Going beyond POCs, spikes, and hackathons… — For the most part, I think that software engineers, developers, programmers, coders — call ’em whatever you like — all tend to share an important trait — curiosity. Yes, even the jaded cynics with a decades-long career behind them. Curiosity may have killed the cat, but when it comes to…

Born halfway between two of the biggest industrial disasters of the 20th century, yet only one of them is famous… — It’s very rare that I truly feel like my Netflix subscription is worth something. Sure, there’s The Crown, the occasional Korean romantic series I’ll gobble up, but that doesn’t quite make it great value for money. That, until I watch something like “The Railway Men” that doesn’t just make up…

Sets you should get, sets you should really get, when to buy them, special events and official LEGO gifts. — The short of it is, you need to start now. I am fully aware that people ease into the Christmas mood at various times of the year, and some won’t have any problem putting on some Christmas songs in the middle of summer, should they feel like it. If you…

The world’s largest ever LEGO set is coincidentally about the world itself… — I had three choices. The Titanic, the Eiffel Tower or the World Map. These are the top three LEGO sets of all times in terms of piece-count. As much as I love everything Titanic, taking a few measurements around the apartment instantly ruled the iconic ship out. The Eiffel Tower…

An extensive, hands-on review of the M3 Max MacBook Pro and real-life comparisons to M1 and M2 iterations of Apple Silicon. — As soon as Apple’s Scary Fast event concluded, I was on the website ordering what to date is the most capable, perhaps obscenely powerful computer I have ever owned. Just a fortnight before, I was about to fork over some serious cash for a maxed out 14” M2 Max MacBook…

What made the Touch Bar loved or hated, and now abandoned… — Every so often, but not often enough if you ask Apple’s harshest critics, the Cupertino tech giant still lives up to its “Think Different” slogan long after it was retired in 2002. In 2016, it unveiled with great fanfare a hardware feature unique to the Mac. A bold OLED strip…

A technologist and software engineer’s closer look at the LEGO Group’s cybersecurity incident. — This may be news to some, but LEGO, similar to many business giants, has acquired other businesses in the past to extend its reach. One of these is no other than the famous BrickLink, a reseller marketplace that over the years has become an integral part of the LEGO Group’s…

Out of nowhere, Mac fans got everything they wanted. And one more thing… — I have now been covering these events for years. Yet after a lacklustre iPhone event earlier this fall, somehow this one got me excited again — excited enough to stay up until midnight in Ireland to watch the event live. I say live, but it really was a recording, as…

”Viking Village” is possibly the cheapest large LEGO set of 2023, you just need to ignore the historical inaccuracy… — Vikings. Tall, strong blondes, born with hammers in their hands and horns on their heads. Right? Well, not quite. You see, when it comes to the Vikings, Hollywood has done so much damage to history, the fake one became the one that everyone prefers. How do I know? Living in…