Peter's Path
Peter's Path
Peter
Peter's Path is my personal endeavour to live a life of purpose through hiking, reading, and embracing the beauty of nature, faith, and ideas.
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Posts The following posts were written last month. Books Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté You're Not Enough (and That's Ok) by Allie Beth Stuckey Serious Cryptography by Jean-Philippe Aumasson Development E2EE Backend part 1: Homomorphic...
This is the third post in a series on building a truly privacy-preserving, end-to-end encrypted backend and client. The goal of this part is user-friendly key management. We do that by using Passkeys with the PRF extension to create a...
Why read the book? Jean-Philippe Aumasson wrote Serious Cryptography. He holds a PhD in cryptography and works in the field. The book first came out in 2017. A second edition appeared in 2024 with updates. Aumasson explains modern...
This is the second post in a series that explores a truly privacy-preserving, end-to-end encrypted backend and client. The goal of this part: a demo that can look up data in an encrypted database without telling the server what you...
We are excited to announce the 1.0 release of Swift System Metrics, a Swift package that collects process-level system metrics like CPU utilization time and memory usage. Swift System Metrics runs on both Linux and macOS, providing a...
Why read the book? Allie Beth Stuckey wrote You're Not Enough (And That's Okay). She calls the book an escape from the toxic culture of self-love. Stuckey says modern ideas tell us we are enough on our own. She says this leads to...
Nuremberg (2025), directed by James Vanderbilt, tells the story of the Nuremberg trials through the eyes of a US Army psychiatrist. Rami Malek plays Douglas Kelley, who must assess the minds of top Nazi leaders to see if they can stand...
Hiked 11.3 kilometres from Maarssen to Utrecht. This was the last part of the Utrecht Path. You leave Maarssen along the old Vecht, pass old industrial zones and enter medieval Utrecht via the old canal. Experience the busy trade in your...
Why read the book? Gabor Maté wrote Scattered Minds. He lives with ADD himself and worked as a doctor with children and adults who have it. Maté says ADD is not an inherited illness but a reversible impairment and developmental delay....
This is the first post in a series exploring a truly privacy-preserving, end-to-end encrypted backend and client. The goal of this part: a demo that can calculate totals on encrypted user data without ever seeing the plaintext. Why This...
Hiked part 1/27 of the Pelgrims Path, 17.3 kilometres from Amsterdam to Amsterdamse Bos. Every year in Amsterdam, approximately 7,000 people walk the Stille Omgang, which has its origins in a Eucharistic miracle that took place in...
Posts The following posts were written last month. Books On Democracies and Death Cults by Douglas Murray End-to-End The Worlds Longest Train Journey by Scott Manson Toxic Empathy by Allie Beth Stuckey Development Improving the usability...
Hiked 18.0 kilometres from Hollandsche Rading to Maarssen. After a walk in the woods you reach the Hoorneboegse heath. Along the historic border of North Holland and Utrecht you can enjoy peat ponds rich in birds. Water and meadows...
The new Windows workgroup joins a growing list of Swift workgroups, including the Android workgroup, Build and Packaging workgroup, and Testing workgroup which were all added in the past year. Swift workgroups are community-led efforts,...
Hiked 13.5 kilometres from Baarn to Hollandsche Rading. You walk through the wooded area of Utrechtse Heuvelrug, starting at the Baarnse Bos with its French style. Past Soestdijk Palace through the Royal Domains with forest, sand, heath...