Homemade by CVG
Leadership 101
16 september 2024
Why do I believe I'm a good team lead? Of course I do, because if I didn't, why would I pursue a role that is so fundamental to people, that can make or break the work of others?! So, how did I come up with this new direction for the next professional chapter in my life? And why does it involve leadership?
Holiday Mode
27 august 2024
As a consulting nomad, I’m confronted with two kinds of holiday: the one most of us have, a break from the busyness at work, and the in-between-clients periods. And they serve different purposes...
B/C Art
25 august 2024
Ever since I designed and had my concrete house constructed, I wanted to create some personal concrete art pieces. So, as usual, it took a few years before I allowed myself some time to start working on it.
50 Shades of Ceremony
19 august 2024
This is the third instalment in a triptych about me being a software architect. After the what and the why, this time I show how I deal with software architecture.
Artware City
30 june 2024
Welcome to Artware City! Stroll down Memory Lane, right onto Hard Disk
Drive.
35 years of hardware suddenly became a city full of memories.
Problem Seeker
26 june 2024
In a second part of my series of articles on my life as a software architect, I dive into the foundations that define the problem seeker I am. After the "what?", I now explore the "why?".
Super Mario Question Mark Block
20 april 2024
Nobody knows what’s inside the Super Mario Question Mark Block… until you open it!
Resin in Wood Coasters
14 march 2024
V for Vendetta? No, V for a Very important Queen V. Birthdays are a great excuse to experiment with new materials and techniques: Resin in wood!
Hosted Flasks
13 march 2024
I have several small Flask apps, which don't use a lot of resources. For some time I'm enjoying the hosting services of Render. Their free tier is great, but (understandably) "free instances will spin down with inactivity, which can delay requests by 50 seconds or more.". Their web service pricing is more than reasonable, yet coughing up $7/month for each single little Flask app is a bit too much. So, with Hosted Flasks I can simply bring them all together on a single web service, which doesn't spin down.
BPMN Tools
5 may 2023
BPMN Tools enables the generation of BPMN diagrams from Python. It provides an object model and several layouting options, aswell as abstracted builders.
Let me Learn
29 april 2023
Toen Quizlet grotendeels betalend werd, en dochterlief enkele belangrijke
toetsen in het verschiet had, was er maar één ding dat ik kon doen...
"Let me Learn!" is een online/web toepassinkje dat toelaat om op
verschillende manieren begrippen/woorden/... te oefenen, leren en te testen.
Want wat je zelf implementeert... 😇
Baseweb Demo
26 november 2022
Baseweb is my little bit of Python serving a lot of Vuetify goodness, all rolled up in a little Python Module. The baseweb-demo repository contains a "demo implementation", showing off many of baseweb's features.
OAuth ToolKit
15 october 2022
OAuth is a standard and OAuthToolKit is my minimal implementation of some
aspects of it.
NOTE: The demo app doesn't use nor store any personal information in
any way! Just the token is validated by the API.
Wooden Globe
4 september 2022
The world is never enough for best of friends. Still, this combination of wood and eva foam will have to do.
I, Software Architect
5 april 2021
"Hey, Christophe, what do you do?" I get the question rather often. The most correct answer, "I'm a Software Architect", benefits from a little more explanation, both for most non-IT friends and some colleagues 😇. This article is the first in a series of articles on my life as a software architect.
How I Feel
22 february 2021
Putting the dot on the i of micro social network.
Share your mood with who you want and how you want. And nothing more.
How I Feel began as a "Let me show you in one hour what software
development really is about." and turned out to be much more...
Series 4 De-Atomizer
17 september 2021
A boy in black needs a decent weapon, and I need less excuses to build a true Series 4 De-Atomizer.
Padel Racket
27 august 2021
If padel rackets are basically made out of eva foam, this must be an ace for my dear old friend.
Baseweb
5 february 2020
Baseweb is my little bit of Python serving a lot of Vuetify goodness, all rolled up in a little Python Module.
PyPi Template
29 october 2018
To manage the Python modules I maintain, I created PyPi Template, a set of templates to generate project/module-related files using a high level of convention. Because I want to focus on the module, not its maintenance 😇 PyPi Template provides a single setup to develop, test, document and publish Python modules.
Pokemon Christmas Lights
3 december 2017
In december 2017 I joined in a Secret Santa event, organised by Henk Reickaert, amongst others known for his fun making endeavours in the Koterij.
No Excuses
13 november 2017
While visiting an exposition on and discussing the intersection of design, technology and care in the home, I found myself once again confronted with this thing that has been bothering me on and off for quite some time now.
C3PO Luisterbox
1 june 2017
In het kader van het C3PO - Collaborative City Co-design PlatfOrm contacteerde Studio Dott mij voor de ontwikkeling van een interactieve luisterbox.
EZRPi
10 march 2017
The EZRPi is a Raspberry Pi HAT, carrying a Silicon Labs EZR32 Sub-GHz wireless microcontroller (MCU), that adds subGHz radio capabilities to the RPi.
Fri3d Badge
15 august 2016
In 2014 Anthony and I hacked together the first edition of Fri3d Camp, a family-friendly hacker camp. Two years later, we did it again, now with a team of 8 great, like-minded souls. Besides being in charge of organising the content, I also took on the job to design and produce a custom Arduino badge for every one of the 299+1 attendees.
Inspection Robot
1 september 2015
In 2015 I was contracted by a very large industrial/pharmaceutical company to design and implement a solution for their QA team to be able to inspect certain locations in their factory that were very hard to reach. The combination of a height restriction of about 12cm and the need to be able to carry a sensor on a rotating arm were challenging.
Revisiting Higher Education
1 june 2013
Having decided to return to full-time studying presented me with an incredible opportunity to make a personal evaluation of our education system and academic institute. In the end, there are few of us - aged 40 and attending courses full-time.