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

  1. 1
    Why is open source software so badly designed? (2022)
    5 people · 8 points · first shared 2022 · 1 comments on HN
  2. 2
    A guide to implemen­ting dark modes on websites
    2 people · 6 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
  3. 3
    A not so gentle intro to web3
    1 people · 114 points · first shared 2022 · 129 comments on HN
  4. 4
    You're making me buy a new phone
    1 people · 12 points · first shared 2023 · 4 comments on HN
  5. 5
    Beautiful shadows need beautiful colors
    1 people · 4 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
  6. 6
    Making a multilingual site with Jekyll collections
    1 people · 4 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
  7. 7
    Why is open source software so badly designed?
    1 people · 3 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
  8. 8
    Can we improve products by making them less efficient?
    1 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
  9. 9
    How to get good at anything creative
    1 people · 2 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
  10. 10
  11. 11
    Learnings from years of technological progress wasted
    1 people · 2 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
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  13. 13
    Why side projects fail
    1 people · 2 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
  14. 14
    Dark mode design con­sider­ations
    1 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
  15. 15
    Semantic Sidenotes, Without JavaScript
    1 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN

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