Writing
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Finding IKEA
I went to IKEA today, looking for a specific product. According to the IKEA app, it was “available.” On the floor, I couldn’t find a single employee – just touchscreens labeled “Product Finder.” Perfect, I thought. Only… all they did was tell me how many items were in stock and which…
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Where does Information come from – A personal Write-up on the Future of the Web
You can get an article like this one, maybe a little more background checked and neutral, just by asking ChatGPT. Or, better yet, you can ask ChatGPT to summarize this article. So why read this? And if you don’t read this but use an LLM to summarize, then why should…
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Protecting Publishing in an LLM Era
There’s a million reasons to publish, but they all come down to two things. One – getting heard, making noise.Two – making money. And the internet is a great place for both of those things. As we’re moving away from classic backend-frontend websites towards a future where content is generated…
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Thoughts on Predictive Computing
I’m tired so I’ll keep it short. Will a chatbot just not play a role at all when it comes to the future of computing, or will everything evolve around the chatbot. I see both visions, and the first one seems far more inovative. Let me explain. I fire up…
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Socials x Music
Spotify has social features, but they suck. I wonder why don’t they improve those. Being able to send songs to another person’s Play Queue, repost songs, chat with your friends, share photos and moments with music (à la Instagram stories), etc. Instagram has music features, but they suck. I can’t…
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Chatbots and AI powered, predictive Computer Interfaces
I’m tired so I’ll keep it short. Will a chatbot just not play a role at all when it comes to the future of computing, or will everything evolve around the chatbot? I see both visions, and the first one seems far more innovative. Let me explain. I fire up…
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Moving from an iPhone SE to an iPhone 16
Why does moving from an iPhone SE 2nd Gen to an iPhone 16 not feel exciting? Honestly, I could still be using my old phone with a new battery, and there’s nothing the new one lets me do that really changes anything. I originally wanted to buy a Google Pixel…
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A batch of Thoughts on Technology
A unified OS I wrote about unifying app experiences on mobile a few years ago and called it Othara. Back then, I thought of it as “forcing developers to use the unified layouts of the OS,” just like I can quickly set up a SwiftUI application that will absolutely feel…
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Riga: Beautiful city, positive vibe
First: Thanks Jans …for organizing the beautiful tour with Iveta (Vanaga) through the old city of Riga. I learned a lot about the history of Latvia and Riga – that was super interesting! Basically, Riga has been a major trade center on the Baltic Sea for a long time. It…
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How we’re moving towards a leaner, simpler web
Simple websites are generally better. That’s the short version. They load faster. You find what you came for. You read. You click. You buy. You leave. That’s conversion. As much as page builders try to sell you on unlimited design flexibility, having a more complex design just for the sake…
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What comes after text – how can we store information more efficiently in the AI era?
Introduction Artificial intelligence becomes the primary interface through which humans access knowledge and it’s time to rethink how we store information in the first place. Currently, writing is our most reliable method of recording knowledge. But right now information goes from The result? The article itself is never touched. And…
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Wireshark, Main Core and Recruitment
Wireshark I spend my Wednesday the second week with Renaud. He’s working in the tech team for the 2nd level customer support, meaning he’s focussed on resolving issues people have with the SIM card, without actually communicating with the customer in the first place – instead, that’s what the 1st…
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Coming to an end – a great first office experience
The Summary As my time here in Riga is coming to an end – here’s my very last blog post about my trip and the experience 🙂 Over the course of two weeks, I had the incredible opportunity to intern at 1NCE in the beautiful city of Riga. What I…
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Lot’s of tickets: Company IT
This time I’m writing while still sitting in the office, figured the big monitor comes in quite handy. Today, I got the opportunity to join Kristaps and by working on real tickets I could see how the internal software support within 1NCE works. The Ticket Manager We are using the…
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Big Data
Hi everyone! Today I want to share with you my experience as an intern/trainee joining the big data/data analytics team. It was a very exciting and fun day, having learned lots of new things. The schedule and AWS After coming into the office, I got a brief introduction to Amazons…
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Jurmala Beach Day Trip
Hey, everyone! I’m back with another blog post about my latest adventure today. I went to Jurmala, a beautiful seaside village close to Riga. It started off being a really sunny and warm day, great for enjoying the beach and the Baltic Sea. Here’s how it went 🙂 Transport I…
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Exploring the 1NCE OS Software Tools
The Day(s) I spent time with the 1NCE OS team in Riga on Thursday and Friday. Similarly to Wednesday, I assembled a network probe with the Raspberry Pi and the modem, but this time also got to explore the software side of the probe, meaning setting up Raspbian, downloading the…
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My First Days at 1NCE: Getting to know EagleEye
Getting Started Hey everyone, welcome to this blog post! I’m super excited to share with you my first internship experience at 1NCE in Riga, Latvia. It’s been a blast so far and I can’t wait to tell you more about it. Yesterday was my first day and I got introduced…