LLMs Need a Good Retriever
Java Magazine article about building and evaluating the retrieval component of a Retrieval Augmented Generation system.
Publications
Magazine and trade-publication articles, contributions to books, and technical editorial work. Talks, conference sessions, personal posts, and employer blogs are listed elsewhere on this site.
Authored publications
2025
2015
Elasticsearch in Action
·82 words·1 min
Technical editor for the first edition of Elasticsearch in Action, with substantial review and contributions across the manuscript.
2009
Open source, een jaar later
·59 words·1 min
Computable opinion article about maintaining an open-source technology choice after a software project reaches production.
Open partnership
·62 words·1 min
Computable opinion article comparing commercial partnerships with participation and reputation in open-source communities.
2008
Open source is niet gratis!
·58 words·1 min
Computable opinion article about the expertise, support, licensing, and implementation costs behind open-source software.
Open source, mode of realiteit?
·65 words·1 min
Computable opinion article about whether open-source software had moved beyond an IT trend into everyday reality.
Java Power Tools
·72 words·1 min
Contributing-author credit for the Maven and LuntBuild integration material in Chapter 7 of Java Power Tools.
Technical editing and reviewing
2018
Spring in Action, Fifth Edition
·72 words·1 min
Peer reviewer for the fifth edition of Craig Walls’ Spring in Action.
2014
Elasticsearch Server: Second Edition
·62 words·1 min
Technical reviewer for the second edition of Packt’s Elasticsearch Server guide.
2013
ElasticSearch Cookbook
·65 words·1 min
Technical reviewer for the first edition of Alberto Paro’s ElasticSearch Cookbook.
2012
Spring Integration in Action
·54 words·1 min
Peer reviewer for Manning’s practical guide to Spring-based messaging and enterprise integration.
2010
OSGi and Apache Felix 3.0 Beginner's Guide
·60 words·1 min
Technical reviewer for the Packt beginner’s guide to OSGi and Apache Felix 3.0.