Danny de Vries

A digital native focussing on design systems, brand identity and creative coding to help digital products take shape. My approach is organized, systematic and inclusive.

email

hi@dandevri.es

work

Digital native.

location

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

work_status

I'm looking for work!

education

Communication and Multimedia Design (AUAS)

joined

Feb 22, 2017

All 66 Comments

re: I'm Danny de Vries, Web development lecturer at the Amsterdam University, Ask Me Anything! Feb 15

I'm no expert by any means so I don't really have a solid o...

re: I'm Danny de Vries, Web development lecturer at the Amsterdam University, Ask Me Anything! Feb 15

The front-end handbook from 2018 is a nice overview of diff...

re: I'm Danny de Vries, Web development lecturer at the Amsterdam University, Ask Me Anything! Feb 15

Sure! Not every student has the same motivation and eager...

re: I'm Danny de Vries, Web development lecturer at the Amsterdam University, Ask Me Anything! Feb 13

From my answer to @lightalloy I would treat presenting l...

re: I'm Danny de Vries, Web development lecturer at the Amsterdam University, Ask Me Anything! Feb 13

Can you be a bit more specific? What do you want to focus o...

re: I'm Danny de Vries, Web development lecturer at the Amsterdam University, Ask Me Anything! Feb 13

Motivation is the most important aspect. Every student can ...

re: I'm Danny de Vries, Web development lecturer at the Amsterdam University, Ask Me Anything! Feb 13

Depends on the needs of the animation and the technology be...

re: I'm Danny de Vries, Web development lecturer at the Amsterdam University, Ask Me Anything! Feb 13

No problem at all, thank you for the questions. Most of t...

re: I'm Danny de Vries, Web development lecturer at the Amsterdam University, Ask Me Anything! Feb 12

Thanks for the heads up! I'm a huge fan of the weekly news...

re: 10 things I've learned from working remotely Oct 26 '18

Having a morning routine is absolutely key for me. I don't...

re: Inbox Zero: How To Keep A Clean Email Inbox (And Mind) Oct 26 '18

I'm a huge proponent of 'not using the inbox as a to-do lis...

re: Challenge: CSS Navigation Oct 24 '18

re: Breaking up with my mouse (Mac edition) Oct 20 '18

Remapping the Caps Locks key to ctrl is one of the first th...

re: Challenge: CSS Navigation Oct 12 '18

Smart solution! I used another alternative.

re: Challenge: CSS Navigation Oct 12 '18

For semantic purposes I would use list item here. But indee...

re: Challenge: CSS Navigation Oct 12 '18

Nice one! Neat trick with CSS grid, might Flebox be better ...

re: Challenge: CSS Navigation Oct 12 '18

re: Changelog: We have a new beta editor you can try Oct 9 '18

Switched to this version! Will report back if I find anythi...

re: Do students get to work with existing codebases? Oct 9 '18

At the Minor Web Development at the AUAS we work with a cou...

re: Best advice for a junior software developer? Oct 9 '18

re: My solution is the best! Oct 4 '18

I even think that the more you learn about different techn...

re: Announcement from the DEV Community Founders ❤️ Oct 2 '18

Congratulations to everybody on the dev.to(gether) team! Th...

re: 100 Days of Code Takeaways Oct 2 '18

Oh wow never heard of that, I'll check it out! Seems really...

re: 100 Days of Code Takeaways Oct 2 '18

Thanks Kyle! On what other topics did you use the 100 days ...

re: Why is HTML linting not a common practice? Sep 30 '18

Ah, I get your point! I coined up progressive enhancement s...

re: Why is HTML linting not a common practice? Sep 30 '18

re: Why is HTML linting not a common practice? Sep 30 '18

browsers are very forgiven Agreed, a browser is very for...

re: Why is HTML linting not a common practice? Sep 30 '18

Indeed, HTML is not a programming language but it's still o...

re: How do you shift between the coding mindset and other head spaces? Sep 28 '18

You mean the integrated macOS spaces you can switch between...

re: Why is HTML linting not a common practice? Sep 28 '18

I just feel like cleanliness of HTML is not really "a thin...

re: Why is HTML linting not a common practice? Sep 28 '18

The only rule for HTML is that tags need to be closed (exc...

re: How do you shift between the coding mindset and other head spaces? Sep 25 '18

Small little trick that works really well for me: make diff...

re: Back to JS Basics Sep 21 '18

That would indeed be a nice topic to write about! A bit mor...

re: What do you think of static design tools? Sep 21 '18

At what point is 'dragging rectangles' around enough? When ...

re: How do you manage projects? Sep 21 '18

It's the same idea as Confluence but I would argue that Not...

re: How do you manage projects? Sep 19 '18

Can't live without Notion to keep track of tasks (and light...

re: Introducing Learn Code from Us Sep 19 '18

Great initiative!

re: What was your first PR on Github? Sep 18 '18

The good ol' 'how does GitHub work'

re: Linus Torvalds takes a break from Linux Sep 17 '18

I'm just going to leave this here: youtube.com/watch?v=_36y...

re: Personal Site or Blog Recommendation Sep 17 '18

You're probably looking for something in the realm of the J...

re: What do you think of static design tools? Sep 14 '18

I used to think things had to be designed with a tool like...

re: Back to JS Basics Sep 12 '18

Fixed it! Thanks for pointing that out.

re: Back to JS Basics Sep 12 '18

A lot of frameworks (especially React) requires you to have...

re: Impostor Syndrome. Sep 10 '18

Wes and Scott have a nice syntax.fm (podcast) episode for N...

re: My Blog Post Workflow: from Topic to Publication Sep 10 '18

Thanks for sharing your process! I'll usually write down my...

re: How to create pure CSS illustrations and animate them - Part 1 Sep 10 '18

Awesome introduction to creating CSS images 🖼

re: Tips for a successful switch to a standing desk Aug 15 '18

Usually I see people sitting down in the morning and standi...

re: what is the best music genre to program with? Aug 14 '18

BitBird (San Holo) or Flume are my go-tos.

re: Being average in > 1 things is easier and more valuable than being excellent at 1 thing. Aug 13 '18

"Jack of all trades, master of none" Trying to learn many...

re: Got My First Pull Request Accepted and Merged Aug 9 '18

re: Does your laptop stay at work? Aug 9 '18

Yea! All of them are MacBooks 💻

re: Does your laptop stay at work? Aug 8 '18

Both of my jobs gave me a laptop so I currently have three ...

re: 25 Tips for New Developers: Advice from a (Mostly) Self-Taught Software Engineer Aug 8 '18

Some people tend to jump into learning a framework cause th...

re: dev.to is now open source Aug 8 '18

Congrats 🎉 Really love how detailed the general readme and ...

re: Seriously, though. What is a progressive web app? Aug 7 '18

Really liked this interview with Matt Gaunt on 'Designer vs...

re: Accessibility For Beginners with HTML and CSS Aug 4 '18

From a design perspective making sure your designs have eno...

re: Building a Kickass Portfolio Aug 4 '18

Designing something for yourself is hard, especially if it'...

re: Checklist - Animation showoff Aug 4 '18

Interesting way to add items to the list! I do think that ...

re: Keeping up in the JavaScript world 🏃‍ Aug 4 '18

Great detailed read. Finding the right balance between cons...

re: 11 Painful Git Interview Questions You Will Cry On Aug 2 '18

Maybe I'll write something up!

re: Do your commits pass this simple test? Aug 1 '18

Writing good commit messages is also crucial. chris.beams.i...

re: Senior Engineer Jul 31 '18

Indeed, being a senior is not about skill but the willingne...

re: 11 Painful Git Interview Questions You Will Cry On Jul 31 '18

There are indeed some topics and concepts that only apply t...

re: Do's and Don'ts for Javascript Newbies Jul 27 '18

On formatting code: using linters is a good way to make sur...

re: Why You Shouldn't Use A Web Framework Jul 26 '18

Foundations first! And even if you, at some point, want to ...

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