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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 26/09/2026

Another Utrecht Sketching Community meetup, this time celebrating Utrecht Heritage Day (on September 12th). In the morning we visited Stadsklooster Utrecht in the former Antoniuskerk. In the afternoon we visited Villa Jongerius.

Ink and watercolor sketches of both locations in my sketchbook across two pages. On the left page is a sketch of Villa Jongerius in landscape orientation. It's a very rectangular white building with red accents. On the right page is a sketch of Stadsklooster Utrecht, a former Catholic church, with a focus on the tower. My sketchbook is laying on my desk at home, where I finished the sketches.

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 11/09/2026

In the beginning of August I joined the Utrecht Sketching Community meetup at Castellum Hoge Woerd (Netherlands). The building is a modern interpretation of a Roman fort. It was a lovely day with fellow urban sketchers. So nice to see all the different styles, subjects, and points of views.

Ink and watercolor sketch in my sketchbook in landscape orientation across two pages. I'm holding it in my hand and in the background you can see the building I made a sketch of. The building has the shape of an old Roman fort, but has really straight lines and it's made from modern materials.

All the different sketches laid out on a table for the "show & tell".

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 09/09/2026

At the end of August I biked to Fort Voordorp with my new folding chair and support board and made a sketch of the fort, which is part of the New Dutch Waterline.

Ink and watercolor sketch in my sketchbook in landscape orientation across two pages. It’s of a fortification with red doors, a bridge with a gate in the foreground, and trees in the background. The sketchbook lies on a support board on my lap. On the support board there's also a watercolor palette, water containers and a rag.

Same sketch in my sketchbook while it’s laying on my desk.

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 11/07/2026

Ink and watercolor sketch of the water tower at the Neckardreef in Utrecht.

Ink and watercolor sketch in my sketchbook in portrait orientation across two pages. It’s of a water tower with brown bricks and a green spherical roof. “Water tower” plus “Neckardreef, Utrecht” has been hand lettered at the top. It’s dated “2026/06/28”.

Me holding up my sketchbook at the location where I sketched with the water tower in the background.

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 27/06/2026

Having a hot drink to cool me down.

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 22/06/2026

The Thin Red Line is the best war movie that isn’t a war movie.

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 07/06/2026

My first Criterion Collection editions (4K UHD + Blu-ray). Love the packaging, the booklets, and extras on discs.

A stack of Criterion Collection editions. From bottom to top: The Thin Red Line, Roma, Parasite, Wall-E, No Country for Old Men, and Flow.

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 27/05/2026

Happy to share that I've started at Setso as a Senior Frontend Engineer, to help build a product that enables film production teams to plan shooting days and keep everyone aligned. setso.com

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Setso — Production Planning Software for Film & TV

Built for the industry, by the industry. Setso keeps producers, cast, and crew in sync — while making your productions reliably sustainable.

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 24/05/2026

Some urban sketches I made during my holiday to the Ardennes: elwinvaneede.com/art/ardennes...

Sketch of a street in Durbuy looking towards the church and castle of Durbuy. Using ink and watercolor.

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Axel Rauschmayer (also on 🦣) @dr-axel.de · 15/05/2026

1/ I’m still processing what’s going on in tech at the moment. I used to feel at home in that world. It used to feel incredibly creative and positive. Now it’s increasingly full of bugs, dark addicting patterns and AI slop. 2ality.com

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2ality blog: temporarily offline

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 29/04/2026

My first urban sketch. The gatehouse and former coach house at Rhijnauwen and Amelisweerd, just outside Utrecht. I finished up the line and wash painting at home.

Finished line and wash painting at home. The sketchbook lies on a green cutting mat alongside a watercolor palette, a watercolor brush and a fountain pen.

Initial rough sketch using watercolor in my sketchbook, while sitting outside at a table. A watercolor palette lies behind the sketchbook.

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 13/04/2026

Recently started experimenting with Line and Wash painting.

Line and Wash painting of a street in the Old Town of Alicante. A blue painted building with balconies is on the right. Based on a photo I took there. Used Micron pens and watercolor.

Line and Wash painting of another street in the Old Town of Alicante. To the left and right there are many plants and balconies. Santa Bàrbara Castle in the background. Based on a photo I took there. Used Micron pens and diluted ink in a waterbrush.

Line and Wash painting of my living room. The back wall is green and the couch is dark blue with a hint of green. There's a brown cupboard in the back, a brown coffee table, hanging plants in the top right, and a TV and record player to the right. Used Micron pens and watercolor.

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 06/02/2026

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms exceeds my expectations. Game of Thrones early seasons quality is back. Episode 4 was so captivating.

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 20/01/2026

If you’re living in Finland, this is a great opportunity!

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 01/01/2026

My annual music recap is here! 20 favorite songs released in 2025, been doing this since 2016: elwinvaneede.com/blog/2025/th...

Pages from my diary in which I've written my 20 favorite songs released in 2025.

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 24/12/2025

So happy with @vitest.dev Browser Mode being stable! Migrated legacy Jest component tests that used jsdom, tested implementation details, and mocked web components. Now: reliable user-facing tests with getBy* locators, no mocking, running in a real browser. Tests what users actually see and do 🎉

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 23/12/2025

My personal website is now part of the lovely CSS JOY Webring (cs.sjoy.lol), thanks for adding me @sjoy.lol!

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Bruno Simon @bruno-simon.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

6 years of thinking I can make a better portfolio. 1 year of actually building it. My new portfolio is LIVE 🚀 Please, don't break anything! 👉 bruno-simon.com

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 27/11/2025

A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020. It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛 bell.bz/its-been-a-v...

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It’s been a very hard year - Andy Bell

Unlike a lot of places in tech, my company, Set Studio/Piccalilli has no outside funding. Bootstrapped is what the LinkedIn people say, I think. It’s been a hard year this year. A very hard year...

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 24/11/2025

Recently completed migrating the Nord Figma Toolkit to Figma Variables 🎨 Migration guide: nordhealth.design/migration/fi...

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 20/11/2025

Great talk by @derk-jan.com at the @fronteers.bsky.social meetup in Utrecht about practical solutions for accessible components.

Derk-Jan sitting in a wheelchair on a stage before a group of people and pointing towards a slide which reads “So you want to so the right thing…”

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 11/11/2025

Just finished this brilliant book recap of The Will of the Many: youtu.be/1fLvIXEnaFY?... Now onto The Strength of the Few, which has been released today. Can’t wait to see what this Hierarchy series further has in store. The first book was outstanding.

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Unhinged Recap of The Will of the Many // Full Summary & Ending Explained

YouTube video by Julie’s Reading

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 05/11/2025

@matthiasott.com Your website seems to be down, at least for me. I get a ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR.

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 22/10/2025

So looking forward to this new series on Apple TV: Plaribus (from Vince Gilligan, the maker of Better Call Saul & Breaking Bad) starring Rhea Seehorn youtu.be/a6lzvWby9UE?...

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Pluribus — Official Trailer | Apple TV

YouTube video by Apple TV

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Burton Smith @stuffbreaker.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I'm very excited to announce the release of the #WebComponents CLI validator! Now you can validate your web components in your build pipelines. #html #javascript

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 01/10/2025

Some photographs I made in Alicante last month. I was there for a work offsite.

Palm tree against a clear blue sky in the middle of a square. In the front there is a balcony. The houses around the square are yellow, red and white.

Two people are walking along a small road in the old city of Alicante. Along the side of the road there are a lot of plans in pots. There are a lot of balconies.

View from the Castillo de Santa Bárbara towards the Mediterranean Sea. You can see one small tower in the foreground and the beach in the background.

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Kevin Powell @kevinpowell.co · 18/09/2025

Had a great conversation with @sjoy.lol today. We both toyed around with the web as a hobby starting in the late 90s, before eventually turning it into a career much later on. We talked a lot about that, but then got into accessibility and I just loved how she referred to it as "a heart thing" 😊

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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 19/09/2025

Dutch late night TV has its take

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 17/09/2025

Is there a german word for the irony of purchasing a screen protector only to have your phone’s screen crack before taking the time to put it on?

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 28/08/2025

Ruin a book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title: Tom Clancy’s Odyssey

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 28/08/2025

I spoke with a few developers about their experience of AI tools being effectively mandated and learned some horrors in the process. I do give some advice on how to navigate this for people experiencing the same as these contributors though. piccalil.li/blog/are-…

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 25/08/2025

Recently finished Astro Bot (PS5). I give it a 4.5 out of 5 rating.

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 12/08/2025

Excited to finally be migrating the Nord Figma Toolkit to Figma Variables.

Screenshot of Figma with a variables modal listing Nord Design System tokens for 4 modes: "Therapy Light", "Therapy Dark", "Veterinary Light", and "Veterinary Dark".

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 05/08/2025

Thrilled with my iFi Audio ZEN CAN Signature (2023) analog headphone amp. Coming from the original ZEN CAN (2020), the sound improvement is genuinely noticeable on my Sennheiser HD600 and especially on my HiFiMAN Edition XS.

My current iFi Zen Stack consisting of my Zen DAC V2 (bottom), Zen Phono (middle), and Zen CAN Signature (top). Sitting on top my desk, underneath my Apple Studio Display. There is a Hart Audio Interconnect with a pink cable connected to the balanced 4.4mm output.

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 20/07/2025

Last weekend I finished my first trail running event (Amerongse Berg Trail 12K). Really enjoyed it! Very well organized with lovely vibes and no sensory overload. On to the next one!

Me standing at the start. Behind me is a Trail Events banner which says "I wanted to be free, so I became a trail runner."

Start of a climb within a forest. It's an unpaved path. The route was very well marked and easy to follow.

The medal I got after finishing. It reads "Amerongse Berg Trail" and has an illustration of a big tree and a hill in the background. The cord reads "www.trail-running.eu" and "Finisher".

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Elwin van Eede @elwinvaneede.com · 18/07/2025

I'm now a one-person design system team. Has anyone else navigated being the only one left on their team?

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METR @metr.org · 10/07/2025

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers. The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

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