A good senior Software Engineer fullfills the roles of a writer, an engineer and a gardener. What are these metaphors and what do they speak of? As a writer, they have to weigh every word, every sente…
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How to create a Trix custom toolbar
Trix Trix is a WYSIWYG editor that seems to use the same architectural model as DraftJS. Instead of working around quirks in contenteditable they both have an internal model of content and apply trans…
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This video really struck a cord. We tuned the world for the average. However, if we want to make a world that is inclusive of everyone we need to accommodate for people outside the average. Intellige…
Lees verderCycle superhighways
I’m in London. As a dutchie I love my bicycle and riding it. So what do you do? You ride a bike in London. The software of the renting poles can be improved qute a bit. I tried to rent 2 bikes. One …
Lees verderHow dubstep was discovered
I love the internet: Also, see the Reddit thread. The original video is also very cool.…
Lees verderAmazing anecdote about parenting
I don’t have any kids, but this part of the most recent Tim Ferriss podcast is awesome. Even though the entire podcast is good, this part especially stuck with me.…
Lees verderNumbered tasks in OmniFocus
I’m an avid user of OmniFocus. It gives me the ability to manage all my current projects and to prevent me from forgetting things I want to do. For example when I pack for a trip I use the aweso…
Lees verderSo I bought a house
On friday I signed the papers that make me, or probably more the bank, owner of a lovely house in Wijchen. Both my brothers and my parents were present to experience this with me. One of …
Lees verderWordCamp the Netherlands 2015
My first WordCamp while being part of Team Yoast. I volunteered just like WordCamp Europe and I loved it so I will be volunteering more in the future. Looking forward to next year already.…
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‘SOG’, a dutch abbreviation to designate you’re not working on your study. Literally translated it means ‘Study Evasiveness’. It is a weird phenomenon, you studied for a…
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