Hi, I'm Philip.

I started programming as a kid in 1990 and never stopped. I've been working as a software developer since 2000, mostly building web applications.

I also make videos on YouTube, work on my pet projects, and share ideas, thoughts and opinions here.

Recently Created or Updated

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  Obsidian Bookshelf
  A plugin for Obsidian to organize your books and keep track of your reading progress
  February 25, 2025
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  Raising the Bar
  I started my professional career with PHP in the year 2000. Professional in the sense that I got paid to program, not so much because of my knowledge of PHP.
  January 20, 2023
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  Advent of Rust // Day 11
  I love that each Advent of Code reminds me at one point that I never paid much attention in math class...
  December 15, 2022
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  Advent of Rust // Day 9
  I finally had some time to review day 9. For some reason, I didn't get the logic behind the knot movement in part two...
  December 13, 2022
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  Advent of Rust // Day 10
  After taking a day off, I'm a little behind. For some reason, I can't wrap my head around part two of day 9, but fortunately, day 10 was easy again.
  December 11, 2022
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  Advent of Rust // Day 8
  I'll just leave it here without further comment.
  December 8, 2022