{"id":196,"date":"2026-11-13T12:19:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T12:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patatties.nl\/?page_id=196"},"modified":"2026-11-13T12:49:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T12:49:28","slug":"the-vibe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patatties.nl\/?page_id=196","title":{"rendered":"The Vibe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A random collection of things that really speak to me, and profoundly influence the way i think about problems and solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Raptor rocket engine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From left to right this is a rocket-engine that SpaceX has been developing to accelerate their rockets into space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/patatties.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-1024x644.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patatties.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-1024x644.png 1024w, https:\/\/patatties.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/patatties.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-767x482.png 767w, https:\/\/patatties.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-1536x966.png 1536w, https:\/\/patatties.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-2048x1287.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> From the left we see Raptor 1, which is the oldest. It looks powerfull, and doubtless it is! But it also looks very complex! Not something i may ever understand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The middle one, Raptor 2, is from a few years ago. We can see a lot of change but also see that the complexity has been reduced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last one, Raptor 3, is the most recent one. It looks very much simpler still! Something i may actually understand at some point!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raptor 1 is way heavier, and way more complex! Yet it delivers about 50% less thrust than Raptor 3 does!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This picture really speaks to me because it&#8217;s opposite of what i see in IT systems of growing organisations. It might well be the reverse! Things get more and more complex, and hard to oversee!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IT operations should become simpeler and simpeler. However, keep in mind, creating something simple can be very hard!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A random collection of things that really speak to me, and profoundly influence the way i think about problems and solutions. The Raptor rocket engine From left to right this is a rocket-engine that SpaceX has been developing to accelerate their rockets into space. From the left we see Raptor 1, which is the oldest. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-196","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patatties.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patatties.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patatties.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patatties.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patatties.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/patatties.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/patatties.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patatties.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}