We're spending a little under 2 weeks in the Netherlands. Figured, mostly correctly that it would be a touch cooler than NYC. First couple of days were tough with the temps well into the 90s but it's cooled off since and should be much more comfortable for the rest of the trip even if it's a little rainy. We spent the first six days based out of the Hague with day trips to Delft and Gouda.

Recently within my alumni community there was a discussion of Founders School - a private for profit school which is a specialty school under the umbrella of Alpha School. The deal is that at Founders school, tuition is $150,000 a year which is higher than the $30,00 to $75,500 for the other Alpha Schools but they're offering a tuition back guarantee if a student hasn't started a business that has returned one million dollars in gross profit by graduation.

Crowdsourced Blanket Time to wrap up the 2026 CSTA conference. Exhibit Hall It's interesting to see how the exhibit hall has evolved over the years. It's clearly larger than when I first started attending CSTA, around 10 years ago but the exhibitors have changed radically even since the first major increase in size. Gone are the big FANG vendors. Google always used to have a HUGE booth and at times other majors like Microsoft, GitHub, and Amazon as well.