Peter's Path

https://peterspath.net

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.

Peter's Path

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  • Swift 6.3 Released

    Swift 6.3 makes these benefits more accessible across the stack. This release expands Swift into new domains and impr...

  • Going Postal by Terry Pratchett

    Why read the book? Terry Pratchett wrote Going Postal. It forms part of his Discworld series. The main character is M...

  • Pelgrims Path part 02

    Hiked part 2/27 of the Pelgrims Path, 12.9 kilometres from Amsterdamse Bos to De Kwakel. You leave Amsterdam and see ...

  • Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman

    Why read the book? Milton Friedman wrote Capitalism and Freedom. He was a leading economist who won the Nobel Prize. ...

  • Marskramer Path part 02

    Hiked part 2/20 of the Marskramer Path, 17.3 kilometres from Oldenzaal to Borne. The area west of Oldenzaal is home t...

  • Swift at scale: building the TelemetryDeck analytics service

    The decision to go with Swift brought a lot of unexpected advantages for us. We come from a world of iOS in the front...

  • Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

    Why read the book? Chris Voss wrote Never Split the Difference. He spent many years as an FBI hostage negotiator. Vos...

  • Monthly update #0430 • February 2026

    Posts The following posts were written last month. Books Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté You're Not Enough (and That's ...

  • E2EE Backend part 3: Passkeys with the PRF Extension

    This is the third post in a series on building a truly privacy-preserving, end-to-end encrypted backend and client. T...

  • Serious Cryptography by Jean-Philippe Aumasson

    Why read the book? Jean-Philippe Aumasson wrote Serious Cryptography. He holds a PhD in cryptography and works in the...

  • E2EE Backend part 2: Private Information Retrieval

    This is the second post in a series that explores a truly privacy-preserving, end-to-end encrypted backend and client...

  • Announcing Swift System Metrics 1.0

    We are excited to announce the 1.0 release of Swift System Metrics, a Swift package that collects process-level syste...

  • You're Not Enough (and That's Ok) by Allie Beth Stuckey

    Why read the book? Allie Beth Stuckey wrote You're Not Enough (And That's Okay). She calls the book an escape from th...

  • Nuremberg

    Nuremberg (2025), directed by James Vanderbilt, tells the story of the Nuremberg trials through the eyes of a US Army...

  • Utrecht Path part 11

    Hiked 11.3 kilometres from Maarssen to Utrecht. This was the last part of the Utrecht Path. You leave Maarssen along ...

  • Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté

    Why read the book? Gabor Maté wrote Scattered Minds. He lives with ADD himself and worked as a doctor with children a...

  • E2EE Backend part 1: Homomorphic Encryption

    This is the first post in a series exploring a truly privacy-preserving, end-to-end encrypted backend and client. The...

  • Pelgrims Path part 01

    Hiked part 1/27 of the Pelgrims Path, 17.3 kilometres from Amsterdam to Amsterdamse Bos. Every year in Amsterdam, app...

  • Monthly update #0429 • January 2025

    Posts The following posts were written last month. Books On Democracies and Death Cults by Douglas Murray End-to-End ...

  • Utrecht Path part 10

    Hiked 18.0 kilometres from Hollandsche Rading to Maarssen. After a walk in the woods you reach the Hoorneboegse heath...