A blog for reflection. I am a South African living in Oslo, Norway. I work at the University of Oslo’s Center for IT. My CV has more information about my professional background. Some of the code I write is open source.
Cross-country skiing - An elaborate machine-powered collaboration between humans to create aesthetically pleasing athletic experiences, 2024-11-26
Michael Baleta, 1984 - 2023 - A goodbye, 2024-08-13
Collected writings by Michael Baleta - MadMike’s wisdoms, 2024-08-12
Nico Brink, 1983 - 2020 - 32 jaar van vriendskap, 2022-03-09
New routes in Norway - Exploring for new sport routes, 2021-02-15
Useless spaces - A photo collection, 2020-08-07
A 1000 times faster - Efficient HTTP request authorization, 2020-06-08
Ten years of Facebook - Getting rid of it, 2020-03-01
The surprising joy of programming in PL/pgSQL - Mandatory Access Control with Row-Level Security in PostgreSQL, 2018-11-16
The best boulder I have ever climbed - Reflections on perfection, 2018-10-30
Why I work - On motivation, 2018-10-26
Six years in Norway - Language, Identity, Landscape, and Politics, 2018-10-26
Changing jobs - Reflections on my time at Telenor Digital and the University of Oslo, 2017-01-29
Elements of perfection in bouldering - Pictures and thoughts from a month of bouldering in South Africa, 2016-08-11
Climbing progression in perspective - A friend’s amazing recovery, 2016-06-06
A non-experimental investigation of God (and/or religion) - What role does religion play in my daily life?, 2016-05-12
I wanted to write about - Gender equality in the tech world and the importance of political action, 2016-03-04
Ten years of yoga - The good, the bad and the irritating, 2015-12-27