ThatCrazyWebdev
Robin Boers 17 December 2022
History of my site
History of my site How my site was built This site is my little gem. I launched it in 2017 and I have been improving and maintaining it ever since. I sometimes call it my personal playground. It is my little corner of the web, a place where I have full creative freedom over my own content. And I love it. This page provides an insight into the development and design process of building this beauty. ... [ Read more ]
Robin Boers 3 May 2022
Show XYZ: neopub
This description from the IndieWeb wiki describes best what neopub is1. I built neopub as because I wanted to have a micropub endpoint to be able to like stuff in monocle, post from Micro.blog and because I like doing hard things. neopub is a blogging software developed by RobinBoers. It runs micro.geheimesite.nl and is written in PHP. It has a built-in micropub endpoint and sends webmentions. neopub is inspired by neofeed, publog and aaronparecki. ... [ Read more ]
Robin Boers 3 May 2022
Going IndieWeb
I recently moved this blog and its big dutch brother to my own site. I did this because I wanted to be in control of my content (and more importantly, its URL) and because I like to do hard stuff I guess. This blog is now hosted as a git repository over on GitHub, which means I can use version control. I can also host it using GitHub pages and deploy it using GitHub actions, which is pretty neat. ... [ Read more ]
Robin Boers 5 March 2022
A phoneless month.
February was a special month for me. I had challenged myself to put away my phone for an entire month. In this post, I’d like to share my experience. But, why would I want to do this? I found myself glued to my phone a lot lately. At home, when I woke up, in the evening, at school, and even on the toilet. In addition, I also noticed it was annoying me everyone expects you to always be available. ... [ Read more ]
Robin Boers 16 January 2022
Distros DO NOT matter. Get over it.
I have been asked many times “what is the best distro for gamers” or “which linux distro should I pick”. There is this huge misconception in people’s minds that some Linux distros are better than others, that they have to pick the right one. The truth is, all distros are fundamentally the same. There is no such thing as ’the best Linux distro'. Most Linux beginners download a lot of ISO images and judge the distros on their look, preinstalled apps, and desktop environment. ... [ Read more ]
Robin Boers 3 January 2022
Plans and projects for 2022
Just like last year I’m writing about my goals and projects I want to complete this year. But first, how did I do last year? Well, in this post I wrote about my progress in 2021. Quick recap: I wanted to learn Express (servers) I wanted to build GTK+ apps I wanted to learn React to build mobile apps with React Native I wanted to create 3D games and prototypes using Three. ... [ Read more ]
Robin Boers 25 December 2021
Hi, I'm that Crazy Webdev!
Hi! My name is Robin. I’m an enthusiastic developer from the Netherlands. I’m also the creator of Nindo, and this is my third blog. For dutch people, I also have a blog over here: Webdevelopment-En-Meer. If you want to know more about me, check my personal website. And for English readers, I also have a second blog where I post about solutions for stupid problems, creatively titled, Stupid Codes. Enough about me, what’s this new blog all about? ... [ Read more ]