Jurjen Bos·Jun 12SNOBOL4: a lost programming languageHave a look at the weird and wonderful language SNOBOL that was quite big 50 years ago.A response icon10A response icon10
Jurjen Bos·May 12Misconceptions about a data center fireLast week, a data center in Almere had to shut down because of a fire. Some thought on data centers and risk management.
Jurjen Bos·Mar 3An investigation into calculator integrationRecently, I couldn’t help myself doing a “deep dive” into a subject that I was wondering about since my college years. I found that the…A response icon9A response icon9
Jurjen Bos·Feb 2Fun with mazesThe mathematics of mazes, inspired by airport barriers.A response icon1A response icon1
Jurjen Bos·Dec 30, 2025Decimalization, or how not to generate PIN codesNaive decisions by lazy programmers influenced the security of all our bank accounts. Plus, a beautiful algorithm.A response icon6A response icon6
Jurjen Bos·Dec 5, 2025The European PQC conferenceThe last two days, there was a big European conference on Post Quantum Cryptography in the Hague. I was there.
Jurjen Bos·Nov 4, 2025Overkill in cryptographyThis morning, I did a training on Corporate Social Responsibility. One of the most important impacts on the environment of our company is…A response icon2A response icon2
Jurjen Bos·Oct 3, 2025Why we still program in assemblerAssembly code is writing a program directly using the processor’s instructions. Although this is not used a lot nowadays, it is still…A response icon32A response icon32
Jurjen Bos·Sep 4, 2025How hard is it to draw a clock?Too hard, apparently.A response icon13A response icon13
Jurjen Bos·Aug 18, 2025Math in Babylonian timesAlmost 4 millennia ago, mathematics was more sophisticated than you would guess. Let’s have a look.A response icon1A response icon1
