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A desk with a 2001 CRT monitor showing a table-based layout on the left and a modern setup with TypeScript and an AI assistant on the right, a row of phones from then to now in between

Career & Growth

English
Nederlands

25 Years as a Developer: From Notepad and IE6 to TypeScript and AI

From Notepad, tables and Internet Explorer 6 to TypeScript, Git and AI: 25 years of web development — and what never changed along the way.

#career#web-development#frontend

12 min read

Delft blue tile reading "Prepare Your Code For The Unexpected" — Developers Tiles of Wisdom

Software Development

34. Prepare Your Code For The Unexpected

Defensive programming is not paranoia, it is craftsmanship. Why your code needs guardrails, strict types and layered checks for the day production finds the path you forgot.

#developers-tiles-of-wisdom#defensive-programming#typescript

5 min read

Delft blue tile reading "You Can't Fix a Bad UX With Great Code" — Developers Tiles of Wisdom

Frontend Architecture

29. You Can't Fix a Bad UX With Great Code

Many 'technical' problems are really UX problems in disguise. Great code can't save bad UX—it can only reduce the pain. Solve the right problem instead.

#developers-tiles-of-wisdom#frontend#web-development

4 min read