I associate celebrations in orange with sectarian violence in Glasgow, but here in The Netherlands exactly the same Orange (of William) is used to celebrate the King's birthday and it felt odd to be surrounded by so much orange (and national flags) and not feel threatened, like I…

My train is just pulling out of Amsterdam central station. In a past life when this was my passport photograph people would try to buy drugs *from* me when I walked out of the station.

Hanging out with my tribe. An immensely intellectually stimulating week of creativity, food for thought, and inspiration to fuel much more hacking in Haskell and other languages.

Utrecht is such a lovely town. In my fantasy life I would spend a year hacking Haskell here with Gabriele Keller, Manuel Chakravarty (TacticalGrace.bsky.social) and Wouter Swierstra.

Charles V left his 'loyalty card', a wooden crest of an eagle with two heads, at places he stayed. This one is displayed at a restaurant we ate at in Utrecht, now part of a hotel. Back when he visited twice it was the HQ of the Teutonic Knights. He did not seem like a very nice…

Glutenated for a second night in a row, this time after a lovely meal at Karel 5 in Utrecht (one star, dinner took over five hours).

Glutenated. I had a long run but it had to come to an end at some point. Serves me right for wondering about Utrecht and eating at a random restaurant. Not a luxury I can afford. I tracked down some herb tea to make myself feel better. #celiac

Some traditional Dutch food for ⁦Ranjit Jhala⁩ and me in Utrecht.

One of my favourite words in Punjabi that has no direct English translation is 'chamaldee' which my mother used frequently to describe something I should not do, and is a trait that my daughter also exhibits. I am not sure what the exact translation is, but I understand it as a…

We now have Llama3 and as you have come to expect from us it is blazingly fast. Try it. groq.com

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The cured halibut, soy, yuzu and wasabi was my favourite of the tasting courses at The Gannet tonight.

The Boyd Orr Building has smoke coming out of it and seems to be on fire 🔥. It was not me.