About
What is mioi?
mioi is my personal website. It's a place where I can share my thoughts and projects in my career in software. I may also showcase my various hobbies at mioi as well. mioi can be a word or an acronym. I think of it to mean miscellaneous items of interest as a catch-all for the reasons you may be visiting the website.
Who am I?
My name is Tom van Dinther and I work professionally in software. This is a picture of me at the top of a hill in New Zealand where I used to live, but I now live and work in The Netherlands.
What am I currently working on and learning?
In my profressional day-to-day I work as a consultant, practising DevOps and platform engineering. This involves a lot of bash and YAML. So, to fill my thirst for programming I like to get stuck into Haskell, creating DevOps tools, and the continued development of this website.
I am also a part of the communities for the CUE and KCL configuration languages. I think that these are an exciting development in the world of platform engineering and you will see plenty of content on my blog about these.
Who do I follow in the tech-sphere?
I have a few favourite YouTube channels and blogs that I follow. I highly recommend each one of them for the topics they cover.
Viktor Farcic (DevOps Toolkit)
YouTubeEvery week Viktor releases a new video to his YouTube channel to bring us a new idea, technology, or perspective to the world of DevOps and platform engineering. If you only have 30 minutes per week to stay up-to-date on this space, there is no better resource.
Dave Farley (Continuous Delivery)
YouTubeDave Farley is an expert on software delivery and an excellent communicator. His YouTube channel covers all sorts of topics around software development and delivery. No matter which tech stacks you work with, this channel is a must-subscribe.
Mark Seemann
BlogMark Seemann is an experienced software consultant. He is a favourite of mine because his teachings are a great intersection of C# and functional programming. There are plenty of pearls of wisdom in his blog and talks he has given which can be found on YouTube.
Scott Wlaschin
BlogScott is a software consultant and massive proponent for F#. His blog posts and talks on the topic of functional programming and domain design are invaluable. Even if you don't use F# or functional programming, the learnings from his blog and talks will take your software design to the next level.