Hi, I’m Alex

I’m a data scientist and engineer with a background in artificial intelligence from the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. I’m interested in open source software, DIY, Dungeons and Dragons and games in general. I live in Leeuwarden with my wife and kids.

Recent Posts

Highlights from aiGrunn 2025

I visited the AI conference in Groningen called aiGrunn. As an AI practitioner, I was curious to see what the local AI scene in Groningen is working on. The name of the conference comes from the city of Groningen where the event is hosted, “ai” also means egg in Gronings, so there are a lot of egg references.

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Moon

(updated)

November 5th there’s going to be a supermoon! That means the moon will be at a much closer distance. In this case 356,980 kilometers instead of the average 384,472 km. That means the moon will appear bigger and brighter in the sky. Perfect to take some cool pictures. I’m not sure if i’m going to be able to take pictures then, so I already took some practice shots tonight.

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Can you embroider the Night Watch in 10 years?

(updated)

My wife is working on an embroidery project to recreate The Night Watch by Rembrandt. She wants to finish within 10 years. Because I like this type of thing I offered to help calculate if she was still on track.

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