You've found my site. I write essays to explore technology, music, and what it means to live a good life. According to my resume, I am a product designer and owner.
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About Geffrey van der Bos
Driven by quiet rebellion and stubborn curiosity, I wander into systems and ask, “what if?” I design software to help people navigate financial stress and I’m obsessed with music. Husband to Illustrator Julia and guardian of Loki the Shiba Inu.
Progress update.
Do I support Markdown headings? Considering making them bold and be done with it.
Latest learnings.
- Restraint of adding functionality is a hard to master.
- The subpixel layout shifts and slightly unexpected patterns is what makes software feel less trustworthy.
- It's intuitive when you delete a = (highlight) on one side, the other also disappears.
- Parent child item relations are more confusing than you'd expect.
- Managing undo and redo is REALLY hard.
- Having two 'modes' (browse and edit) is a necessary evil. I'm not happy with it.
- Safari is a weird beast with a lot of bugs and quirks.
- Personal apps on iPhone is practically impossible.
#pkm #obsidian #logseq #html #css #app #indiedev
Essays
- Matter of taste
- Beyond the job title
- What we lose to AI music
- Manifesto of curiosity
- Productivity with background music
- Music with(out) dynamics