People often ask me about Tailwind. I think Tailwind is great, but it isn't for me. This article is about the good stuff about Tailwind, the things you might be missing out on, and why modern CSS might be a better choice for pushing the web forward.
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It's the end of November, holidays are getting closer, and I thought, why not make a list? In this article, I want to highlight a few CSS debugging features I'd love to see in Chrome DevTools in the upcoming year, some of which are new and others that are long overdue.
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We need to talk about multi-handle range sliders… Really, we do. They’re one of those UI elements we see on a variety of web shops indicating price ranges; we see them for selecting time-slots; we see them for filtering between a variety of lenght units. Creating these experiences is more often inaccessible than just working, and even when I found the so-called perfect library, I’d still run into limitations for styling and expanding upon it. I thought that I should do something about this. I might be way over my head, and that is why I need your help...
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A case study on how to build a guessing game with the prompt API. My game of Guess Who demonstrates how AI can be used to build thoughtful game logic, and the importance of prompt engineering to get the outcomes you expect.
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As I begin this article on the train back from CSS Day 2025, I find myself physically and mentally exhausted, yet simultaneously, I feel a glow of joy and a sense of accomplishment. This time, I’m not rushing an article about every talk. This time, I'd like to share a story about my experience at CSS Day. This article is not your rushed tech article; it’s your Sunday read, it’s a story about a little man climbing a stage he thought he’d never climb. A truthful, emotional love letter to CSS Day and a reminder that you are allowed to have a bit of fun.
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Sometimes you get inspired by a presentation or an article you’ve read. For me, an inspiration started at CSS Day last year during the opening keynote by Mathias Ott. One of those side projects I kept placing at the bottom of the pile, until I finally had had enough of it. I had to make it. In this article, I’d like to present a little tool, an OKLCH color picker. A tool created by me using CSS, a bit of React and a bit of AI help.
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It’s been a few years since the Interop initiative was set in play. This has historically been one of the key elements in moving the web forward as it aims for a consistent web between browser vendors. In contrast to the “old days browser wars”, we as developers get streamlined features without having to check everything in every browser. The features of Interop 2025 are now known, features to be made stable across browsers by the end of the year. In this article, we’ll take a look at what we should get acquainted with in 2025.
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Who publishes an article on the last day of the year? This guy! I felt like I should honor the tradition of at least recapping the past year by writing one final article in 2024. So this time, there will be no tutorials or hidden code gems. I already created my holiday CSS greeting card. This is just a little personal reflection and future plans for 2025.
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As a GDE, I recently traveled to the Isle of Man. It’s probably not the first place you would think of when talking about conferences, meetups, and developer communities in general. You’ll probably think about motor races in narrow streets and beautiful hills. This event was once again an eye-opener for me to realize we should probably try to do more for smaller community groups whether that is government sponsorships, or just doing that - maybe literally - extra mile as a speaker.
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The last few months have been crazy. I had a blast visiting conferences, speaking at meetups, and working on new things. But now it’s time to recharge some of those batteries and have some family time. In this article a little throwback of the last month or so and some of my holiday plans.
Read moreabout Time for a little break - summer 2024 Another year, another CSS Day. I’m always happy to return to Amsterdam for this occasion, It’s one of the things I look forward to every year. So naturally, I’m happy that iO still allowed me to go there with my training budget, and the least I could do, is write a summary of this event on the tech_hub.
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A few weeks ago, a cool little package was delivered to my home. When I opened it I couldn’t stop smiling, it was a Google Developer Expert certificate to hang on my wall. But why did this make me so happy? Well,... it’s all about being self-taught and believing that communities are important. In this (non-technical) article, I’d like to share some thoughts about communities, what they gave me, what I hope to return, and what scares me.
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This year has been a crazy ride, from my first appearances in public speaking to becoming a Google Developer Expert and speaking in Berlin. It’s time to reflect a little on the past year, write a little recap and have some time with family and friends to kick-start the year of 2024.
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I'm extremely happy to announce that today, I've officially joined the Google Developer Expert program. I'm looking forward to the opportunities it has to offer such as expanding my own horizons as well as providing some support for other developers. An interesting step to take for the future of helping out the developer community.
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It's been an eventful first half of the year with giving my first presentations, writing a lot of articles, learning a bucketload of new CSS and following along with Open UI. It's been great fun and I do these things with a passion, but even so, it's time for a good break.
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Another year, another CSS day. I'm not joking or exaggerating 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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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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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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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. Before I bore you with too many blasts from the past, let’s get those away right now.
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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. So let's open the terminal and dive right into it.
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