Another year, another Interrail tour. It's not a tradition yet, but it's my third use of this European rail program. The first time was last year, when me and a few other people I'd met in Paris went on a journey through a bunch of European cities in just a few days. This year, my brother and I went on a week-long vacation on a pretty similar route.

There's a common misconception about studying computer science at university: that it's supposed to make you a (good) programmer. A sarcastic remark that uni is useless usually comes with it. After all, how much of what you learn will be useful for the software developer job you're most likely going to do later on? Clearly, uni wastes time on things that don't matter to most people, so computer science degrees are essentially a failure.

When I lived in Paris last year, there was a tiny Korean restaurant named Sésame et Sel practically right around the corner from my dormitory. Their food was good (especially their bibimbap), though generally somewhat small in portions and high in price. They did have a pretty good offer that I took occasionally: a takeaway lunch box for 10€, containing some fried rice, sweet and spicy bulgogi (grilled beef or pork), a few gyoza and sirup-y sweet potatoes. As a bonus, the nice Korean lady running the place would always offer you a cup of tea while you were waiting for your lunch to be prepared 😊

Hello! Hi! I've been exhaustingly busy with a paper these last few weeks but I've handed it in for peer review now, and while I'm not out of the blue with work just yet, I figured I could squeeze a little blog post in, as a treat.

There is one dreadfully existential question I've asked myself a lot over the last couple years: "Who am I?"