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How I Redesigned My Website with Django and Wagtail
Herman Groenbroek – 4 January 2026
Fair disclaimer: I am not formally a web developer. I studied Artificial Intelligence and I'm mostly focused on delivering cloud solutions. However, I also just really like to nerd about. Previously, this website was hosted only partially using Django (which …
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Notifications Should Always Be Opt-In
Herman Groenbroek – 7 August 2025
Sometimes, I find myself having strong opinions on stuff that arguably doesn’t matter. This is one of those cases. I consider myself a perfectionist—I like to write neatly (with the inclusion of em dashes, which people nowadays unfortunately correlate with …
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A truly "Smart Home" Should Be a Private One—Here's What I Did
Herman Groenbroek – 3 August 2025
When people talk about a smart home, they usually refer to having colourful dimming lights in their home; blinds that open and close at set times of the day, and the ability to tell their voice assistant to play their …
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Debunking Myths around AI: What ChatGPT Is, and What It Isn't
Herman Groenbroek – 2 August 2025
The more I read popular science articles and talk with people outside my AI bubble, the more I realize that the media is not painting a clear enough picture about AI, especially in terms of what ChatGPT is capable of. …
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The Novel Way of Learning
Herman Groenbroek – 10 October 2024
In the olden days, if you were eager to learn more about a specific subject, you would visit the library, look around for interesting books on the matter, then borrow a couple to bring home. If you knew what you …
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The Two-Faced Value of Art—Where AI Will Never Beat Humans
Herman Groenbroek – 22 March 2024
As an AI Engineer, I absolutely love how far Generative AI has come; how incredibly beautiful some artworks purely generated by AI can be. However, I will take a stance against AI in favour of the art community. Why? Because, …
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Ethical Concerns of AI as a Content Creator
Herman Groenbroek – 20 November 2023
Disclaimer: contrary to any other article on this blog, the article you’re about to read is exclusively written by a Large Language Model (specifically openhermes2.5-mistral) instead of a human, to illustrate the dilemma suggested by the title. The quote halfway …
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How To Easily Set Up Your Own Private ChatGPT
Herman Groenbroek – 11 November 2023
With the advent of ChatGPT one year ago, we all suddenly had access to a powerful and free tool that could assist us with tasks ranging from creative writing and translating to studying and problem solving. However, using OpenAI’s ChatGPT …
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The Many Surprises of Blogging
Herman Groenbroek – 10 August 2023
I had been interested in writing articles for my own blog ever since the edgy post-teen in me started his first one in 2014. I had a few creative thoughts I wanted to put out into the world; some about …
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