2026-03-10 By Gertjan Assies

Experimenting with AI in FPGA Development

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implementing an SPI controller in an FPGA and testing if it works with a logic analyzer before adding an actual Device

2026-02-13 By Gertjan Assies

Another approach to checked exceptions with the Result type

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Replacing checked exceptions with a Result type for cleaner, more composable error handling in Java

2025-10-03 By Gertjan Assies

Rust on ESP32 part 2.5 - Switching software to Rust no_std and Embassy

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Rewriting the source code to better fit the ESP32 using no_std Rust and Embassy framework

2022-11-02 By Gertjan Assies

How to use AWS services from EKS with fine-grained access control

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bind service accounts to IAM roles to allow fine grained access control from k8s resources.

2022-09-18 By Gertjan Assies

All those online meetings - Part 3

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In the previous two blogs, I explained the idea and execution of a small device that would allow me to mute/unmute audio/video and raise a hand in video calls with hangouts, zoom or teams.

2022-05-28 By Gertjan Assies

An Optional type in Go - an experiment

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This blog post is an thought experiment in how a functional programming concept could be implemented in the Go language.