading Another Weekend, Another Event Model
I've been studying event modeling for almost a year and only now it has started to click. Not just from reading articles or watching talks but from actually modeling simple hobby projects. I thought I'd spend yesterday starting another one. The Project The idea is straightforward: register an occasion reminder (birthday, anniversary, whatever), and one… Continue reading Event Modeling + AI: A Weekend Project That Actually Worked
Today was a good first day of the year. It started with fireworks with the family and the penultimate episode of Stranger Things. The finale wasn't coming out until 2 a.m., but none of us thought we'd be able to last that long. So instead, we agreed to wake up at 10 a.m. and watch… Continue reading First Day of the Year: Endings and Beginnings
A New Year's resolution: drastically reduce the amount of crap I put in my brain. With the amount of AI slop circulating online, it's so easy to get sucked into the feed of various social media posts. As a consumer of content, it's incredibly annoying to be amazed at some story only to realize it… Continue reading On AI Slop and the Future of Social Media
I attended the first ever event modeling conference in Munich this week, hosted by Martin Dilger. You can find out more about the event here:https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7382309099826221056/ I got into event modeling because I was looking into the various tools available for visualizing requirements that's understandable by both business and development. I had been looking at Event… Continue reading Initial thoughts post the event modeling workshop
I wanted to make a simple application of how an event stormed model could be possibly taken into implementation. I took inspiration from a previous industry I worked in because logistics is really one of those good domains where there is lots of options for interesting modeling. The scenario I selected is an MVP for… Continue reading Modeling a shipping cost calculator using Template and Strategy design patterns
A few weeks ago, I wanted to try out the process of event modeling for designing and then building a simple application. I had picked a simplified raffle application and ended up drawing out the following features: ✅Create a raffle ⏹️View available tickets ✅Sell ticket ⏹️View entrants ✅Pick Random winner ⏹️View winners I had decided… Continue reading Implementing a Raffle System using event modeling and event sourcing
Are probably the worst. I was getting the following error message when trying to upload to Azure Blob Storage but only for some of the documents we were syncing. ExceptionType: Azure.RequestFailedException Exception: Server failed to authenticate the request. Make sure the value of Authorization header is formed correctly including the signature. RequestId:bd3ea564-c01e-006e-5101-bb0104000000 Time:2025-05-02T01:26:31.8311894Z Status: 403… Continue reading Bugs with Misleading Messages
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