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Re:Kagi Search for Everyone on Friday November 06, 2026 @04:18AM (#50390047)
Great news! The only problem is recommending Kagi word of mouth to friends and family as I have no idea how to pronounce it in Dutch. Any tips?
Re:Why I Read Books on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @08:14AM (#49907767)
Why I think reading books matters and what I get out of it.

P.S.: All text and images on this blog are handmade (as in not AI generated).

Re:AI-Generated Images Discourage Me from Reading Your Blog on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @01:45PM (#49172273)
This is why I started creating all illustrations on my blog by hand. Maybe they are crappy but they are my crappy drawings.
Re:Creativity and AI on Friday May 08, 2026 @07:24AM (#48061586)
As a creative person, I think a lot about the impact of AI on my work. If it's possible to create something by giving a chatbot a text prompt, what does it even mean to be creative?

In this blog I try to answer this question.

P.S.: All images you see are handmade by me :)

Re:Moving Away from Google on Friday November 21, 2025 @10:36AM (#46005496)
I used many Google products, but in recent years Google has been making choices that go against my ideals. In this blog, I describe the switch I made to other services.
Vitaly Friedman gives a great talk on complex UIs: https://youtu.be/2hlQqMigGZg?feature=shared
Re:Customizable HTML Select on Friday February 21, 2025 @12:30AM (#43124325)
I would like to know this as well.
Re:Welcome to the Public Domain in 2025 on Thursday January 02, 2025 @01:35AM (#42572255)
If you want to know more about how these animations came to life I highly recommend the biography of Walt Disney by Neal Gabler.
Cool, thanks!
I'm trying to degoogle and would like to get rid of my Google account altogether, but that's harder than I thought, especially when services use it exclusively to create an account. ;)

I always prefer the option of creating an account with an email address.

Cool stuff, but I rather don't want to use Google to log in. Is there, or will there be, any way around this?
Re:Design Token-Based UI Architecture on Sunday December 22, 2024 @04:19AM (#42485273)
The NL Design System (https://www.nldesignsystem.nl/) is a project funded by the Dutch government which works with Design Tokens. This way government agencies and municipalities can share components but still retain their own look and feel.
Re:Why Dumb TVs Deserve a Comeback on Monday December 16, 2024 @12:04AM (#42428142)
Same here. I have an older LG model with a Nvidia Shield hooked up. I never even get terms of service prompts.
Re:A common urban intersection in the Netherlands on Thursday November 21, 2024 @07:23AM (#42203622)
Not as funny as you would think :) They usually pronounce it pretty well: shertokenboss
Re:A common urban intersection in the Netherlands on Thursday November 21, 2024 @07:20AM (#42203601)
Most people get their Bossche Bol at Jan de Groot, which is like a 15 minute walk or 5 minutes by bike from the intersection. Beware that there always is a big queue at Jan de Groot because it's very popular. You can also go to a Jumbo supermarket in 's-Hertogenbosch or Rosmalen as they usually sell the exact same Bossche Bol from this bakery.
Re:A common urban intersection in the Netherlands on Thursday November 21, 2024 @06:48AM (#42203369)
Cool to see my hometown ('s-Hertogenbosch) appear on the front page of HN. I use this intersection almost every week: AMA ;)
Re:Show HN: Hacker News users recommend movies on Thursday May 02, 2024 @07:18AM (#40234858)
Fixed, thanks!

Show HN: Hacker News users recommend movies

HackerN ews user Metadat started a thread in which other Hacker News users recommend movies that changed their perception of reality or live:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40035002I've compiled the answers into a list of movies in the order as they appear in the top level comments. All movies are linked to their TMDB page:https://roose.digital/en/blog/learning/hacker-news-users-rec...I've...

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Re:Self-hosting forms, the sane way on Sunday April 28, 2024 @04:41AM (#40187025)
You could use Drupal and the very versatile Webform module: https://www.drupal.org/project/webform
Re:Leaving Substack on Friday April 26, 2024 @01:51AM (#40166289)
I use cleantalk on my Drupal website (but it's also available on other systems, such as WordPress) and only get a few spam comments a month. Its also cheap: 12 dollars a year and you can earn extra credits reporting spam comments that slip through.
Same here. I try to avoid Amazon as much as possible. In the Netherlands we do have 'Bol' but it basically boils down to the same thing: giving your money to one big player.

Another option is getting it at the Dutch Online Library but they have a limited selection.

In some cases you can buy the book directly from the author (like Derek Sivers) but that's more an exception than the rule.

I really wished there were more small e-book stores. Maybe focused on specific genres but so far I have been unsuccesful finding any.

Yeah, it's weird. All the modules (plugins) are free and open source as well so it looks like a no brainer. It probably has something to do with the steep learning curve which can be intimidating.
Drupal has an excellent multi site solution with the domain access module with which you can share content between multiple domains/sites.
Re:Everyone is just doing whatever on Friday March 01, 2024 @11:53PM (#39569937)
When you look at others, it sometimes seems like they have everything perfectly sorted out. The reality is that everyone is just figuring things out as they go. So, don't let that hold you back; just go ahead and do your thing.
Re:InVision design collaboration services shutdown on Friday January 05, 2024 @07:48AM (#38878537)
I think (or hope) it's some combination between using real code (such as Storybook) in combination with a GUI. This has the following benefits: - There is only source of truth and it's the code - People who can't code (most designers) can still build prototypes with available components - No (manual) synchronization between code a drawing tool (Figma, Penpot) needed

At the moment it looks like UXPin is going in this direction.

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