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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 20/09/2026

I compared the iOS Safari viewport on the iPhone Duo against the iPhone 17 Pro and iPad mini. It feels too small when folded, and lives in that awkward danger zone when unfolded. okaydev.co/articles/app...

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Apples to Apples — iOS Safari Comparison

Comparing Safari Viewports on iPhone Duo, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPad mini Apple has a foldable now. I wanted to get a better sense of what browsing the web…

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 14/07/2026

A progress bar for your day, digits that physically fall when they expire, and a broom to sweep them into a portal. I wrote a teardown of how it works using Matter.js for physics, Pixi.js on rendering, and choreography by GSAP. okaydev.co/articles/swe...

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CodeTV Hackathon Entrée Sweep the Day Away: How I built a…

It tumbles off the status bar, bounces, and lands in a pile at the bottom of your screen. And because a pile of expired time is technically a mess,…

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 08/07/2026

I built Loading Today ✨ A cozy OS-inspired escape for the @codetv.dev Hackathon that shows how much of the day has “loaded” so far with calming visuals, ambient sounds, and playful interactions. Select the CodeTV theme and watch the Web Dev Challenge episode in the TV app!

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 19/05/2026

Thank you @gsap-greensock.bsky.social for the swag box and my very own pair of green socks! 💚

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 15/05/2026

Cursor now has referral codes 😃 “New users with your link get 50% off their first month of Pro, Pro+, or Ultra.” If you use it, tell me what you’re building with it! cursor.com/referral?cod...

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Cursor - The best way to code with AI

Built to make you extraordinarily productive, Cursor is the best way to code with AI.

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 14/05/2026

So far this week on @okaydev.co: • 8 new user sign-ups • 12 published projects It’s been great seeing people actually use the platform. My birthday wish is coming true 🥳 Thank you to everyone helping build this community up. Y’all are the best.

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 12/05/2026

Okay Dev profiles got a refresh! But that's not all… Site wide updates from Gallery, Directory, projects, to more dark mode, better filtering, PJAX page loading (special thanks, @joshgkirk.bsky.social), improved UI/UX when adding new projects. Sign-up is free. Give it a go! 👉 okaydev.co/u/eric

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 13/04/2026

Got early access to easeReverse in GSAP v3.15 and used it to make this yo-yo demo. It drops with CustomBounce and snaps back up with power2 .in no matter when it reverses. Demo: codepen.io/vanholtzco/l... Details: gsap.com/blog/3-15

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 16/03/2026

Built a grid of geometric motion studies. Each panel explores a different timing + easing behavior using simple rings and shapes. HTML, CSS, JS + GSAP. 🔗 codepen.io/vanholtzco/pen/bNwBQBY

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 12/03/2026

Animating a headline from normal wrapped text into fully justified lines. • Responsive line detection • Animated word justification • Accent word color animation • Respects prefers-reduced-motion 🔗 codepen.io/vanholtzco/p...

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 11/03/2026

Onion skinning… but in 3D. Stacked image planes move toward the camera while opacity, filters, and transforms evolve across the stack. Everything is tweakable. Try weird values. Show me what you come up with! 🔗 codepen.io/vanholtzco/p...

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 09/03/2026

Infinite scrolling typography. - Lenis infinite smooth scroll - GSAP viewport-based text scaling Inspired by the Joby branding by TinyWins. 🔗 codepen.io/vanholtzco/p...

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 06/03/2026

The new @codepen.io "Pen 2.0" is in Public Beta! It brings the capabilities of Projects to Pens. ✅ File system ✅ Config / build / processing blocks ✅ Real-time collaboration …and more! Pen 2.0 example in thread…

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 20/02/2026

Experimenting with: • OKLCH color blending • CSS 3D perspective • backdrop-filter glass • sine-based wave staggering • pointer inertia Inspired by Ordinary Folk’s motion work. Built in vanilla HTML/CSS/JS. CodePen in the replies 👇

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 18/02/2026

Magnetic lines. Canvas. Spring physics. All vibes. Inspired by a linear billboard.

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OkayDev @okaydev.co · 28/01/2026

A social network made for builders. Designers 🤝 Developers No algorithms. No ads. Just real people. Reclaim your voice. Join free today. Are we the first to offer code formatting in social posts?

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 18/01/2026

Unpopular opinion: macOS Tahoe’s UI with a gradient + dark theme is chill. Finally trying desktop widgets, and so far they’re proving useful. Am I alone?

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 14/01/2026

Tailwind 2017: boo 🎃 Tailwind v1 2019: hello 🌍 Me: SCSS 😎 Tailwind v4 + no-config JIT = 🔥 Theming, grid, responsive, AI-friendly? Okay, I’m in. Also btw, CSS vars use () not [] 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 05/01/2026

Slowly dialing in the office setup with some new lighting, fresh paint, and camera gear. Learning from talented creators on YouTube about cameras, lighting, writing, editing, and strategy. Getting there.

Eric stands behind a wooden desk in a modern home office, arms resting on the surface. He’s wearing a gray t-shirt and looking toward the camera. The room is softly lit with blue and green accent lights, multiple monitors, plants, and tech gear visible in the background.

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 02/01/2026

My dad installed halo ceiling lights in my office yesterday. The eclipse-like effect is unreal. He also custom built the wood paneling and shelf with integrated LEDs. 🖤

An older man stands on a step ladder in a modern room, working with his hands at an open ceiling fixture. A white drop cloth covers furniture below him, and dark vertical wood paneling lines the walls.

A modern, dimly lit home office with blue ambient lighting. A circular recessed ceiling light glows softly above a desk setup with a computer, plants, and shelving, framed by dark wood-paneled walls.

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 31/12/2025

When freelance slowed down in early 2024–25, I built @okaydev.co, a creative dev + design community. In the new year, I’m stepping outside my comfort zone and starting to create content about the web, tech, & inspiring work from an okay dev’s perspective. Here’s to learning and building together! 🥂

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 13/11/2025

I’ve been asked to chat with a studio’s team about my work at their monthly event. I’ve done this just once before. Any advice / suggestions on how to keeping it meaningful, interesting, and fun?

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 09/10/2025

No VC funding. No board. No corporate agenda. Just me, building a space for us to reconnect. Like the internet used to feel, before the noise.

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Craft CMS @craftcms.com · 08/10/2025

Check it out: OKAY SOCIAL, a social network for creatives – okaydev.co/social Built by @ericvanholtz.com with #CraftCMS

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OKAY SOCIAL

A social network built for creatives.

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 05/10/2025

A social network built by me for my peers. No motive, I just want people to make the best of it. Sign up and join me! 😃

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OkayDev @okaydev.co · 16/07/2025

OKAY DEV Social Beta has been 🔥 so far – people sharing projects, WIPs, blogs & showing love with likes + comments. Jump in! Connect with creative devs, designers, and businesses. Join the community today → okaydev.co/social

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 24/06/2025

A social network built for creative devs, designers, and brands. Will you join me on OKAY SOCIAL?

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 08/05/2025

My birthday is next week and my wife has been surprising me with some "unofficial" @okaydev.co swag 😎

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 30/04/2025

🎉 I released the GSAP Poster Randomizer to celebrate @gsap-greensock.bsky.social going completely FREE! It’s a generative tool that lets you create your own GSAP-themed phone wallpaper. ⚡📱 It even makes a cameo in the official GSAP sizzle reel! Link below…

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 30/04/2025

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OkayDev @okaydev.co · 30/04/2025

GSAP v3.13 is now FREE (includes bonus plugins) 🎉 + SplitText is 50% smaller, w/14 new features + Animate CSS var() values + Install GSAP via Webflow project settings @gsap-greensock.bsky.social gsap.com/blog/3-13/

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3.13 release | GSAP | Docs & Learning

Thanks to Webflow, GSAP is now 100% FREE including ALL of the bonus plugins! Version 3.13 also brings a complete rewrite of SplitText

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 10/04/2025

Thinking it’s time to get more active here and start building in public 👀 Lately, I’ve been pouring energy into crafting the social feed for @okaydev.co — would love your thoughts! Appreciate any likes, comments, or shares 🙏🏻

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OkayDev @okaydev.co · 04/02/2025

The final installment of our Dive Into WebGPU series is live! 🚀 Here’s what you’ll learn: ✨ Compute Shaders 🌑 Shadow Mapping 🎇 Interactive Particles

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 31/12/2024

I was delighted to partner with Adopt to develop an elegant website for their studio's digital presence. Case Study: okaydev.co/u/eric/portf...

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Léonie Watson @tink.uk · 23/11/2024

There are lots of options these days. 😊 For example, on iOS you can enable automatic image description at the OS level, Chromium browsers have a similar feature, and these days my screen reader can query ChatGPT/Claude for an image description (hallucinations not withstanding of course)!

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 23/11/2024

It seems like Starter Packs should just be Lists (aka feed?). Just let people have the option to follow and/or pin. E.g. OpenAI Employees Starter Pack. I don’t really want to follow all of them, but I’d pin the list/feed to stay updated & author manage it for us. Starter Packs vs Lists vs Feeds? 🧐

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Eric Van Holtz @ericvanholtz.com · 23/11/2024

Anyone else do this? 🧑‍💻 "Act as a copywriter specializing in accessibility. Create short alt text for the following images…"

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OkayDev @okaydev.co · 19/11/2024

Discover the latest in creative development and connect with some of our talented community members. 🦋 go.bsky.app/KLQF97k

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OkayDev @okaydev.co · 19/11/2024

Want a custom Bluesky @handle? 1. Visit Settings: bsky.app/settings 2. Select "Change Handle" 3. Click "I have my own domain" 4. Enter your domain 5. Access your DNS service and add the TXT DNS record as instructed 6. Return and click "Verify DNS Record" *DNS records may take time to propagate. 🦋

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OkayDev @okaydev.co · 12/11/2024

🎉 Exciting times for web animation – @motion.dev now open source w/ @citizenofnowhe.re – @juliangarnier.bsky.social all in on Anime.js V4 – @greensock.bsky.social GSAP integration into Webflow – Rive App responsive UI w/Layouts – Native CSS scroll-driven animations, view transitions, allow-discrete…

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OkayDev @okaydev.co · 05/11/2024

Get to know @ericvanholtz.com, the founder of Okay Dev! Learn about his career journey and the passion he brings to building a space where freelancers, studios, and agencies can connect and showcase their talents. Read his story here: okaydev.co/articles/eri...

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An Interview with Eric Van Holtz

Dungeons, dragons, and princesses, oh my! Hello—I'm Eric, the founder of Okay Dev, a freelance creative developer, and owner of Van Holtz Co . I work…

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OkayDev @okaydev.co · 28/10/2024

Dive into WebGPU—Part 1 (Tutorial) by @martinlaxenaire.bsky.social In this 4-part series, you’ll learn to… ✨ Build 3D scenes with GPU-Curtains 💻 Sync DOM elements and interact with 3D objects 🎨 Create shading and particle systems using compute shaders → okaydev.co/articles/div...

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OkayDev @okaydev.co · 23/10/2024

Hello Bluesky! 👋 We're a creative development community, where all creatives are welcome. Devs, designers, motion artists, and more. Join today, create your profile, and showcase your amazing work. 🌠

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Anderson Mancini @andersonmancini.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

💡Free Three.js tutorial Part 2 - Transforming any #R3F scene into a scrollable 3D experience by animating the camera with the useGSAP hook. Live Project Demo: zg9xn9.csb.app YouTube Tutorial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Nu... I hope you like it😊 #threejs #react #webgl #creativecoding

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Martin Laxenaire @martin-laxenaire.fr · 07/10/2024

Had the incredible opportunity to write a 4 parts step by step tutorial serie on okaydevs about creating 4 small interactive scenes using my own #gpucurtains engine The first part is available today, so if you're curious now is the right time to start diving into #webgpu okaydev.co/articles/div...

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Dive Into WebGPU—Part 1 (Tutorial)

Learn WebGPU with GPU-Curtains, a lightweight library for 3D scenes. Master shading, object manipulation, and particle systems in this 4-part tutorial.

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David Walsh @davidwalsh.name · 08/05/2023

How to Use Your Domain on Bluesky davidwalsh.name/bluesky-use-domain

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