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• Two million queue times later: when should you actually go to the Efteling?

  I logged every posted wait time in the Efteling for three years and then asked the data when to visit. The answer is not "avoid the summer".

  // 7 Oct 2026 • 13 min read • Data

• Saying goodbye to Java rebuilds, hello to JavaScript (but still in the JVM)

  The journey of PixelScript, the fastest development cycle for Minecraft content.

  // 15 Jul 2025 • 20 min read • Java

• Keeping Track of Mojang's Enforcement Actions

  Bringing visibility to Mojang's server blocklist through a community-driven tracking tool.

  // 21 Oct 2025 • 9 min read • Opinion

• COBALT: Building a 200x Faster Entity Engine from Minecraft Protocol

  How we eliminated 80% of server overhead by intercepting network traffic and building our own reality.

  // 10 Jul 2022 • 11 min read • ImagineFun

• Goomba: Portable hermetic CGO build orchestrations for PC, Mac and Linux

  How I reclaimed the "build once, run anywhere" dream by forcing Zig and Go to play nice.

  // 10 May 2026 • 9 min read • Golang

• Meteor: Interfaces as networking contract

  An overview of Meteor, a Java RPC library designed for transparent remote procedure calls, featuring a pluggable transport and serialization architecture that simplifies development in distributed systems.

  // 2 Jul 2025 • 6 min read • Java

• The magic of time prediction

  Predicting queues is hard, and users are unpredictable. So, how is it done?

  // 29 Dec 2025 • 6 min read • Java