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Hi there, I’m Dennis!
This page weighs in at 56kB and takes 8.6 seconds to load over GPRS.
I'm quite pleased with that, you know.
What I build
A tiny house made for a big project
Once upon a time I needed a place to live. I didn’t know where, so I figured I’d just build something moveable! Smart thinking, right? I faced one small problem however... I didn’t know anything about building houses!
Ignorance wasn’t going to stop me, and after a ton of learning - and an equal amount of messing up - I had built a tiny house. A pretty nice one actually!
What I write
A wild author appeared
With my tiny house complete, I wondered what I ought to do with all the knowledge gained. “Why not share it?”, I thought. And so I did! Fifty thousand words later I had written my very first ebook!
Previously I’ve also done academic writing in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship, including a peer reviewed journal article and a book chapter.
Peer reviewed
How do entrepreneurs think they create value? A scientific reflection of Eric Ries’ Lean Startup approach
Book contribution
From knowledge to innovation: a review on the evolution of the absorptive capacity concept
What I code
So anyway I started programming
Giving up 30% of my ebook sales to a third-party sounded horrible. I mean - how hard could it be to build a modern website from scratch, integrate payment flows and deliver files in a secure way as a complete novice?!
Working through that challenge was so much fun, I decided a career change was in order. I mean - how hard could it be to become a web developer?!
Ebook slingin’ like a pro
The project that got me into web development. HTML, CSS and JavaScript - all delivered statically. Super simple, super effective.
The 4KB slippy map
I needed a slippy map. I didn’t like what was available. I spent three months writing my own from scratch. As a web component!
Microcontroller madness
At university I was taught C and microcontrollers. Voiding mains was my jam. Nowadays I mostly use it for hardware projects at home.
I once tried Java
Back when Java was a prerequisite to developing on Android, I made an app for controlling a custom PC fan-controller. It worked! Mostly.