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  • December 2022 · Project
    What's a split keyboard and how did it take me 4 months and 400€ to build one?

    'Build your own split keyboard', they said. Notes and pictures of my journey towards awesome ergonomic typing.

  • December 2022 · Project
    Giving my blog a facelift

    TLDR

    I was inspired to redesign and polish all parts this website. The landing page, the blog overview, and the reading page.

    In this post, I explain my thoughts behind the decisions for layout, logo, fonts, and animations.

  • November 2022
    The 46 things I packed for 135 days in South-East Asia

    Working part-time while traveling Thailand, Laos, South Korea, Japan.

  • October 2022 · Project
    Comparing Survey Creation Platforms

    Can custom development still shine in a world dominated by SaaS? Read how 'Studo Survey' outperformed Google Forms in terms of UX.

  • July 2022
    How to enable Android's Smart Lock with the Redmi Smart Band Pro

    I’ve been a happy user of a few generations of Mi Bands for many years now. Starting with the Mi Band 2 and its tiny black and white display, next the Mi Band 3 which was comparatively comfortable. After that, I’ve been wearing the Mi Band 5 for one and a half years. The screen is great. What I value most about the series was not the fitness aspect or heart rate tracking, but rather the super cheap price and phone notification access. But the feature that may be most important for me is the ability to use Android’s Smart Lock.

  • March 2021 · Project
    Four in a Row

    A beautiful redesign of the all-time classic Four in a Row, written in Flutter. This is a pet project of mine, which I started during the first lockdown in March of 2020. It's available on Google Play and the web.

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