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Koos Looijesteijn
Personal blog · kooslooijesteijn.net/blogdesignweb
Koos Looijesteijn's personal blog at kooslooijesteijn.net covers design and web. Since 2018, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 26 times, most often “Why is open source software so badly designed?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Welcome to my homepage.
Most-linked posts?
- Why is open source software so badly designed?5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2022-11-25
- A complete guide to implementing dark modes on websites2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-09-29
What Hacker News says?
Submitted A not so gentle intro to web3 as a story · 114 points
HN discussionSubmitted You're making me buy a new phone as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted Beautiful shadows need beautiful colors as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making a multilingual site with Jekyll collections as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why is open source software so badly designed? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A guide to implementing dark modes on websites as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A complete guide to implementing dark modes on websites as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why is open source software so badly designed? (2022) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to get good at anything creative as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Learnings from years of technological progress wasted as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to make digital business cards and share them via QR codes as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why is open source software so badly designed? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why is open source software so badly designed? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to make volunteer-driven open source projects successful as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Semantic Sidenotes, Without JavaScript as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dark mode design considerations as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can we improve products by making them less efficient? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why side projects fail as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How I do web design as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Are Design Ethics Useless? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Make digital business cards with standards from the 90s. Better than NameDrop? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted You’re making me buy a new phone as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why is open source software so badly designed? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why is open source software so badly designed? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mistakes and learnings from writing utility-first CSS for the first time as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Semantic Sidenotes for the Web as a story · 1 points
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