Koos Looijesteijn
kooslooijesteijn.net · Personal blog · on HN since 2018
Koos Looijesteijn writes about web design, open source design, dark modes, digital business cards, web3, and why side projects fail.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Why is open source software so badly designed? (2022)5 people · 8 points · first shared 2022 · 1 comments on HN
- 2A guide to implementing dark modes on websites2 people · 6 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 3A not so gentle intro to web31 people · 114 points · first shared 2022 · 129 comments on HN
- 4You're making me buy a new phone1 people · 12 points · first shared 2023 · 4 comments on HN
- 5Beautiful shadows need beautiful colors1 people · 4 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 6Making a multilingual site with Jekyll collections1 people · 4 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 7Why is open source software so badly designed?1 people · 3 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 8Can we improve products by making them less efficient?1 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 9How to get good at anything creative1 people · 2 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 10How to make volunteer-driven open source projects successful1 people · 2 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 11Learnings from years of technological progress wasted1 people · 2 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 12How to make digital business cards and share them via QR codes1 people · 2 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 13Why side projects fail1 people · 2 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 14Dark mode design considerations1 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 15Semantic Sidenotes, Without JavaScript1 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
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