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Web developer working on various open-source side projects 💻 vincentwill.com

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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 01/09/2026
Experimenting with creating my own LLM coding benchmark The first test-run was already very interesting, but the tests need some improvements to make the results more meaningful. Later I plan to run it with different sub-agent combos. Maybe I'll also add the results to my website 🤔 #BuildInPublic
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 30/07/2026
My first app made it to the Play Store 🥳 I created a port to android (with permission of the original dev) of an old DOS game from 1992 which I used to play a lot with my friends back in the day: play.google.com/store/apps/d... #buildinpublic
play.google.com
PCKaiser - Apps on Google Play
Up to 16 players fight for the throne: locally or online
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 16/07/2026
Did a small revamp of my old blog wweb.dev - swichted from next.js to astro and did a little cleanup to make it look more modern and more consistant :) Don't know if it makes sense to publish new content though - do people here still read blogs or is everybody only asking AI? #buildinpublic
wweb.dev
News, Resources and Articles, Templates about Web-Development
Stay up to date with weekly updates, get resources for your next projects and read articles and tutorials about web development.
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 07/07/2026
Just discovered this great app to contribute to open street maps: streetcomplete.app
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 17/06/2026
There will be a new HTTP method: QUERY. A way to fetch data using a body :) #webdev #buildinpublic www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc10008/
rfc-editor.org
RFC 10008: The HTTP QUERY Method | RFC Editor
This specification defines the QUERY method for HTTP. A QUERY requests that the request target process the enclosed content in a safe and idempotent manner and then respond with the result of that pro...
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 26/05/2026
⭐ Starguessr #2 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩 I scored 4,524 points guessing GitHub repo stars on starguessr.vincentwill.com Pretty good result for today 😄
starguessr.vincentwill.com
StarGuessr — Guess the GitHub Stars
Guess the GitHub stars of 5 repositories
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 26/05/2026
Quick question: is anyone of you running an LLM locally for coding? How is your experience?
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 25/05/2026
Just finished my weekend project: StarGuessr - a game where you have to guess the stars of GitHub repos 😊 Give it a try and let me know what you think! #buildinpublic starguessr.vincentwill.com
starguessr.vincentwill.com
StarGuessr — Guess the GitHub Stars
Guess the GitHub stars of 5 repositories
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 23/05/2026
I recently installed linux mint on my old macbook pro 2017 as docker desktop was not support anymore by the os version and it was too old to update it. After fixing some initial issues like sound and wifi I'm pretty happy with it :)
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 20/05/2026
I just vibe-coded a little admin panel to see some stats and insights for statusscout.dev. It actually is used more than I expected. Now i need to get the third number from 0 to 1 😊 #buildinpublic
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 19/05/2026
I just revamped statusscout.dev. Instead of an all-in-one tool I changed its focus on security 🔒 #buildinpublic
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 04/05/2026
Just finished the first version of my amp project - it's able to control music on my sonos speakers via buttons and nfc cards 🥳 It was super interesting and I really learned a lot. I'll work on a small blog post of my process, the hardware and the code - but I guess this will take a while 😅
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 18/04/2026
A friend just 3d printed the case for my amp media player project 😍 looking forward to putting it all together next week
3d printed amp case
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 17/04/2026
Just mixed my own ClubMate like drink, which is less sweet, based on a recipe I found on hacker news*. I would give it a 6/10 which is pretty solid for the first version. Looking forward to customizing the recipe on the next try 😁 * news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4774...
self-made mate
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 09/04/2026
I had a lot of fun lately tinkering with a little hardware project. It will be a small amp that plays music on my wifi speakers once a nfc album card is inserted 🎵 First test version is working - now i have to refine a lot of stuff and finalize it 😊
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 04/04/2026
The theme switcher of xkcd is amazing! Go check it out: xkcd.com
xkcd.com
Day Counter
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 02/04/2026
Just switched my personal website from Next.js to Astro: Next.js: 1.5 MB transferred with 340 kB of JS Astro: 400 kB transferred with 3 kB JS (my umami analytics script) Also, pagespeed insights went from 96% to 100% - now I only need to fix the a11y issue to have all on 100 😊 #buildinpublic
Screenshot of pagespeed insights performance that went from 96 to 100
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 24/03/2026
I've spent quite some time today to set up this little e-paper dashboard. There's still room for improvement, but I'm pretty happy already 😊
e-ink display with weather forecast and calendar integration
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 17/02/2026
I spent some time last weekend to create this small side project where I share some of the stupid backgrounds I've used for my daily teams meetings :) You can find it here: meeting.pictures #BuildInPublic
meeting.pictures
Meeting Pictures · Fun Backgrounds for Zoom, Teams & Meet
A collection of funny and creative backgrounds for your online meetings. Spice up your Zoom, Teams, or Google Meet calls with Meeting Pictures!
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 15/12/2025
I wrote a quick blog post on the most common security issues I've encountered while testing StatusScout against hundreds of websites: dev.to/vincenius/th...
dev.to
The Most Common Website Security Issues
Recently, I built StatusScout, an open-source tool to check and monitor a website’s health. For...
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Marko Denic @markodenic.com · 15/12/2025
My newsletter is for: 1. Web devs who want practical, real-world tutorials 2. Engineers and makers improving their workflow 3. Indie hackers and builders shipping projects Subscribe at markodenic.tech. It’s free.
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 26/11/2025
Recently revamped my portfolio website: vincentwill.com what do you think? :) #buildinpublic
vincentwill.com
Vincent Will | Portfolio
Vincent Will's personal website
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 10/11/2025
#Solopreneur and #BuildInPublic folks - are you active on LinkedIn and is it worth it?
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 05/11/2025
For testing I started scanning random websites with statusscout.dev and I'm surprised how many of them leak sensitive files. It found something on around 25% of the websites. Mostly it's some kind of test.php with phpinfo() or /wp-admin but sometimes also package-lock.json or pipeline files.
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 05/11/2025
It feels weird when people call me "bro" in reddits comment section, which happens quite often lately. I guess I'm getting old
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 29/10/2025
Just published the new version of statusscout.dev including monitoring and much more 🥳 Before officially launching, I want to do more testing - I'll give away 6 months of free premium for anyone who is willing to test and give me some feedback :) #BuildInPublic #WebDev
statusscout.dev
StatusScout - Your Website’s Health, All in One Place
StatusScout is your all-in-one status monitoring tool for websites and services. Track uptime, detect outages, and get instant alerts.
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 14/10/2025
Ticking off some TODOs for my project statusscout.dev - still a lot to do until the next release with user accounts, notifications and more :) #BuildInPublic #WebDev
a very long todo list with a bunch of checkboxes checked
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 11/10/2025
TIL there is an <output> tag in HTML #webdev denodell.com/blog/html-be...
denodell.com
HTML’s Best Kept Secret: The output Tag
Make your dynamic content accessible by default with the HTML tag that time forgot.
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 18/09/2025
I've been working on accounts for statusscout.dev lately. I don't have as much time as I'd like to, so it's slow progress - but still progress :) Here's a small preview on the recent state 👀 My goal is to finish it till end of October #BuildInPublic
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 16/08/2025
Working on a landing page for status scout. 💻 What do you think of this hero section? #buildinpublic
screenshot of the new status scout hero section
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 04/08/2025
I've decided on a name for the website health check - I'll call it Status Scout :) The first working version is now online: statusscout.dev Feel free to try it out, and please report all bugs you find 😄 #buildinpublic
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 31/07/2025
Making some good progress on my website health check :) I hope to publish the first version in August #BuildInPublic
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 29/07/2025
Today - making my website monitoring / status dashboard project responsive 📱🖥️ #BuildInPublic
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 22/07/2025
My website health dashboard is starting to look nice 😊 it also has a dark mode now 🌓😄 #BuildInPublic
screenshot of a health dashboard with uptime, security, performance, accessibility, seo and custom testflows
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 17/07/2025
Built a website health dashboard in my spare time inspired by needs at work - it includes various cron checks, custom test flows, and error notifications. Thinking about refining it, open-sourcing it and putting it online for others to use. But still a lot to do until it is ready :) #buildinpublic
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 27/06/2025
Super happy that Thunderbird is now also available for Android. Just switched, and it is way faster than my previous Mailing App.
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 25/06/2025
I took some time today to implement some small feature requests for bsky-embed. With version 0.2.5 you can now: - disable images - disable videos - disable video autoplay #buildinpublic github.com/Vincenius/bsky-embed
github.com
GitHub - Vincenius/bsky-embed: A web-component to easily embed a bluesky feed.
A web-component to easily embed a bluesky feed. Contribute to Vincenius/bsky-embed development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 18/06/2025
A while ago, I've built workout.lol - an open source fitness app. After some licensing issues with the exercise videos, I sold the app to some guy who just abandoned it. So I'm really happy to see that @snouzy.bsky.social forked the project and improved it a lot. Go check it out! workout.cool
workout.cool
Workout Cool
Modern fitness coaching platform with comprehensive exercise database
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 23/05/2025
Which LLM do you use for coding tasks?
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 22/05/2025
TIL about the browser extension "I still don't care about cookies" that gets rid of most cookie banners. addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/a... chromewebstore.google.com/detail/i-sti...
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 13/04/2025
This looks really nice: vert.sh I'll try it next time I need to convert something
vert.sh
VERT.sh — Free, fast, and awesome file convert
With VERT you can quickly convert any image, video and audio file. No ads, no tracking, open source, and all processing (other than video) is done on your device.
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 26/02/2025
Yo, I need some opinions here. What do you use for sending newsletters and transactional emails? #buildinpublic
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 22/02/2025
Switching from vercel to a self-hosted coolify instance to save some bucks. Works great so far! I think coolify will be my default for future projects #buildinpublic
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 18/02/2025
Anyone ever used AR glasses for work (like xreal one)? Would be interested if it's worth it as I probably have to get rid if my desk soon.
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 15/02/2025
wtf Without any notification, vercel put all my side projects down because I reached some limit... Upgraded to the pro plan for this month to quickly get them up again, but I'm definitely moving away from vercel and to my own server again. #buildinpublic
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 05/02/2025
A fun game I've discovered through hacker news 😊♟️ I solved MATLE in 2/5 attempts! e7 f7 d6 d5 e5 🟩⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 www.matle.io
matle.io
Matle - Daily Chess Puzzle Inspired by Wordle
Solve Matle Chess Puzzles, the fun and challenging game! Play now and create a checkmate.
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Freiheitsrechte.org - GFF @freiheitsrechte.org · 30/01/2025
Die Initiative im Bundestag für ein AfD-Verbot wurde heiß diskutiert – hat aber faktisch keine Chance mehr. Aber die Debatte ist nicht vorbei: Ist die AfD nun verfassungswidrig oder nicht? Wir wollen's wissen. Was wir vorhaben & wofür wir eure Hilfe brauchen: freiheitsrechte.org/spende-afd-g... (1/)
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 30/01/2025
This looks really promising! developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/j...
developer.mozilla.org
JavaScript Temporal is coming | MDN Blog
A new way to handle dates and times is being added to JavaScript. Let's take a look at Temporal, what problems it solves, the current state, and what you'll find in the new documentation about it on M...
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 24/01/2025
I once had a side project where I collected web dev resources. The project was shut down because it didn't receive a lot of traffic. I now moved those resources to my blog: wweb.dev/library Need to do a bit of clean up though
wweb.dev
Web Development Resources Library
A collection 1900+ Web Development Tools, Articles, Libraries and Resources I curated over the years.
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Vincent @vincentwill.com · 14/01/2025
Interesting - AI seems to have picked up my bsky-embed web component and recommend it to users
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