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This is part three of my series of posts describing how I made my quiz game o(m)g:image. Project Announcement Pt. I: Design Iterations Pt. II: As Little JS As Possible Pt. III: The HTML o(m)g:image is presented like a quiz: You get one question at a time When you choose...

Single-task tools complement modern devices by combining technological capability with intentional constraints. From offline cameras to e-ink readers, these tools preserve human agency while embracing progress. How thoughtful friction and focused design create more meaningful engagement.

Lots of scientific Python libraries are often used within Jupyter notebooks. At work, we develop and maintain plenty of such libraries for quantum computing, and some more higher-level ones include extensive user guides in form of Jupyter notebooks. Recently, I've been invo...

This is part two of my series of posts describing how I made my quiz game o(m)g:image. Project Announcement Pt. I: Design Iterations Pt. II: As Little JS As Possible One of my goals when making this project was to use as little JavaScript as possible. In retrospect, I ha...

I love science fiction in all forms, and I can't resist watching almost any sci-fi movie. So, I watch a lot of them. It's a bit annoying how "sci-fi and fantasy" became the standard pairing. In my eyes, these genres are exactly opposite. It's like grouping movies about horse...

Welkom! Goed inzicht in ons parlement is belangrijk, soms omdat er dingen in het nieuws zijn. En soms juist omdat dingen (nog) niet in het nieuws zijn, maar er binnenkort wel besluiten over genomen gaan worden. De Tweede Kamer publiceert alles wat ze doen via een technische API, en dat is echt geweldig. Hierdoor kunnen we op Internet eigen viewers maken om deze data zo goed mogelijk zichtbaar te maken.

I blogged about my recent project omgimg.jim-nielsen.com and I figured I’d write more details about my process behind making it. When the idea first struck, I jumped into Figma and started working out the idea. I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted: a quiz-like website ...

The distinction between hardware and software has historically been relatively easy to understand - hardware is the physical object that software runs on. This is made more complicated by the existence of programmable logic like FPGAs, but by and large things tend to fall int...

Sometimes you want to restrict access to something to a specific set of devices - for instance, you might want your corporate VPN to only be reachable from devices owned by your company. You can't really trust a device that self attests to its identity, for instance by repor...

Naar aanleiding van veel misverstanden hier een kort stukje over: Helpt het als Microsoft/Google/Amazon beloven dat mijn gegevens op servers in de EU worden opgeslagen? Kan ik met “eigen sleutels” / bring your own key / double key encryption / aparte opslag, mijn data in praktische zin beschermen tegen Amerikaanse spionage? Kan ik me zo beschermen tegen Amerikaanse sancties / dreigementen / Trumpiaanse woedeuitbarstingen? Het antwoord op alledrie de vragen is helaas “nee”.

I’m not the kind of person that develops a strong attachment to their own work. When I decided to leave Redis, about 1620 days ago (~ 4.44 years), I never looked at the source code, commit messages, or anything related to Redis again. From time to time, when I needed Redis, I...

I was popping off on Mastodon with an idea for a physical board game then decided to just make a digital version. It’s called “o(m)g:image” and you can play it now: omgimg.jim-nielsen.com Here’s the idea: You have a bunch images Each image is a real-life og:image pulled fro...

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Kennedy embodies several trends across politics, science, and society, which require careful attention to understand how America is changing

JavaScript quirks that can be used for obfuscation.

Which is best? Generalist or specialist? Native or web? Web site or web app? JavaScript or Typescript? Framework or library? Server side or client side? Photoshop or Sketch or Figma? Designing in a tool or design in the browser? Skueomorphic or flat? Mac or PC or Linux? Th...

Afgelopen 25 november hield ik (op persoonlijke titel) een praatje bij de Kiesraad over de toestand van de cloud, met specifieke aandacht voor de Nederlandse overheid. Iedere organisatie ziet zich nu geconfronteerd met de vrijwel verplichte gang naar de cloud. Voor een schoenenwinkel of broodjeszaak is het niet zo’n halszaak om over te gaan naar Microsoft 365 (MS365), of om afhankelijk te zijn van leveranciers die diensten leveren op basis van Amazon Web Services.

Here I collect for various (scientific) fields the absolutely most important books. Totemic Tomes if you will. Books you can’t miss. Books that everyone in a field should have read, or belatedly discover they haven’t yet. The book you wish you’d known about before wading through several mediocre works. “I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library.” — Jorge Luis Borges Many of these books are still entirely relevant, but a few have been overtaken by new discoveries, but have however not relinquished their epic status.

A quick guide to using Satori with your Tailwind plugins, fonts, and everything else in your config!