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Vasilis van Gemert
Personal blog · vasilis.nl/nerdwebdesign
Vasilis van Gemert writes Vasilis feeds, a personal blog at vasilis.nl about web and design. Since 2015, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-11, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its post arguing against the CSS rem unit. One commenter extends the point, saying viewport-percentage units suit both font sizes and dimensions better. Another praises the site layout.
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What Hacker News says?
The age of the article says a lot; but I think there are overuses of rem, even today, where it’s used for dimensions (width, height, padding, margins) which is not a good idea. Especially when mixed with containing elements that use a mix of em & px units. Where for a while sites were using em & rem, using viewport-percentage lengths is more apprpriate for _both_ font-sizes and dimensions. And for what it’s worth Va…
Comment linking /nerd/wp-content/themes/nerd-mississippi/style.css?1558868656
on “Why I dislike the rem unit (2013)”Submitted Why I dislike the rem unit (2013) as a story · 23 points
HN discussionThe layout on this linked site: https://vasilis.nl/nerd/how-to-disagree-with-googles-privacy... Is incredible.
Comment linking /nerd/how-to-disagree-with-googles-privacy-policy/
on “Pulling my site from Google over AI training”Submitted I Like the Web They Want as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reading RSS Feeds as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted In Memoriam Marijn Meijles as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Let's Reinvent the Wheel as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Turning old rotary phones into music streamers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Good, the Bad, and the Interesting as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Animating blobs that turn into rectangles, in steps over 24 hours as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted You should understand CSS units as a story · 1 points
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