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This was CSS day 2023

CSS Day Speakers and lead organizers

Another year, another CSS day. I am not joking or exaggerating to say that this conference has and always will be one of my highlights of the year. Welcoming, top speakers accompanied with just totally geeking out with other CSS people around food and drinks. This was CSS day 2023 - a short summary.

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Chrome DevTools tricks that deserve a spotlight

Chrome devtools visual

A lot of developers use Chrome as their main browser and I’m one of them. There are a few tricks in Chrome DevTools that don’t seem to get enough attention. So for this article, I wanted to highlight some of the features that I love and actually use in DevTools, that some of you might not know about.

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Recap of the year, some thanks and best wishes for 2023

Christmas tree in CSS

As we’re slowly entering the end of the year, it’s the perfect time for a little recap. I started this blog somewhere near the end of 2021 and continued this journey in writing about the web in 2022. Some important lessons learned, goals achieved and ideas for the future made.

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Age 35: slowly becoming an "old developer"

Birthday cake

I’ve turned 35 years old and that gives me the excuse of playing the old geezer for a bit…, just for a day… maybe? Not a technical topic this time, just me reminiscing of what I miss of my early days of development, what I’m worried about, and how I see the future.

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Coding on a Chromebook - part 2

No internet dinosaurs coding visual

I purchased a Chromebook for my little coding projects. In the first part I wrote about the basic development setup. In this post, we’re taking a bit of a deeper dive: installing git, node, filezilla, some browsers, Docker and updating the terminal on ChromeOS.

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Coding on a Chromebook - part 1

Chromedino with heart

A few months ago, I purchased a Chromebook for my little side projects. I’m used to working on a Macbook, but I wanted to work with something that has a different feel, to make my little creations on the side feel more relaxing, and less like work. I have gained a lot of love for ChromeOS.

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Introducing a Mini Static Thingy Wingy

A Mini Static Thingy Wingy

The world is full of frameworks and content management systems, we’re very spoiled when we want to create an application, but sometimes, you just need something static, simple and fast, so I created a Mini Static Thingy Wingy.

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CSS Day 2022: A small recap

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After a long break because of Covid-19, CSS Day is back. In a new location at the Zuiderkerk in Amsterdam. Once again trying to create the perfect line-up for everything design and CSS, and boy, they delivered just that.

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A love letter to the CSS-developer

A love letter to the CSS developer visual

It’s valentine's day and so the perfect time to write a love letter. This one is to all the CSS-developers out there. For those who love the cascade, pseudo elements and all the new nifty things entering the language.

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Another one enters the webspace!

Brecht De Ruyte

So, here it is, my new blog. It took me a bit longer than I expected, but it was worth the journey. I can’t wait to fill this up with content that might be beneficial for others, or with things that I just want to share in general. So here are a few things you can expect…

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