Hacker News: rroose

New comment by rroose in "Moving Away from Google"

rroose — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:36:39 +0000

I used many Google products, but in recent years Google has been making choices that go against my ideals. In this blog, I describe the switch I made to other services.

Moving Away from Google

rroose — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:36:39 +0000

Article URL: https://roose.digital/en/blog/learning/moving-away-google

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46005495

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by rroose in "Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)?"

rroose — Thu, 08 May 2025 16:59:36 +0000

Vitaly Friedman gives a great talk on complex UIs: https://youtu.be/2hlQqMigGZg?feature=shared

New comment by rroose in "Customizable HTML Select"

rroose — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 05:30:33 +0000

I would like to know this as well.

New comment by rroose in "Welcome to the Public Domain in 2025"

rroose — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 06:35:18 +0000

If you want to know more about how these animations came to life I highly recommend the biography of Walt Disney by Neal Gabler.

New comment by rroose in "Show HN: I made a web app to bring children's drawings to life"

rroose — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 09:05:16 +0000

Cool, thanks!

New comment by rroose in "Show HN: I made a web app to bring children's drawings to life"

rroose — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 09:04:35 +0000

I'm trying to degoogle and would like to get rid of my Google account altogether, but that's harder than I thought, especially when services use it exclusively to create an account. ;)

I always prefer the option of creating an account with an email address.

New comment by rroose in "Show HN: I made a web app to bring children's drawings to life"

rroose — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 05:41:28 +0000

Cool stuff, but I rather don't want to use Google to log in. Is there, or will there be, any way around this?

New comment by rroose in "Design Token-Based UI Architecture"

rroose — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 09:19:41 +0000

The NL Design System (https://www.nldesignsystem.nl/) is a project funded by the Dutch government which works with Design Tokens. This way government agencies and municipalities can share components but still retain their own look and feel.

New comment by rroose in "Dumb TVs deserve a comeback"

rroose — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 05:04:50 +0000

Same here. I have an older LG model with a Nvidia Shield hooked up. I never even get terms of service prompts.

New comment by rroose in "A common urban intersection in the Netherlands (2018)"

rroose — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:23:21 +0000

Not as funny as you would think :) They usually pronounce it pretty well: shertokenboss

New comment by rroose in "A common urban intersection in the Netherlands (2018)"

rroose — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:20:16 +0000

Most people get their Bossche Bol at Jan de Groot, which is like a 15 minute walk or 5 minutes by bike from the intersection. Beware that there always is a big queue at Jan de Groot because it's very popular. You can also go to a Jumbo supermarket in 's-Hertogenbosch or Rosmalen as they usually sell the exact same Bossche Bol from this bakery.

New comment by rroose in "A common urban intersection in the Netherlands (2018)"

rroose — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:48:18 +0000

Cool to see my hometown ('s-Hertogenbosch) appear on the front page of HN. I use this intersection almost every week: AMA ;)

New comment by rroose in "Show HN: Hacker News users recommend movies"

rroose — Thu, 02 May 2024 11:18:28 +0000

Fixed, thanks!

Show HN: Hacker News users recommend movies

rroose — Thu, 02 May 2024 11:01:05 +0000

HackerN ews user Metadat started a thread in which other Hacker News users recommend movies that changed their perception of reality or live:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40035002

I've compiled the answers into a list of movies in the order as they appear in the top level comments. All movies are linked to their TMDB page:

https://roose.digital/en/blog/learning/hacker-news-users-rec...

I've also created a Letterboxd list:

https://letterboxd.com/rroose/list/hackernews-users-reccomme...

Let me know if you would like any movie/info to be added.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40234761

Points: 4

# Comments: 3

New comment by rroose in "Self-hosting forms, the sane way"

rroose — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 08:41:45 +0000

You could use Drupal and the very versatile Webform module: https://www.drupal.org/project/webform

New comment by rroose in "Leaving Substack"

rroose — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:51:30 +0000

I use cleantalk on my Drupal website (but it's also available on other systems, such as WordPress) and only get a few spam comments a month. Its also cheap: 12 dollars a year and you can earn extra credits reporting spam comments that slip through.

New comment by rroose in "Libgourou: A Free Implementation of Adobe's Adept DRM on ePub/PDF Files"

rroose — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 03:50:47 +0000

Same here. I try to avoid Amazon as much as possible. In the Netherlands we do have 'Bol' but it basically boils down to the same thing: giving your money to one big player.

Another option is getting it at the Dutch Online Library but they have a limited selection.

In some cases you can buy the book directly from the author (like Derek Sivers) but that's more an exception than the rule.

I really wished there were more small e-book stores. Maybe focused on specific genres but so far I have been unsuccesful finding any.

New comment by rroose in "Show HN: An AI-Powered WordPress Site Builder That We Are Open-Sourcing Today"

rroose — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 05:27:07 +0000

Yeah, it's weird. All the modules (plugins) are free and open source as well so it looks like a no brainer. It probably has something to do with the steep learning curve which can be intimidating.

New comment by rroose in "Show HN: An AI-Powered WordPress Site Builder That We Are Open-Sourcing Today"

rroose — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 19:06:37 +0000

Drupal has an excellent multi site solution with the domain access module with which you can share content between multiple domains/sites.