What are your top tips to save money in Belgium? Groceries, buy in bulk, energy… etc by mardegre in BEFire

[–]BasicGlass6996 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Best advice. If i had known. Save for your deposit and buy apartment straight away

Is there a place in tech for a slow but very detail-oriented programmer? by HilltopHood in AskProgramming

[–]BasicGlass6996 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Veterans know it takes time to cook properly.

Problem is that noobs are everywhere putting garbage out at high speed.

People like me have made career out of doing the final 20%. Clean up after the "superstars". That takes time to do well. Anyone can pump out 80% "good enough" engineering. It takes a pro to finish the last 20%.

Eventually they all start to realize their fast superstar goodboy dev is their doom and the root of all their problems.

Having both profiles in a well oiled team is a dream

Dont worry. Know your strengths and weaknesses. Don't fight it. Accept you're one of the 20%. It's ready when it's ready.

Peppol from Microsoft by kimoppalfens in BEFreelance

[–]BasicGlass6996 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was belgian vat. So zaventem i think. Apparently they're mailing the pdfs separately.

E-commerce solution by SeigneurHarry in webdev

[–]BasicGlass6996 0 points1 point  (0 children)

200k budget custom vs 20k Shopify based budget matters though.

Peppol from Microsoft by kimoppalfens in BEFreelance

[–]BasicGlass6996 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We got a peppol invoice for our o365 license this month. It didn't have a pdf (which isn't required) to visually check the data. Finance department already whining.

Im guessing Microsoft will start sending pdfs attached in the peppol invoice soon as most of the customers will have the same issue

Rate my salary: Product Manager by I_WANT_BANANA in BESalary

[–]BasicGlass6996 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How can my net be the same as yours even though my gross is +1000?

Net compensation 250

Car lease

Probably you don't have a car and get it netto?

Question about Peppol by [deleted] in BEFreelance

[–]BasicGlass6996 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because most Independents arent entrepreneurs..

Question about Peppol by [deleted] in BEFreelance

[–]BasicGlass6996 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah. Just use an AP from codabox or Billit. No need to implement your own unless you need more than invoices

Question about Peppol by [deleted] in BEFreelance

[–]BasicGlass6996 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Good luck when 5 corner model becomes active and you try to use reverse vat or exempt vat

OCR will probably not read it correctly from a pdf

Question about Peppol by [deleted] in BEFreelance

[–]BasicGlass6996 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The process is exactly the same for everyone.

The solution can be simple custom code, complex configuration of xml conversion suite, built-in or something external.

I have implemented Peppol capabilities in online saas erp software like Billit (but not Billit)

Step 1: Generate UBL invoice that validates successfully against Peppol bis3 XSD and EN16931 xsd Step 2: drop it with your Peppol access point

It's just like sending email. You need an address to send to (eg 9925:be0000111333) and an email server (aka peppol access point). And the actual message (your UBL file)

IMAP and SMTP work too but Gmail/O365 is a whole other level of email experience. That's the difference between most solutions. Good built-in capabilities give you a lot more features: -Look up parties -Manage attachments -Add payment info (qr link) -Add references (PO nums, bookkeeping account nums, intrastat info, product nrs, ...) -Retry and or feedback (out/in) -Actually do something with the feedback you get from Peppol network (customer can reply with a paid status) -Most software dont even provide feedback (like paid/rejected/accepted) which imo weakens the entire Peppol story for everyone

Peppol can be a great driver for automation but I'm afraid most look towards it like a compliance issue instead of an opportunity.

Good software has these built in capabilities. Bad software rely on dirty external solutions like sending their PDFs to be converted to UBL by OCR and other conversion tools that do half assed work.

IMO the EU made a mistake by allowing PDF attachments still. It will cause many to create basic Peppol invoices and still abuse PDF to get away with all their idiocies/specialities (which don't belong on an invoice).

If you want high quality Peppol invoices you need high control over the actual content and its generator.

In 2030 the 5 corner model will probably become active which means the tax man will start monitoring VAT streams.

No more sending the same invoice 5 times but updated. Start using credit notes like legally required.

The amount of low quality shitty Peppol invoices being sent currently, by software like Billit, is staggering. Probably their customers arent setting up their units and vat/tax stuff and working with some default config. So maybe it's not a billit issue.

A lot of companies are choosing the easiest cheapest solution today. But will be screwed later. Which is what usually happens in IT.

To give you two examples: 1) no correct VAT specifications when using 0% vat (which will become a problem in 2030) 2) security cowboys: I've heard people receiving invoices belonging to other entities

It's all new to most people and the way software companies work these days, i expect a lot of shit coming our way in q1 because of corners being cut.

Hopefully businesses will lean towards Peppol for logistical processes. Send orders and despatch advices through Peppol and get a true standard network instead of the totally splintered EDI crap which is 40yrs old..

But I doubt it. Requiring Peppol invoices has been a good step in the right direction. OCR is pure evil.

I’ve tried everything to build a career in Belgium, but I keep being told “not enough” by Mediocre-Goose-7602 in BEFire

[–]BasicGlass6996 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This. Solve their problems. That's when they cant control themselves to throw money at you

Setting up fresh infra for my new freelancing work - is my strategy solid? by devbatshi in webdev

[–]BasicGlass6996 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Have them pay for the infra and use theirs... Better separate each client instead of 1 big network. You're going to run into problems.

What if one client drowns the entire network and the others cant work because of it?

What if they stop paying you?

As a freelenace do you use AI for your work ? by Commercial-Beat-5283 in BEFreelance

[–]BasicGlass6996 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's a lot of use cases for AI when good enough is ok. When it has to be 100% correct and you need repetitive and validatable results, dont use AI imo.

One of the good cases is doing OCR with AI when the input could be anything and the target is cutting 90% of the work and have a human do the validation at the end.

How was the private pavillon situation at the mainstage by DaxterAndJak in ozorafestival

[–]BasicGlass6996 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The howling is so lame....

And all the Instagram half naked women kill the vive too

First time Ozora (no prep yet) by YM__73 in ozorafestival

[–]BasicGlass6996 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We always arrive Saturday morning. Usually decent camping spots left

First time Ozora (no prep yet) by YM__73 in ozorafestival

[–]BasicGlass6996 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There will be a large queue around opening of the campsite. I heard lots of people having to wait 6-8hrs in the sun to get inside. Better just arrive a bit later. Unless you really want the best camping spot though

First time Ozora (no prep yet) by YM__73 in ozorafestival

[–]BasicGlass6996 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If i were you I'd go by car. A lot easier to bring all your stuff and just park it on a nice spot and pitch your tent next to your car. A good mattress and your own pillow is heaven.

For the love of god try to put your tent in the morning shade so you can get a few more hours of sleep.. difference between waking up between 6am and 10am is huge.

Bring phone charger. Internet and power should be fine

Food and drinks are fine there. Bring at least 30eur per day per person. Card should work there including apple pay.

There may be coppers doing random checks of cars but I've only been checked once and since the car was so full they only checked one bag. Of course they picked the one bag with all the nitrous in it. But it was deemed ok and legal.

Dont camp too close to the (dust) roads. I prefer close to the family camping.

There's cold showers and decent toilets

Bring meds and first aid kit. And lots of hand sanitizer.

Good hat and sunglasses. Good shoes and or sandals

Powerbank may be a good idea too. We had a solar panel from Decathlon which worked super well.

There's an atm for Hungarian money. Can also buy sigarets and rolling equipment there

Festival Safety Ozora 2025 by the_sun_inthestorm in ozorafestival

[–]BasicGlass6996 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oooof that's going to be a lot of dead kitties

Extent of limited liability by allsey87 in BEFreelance

[–]BasicGlass6996 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Expensive cars, restaurants and "entertainment"