Paola Westbeek
Why Bergerac should be your next wine travel destination It wasn’t the lure of fine bottles that first brought me to Dordogne almost two decades ago. This corner of southwest France promises mediaeval bastides, honey-coloured plus beaux villages, culinary delicacies such as truffle and foie gras...
Adrianne
This post would be about my latest web project-- the rebuilding and relaunching my old web dev/technical writing portoflio site, Adrianne Codes
Agam Brahma
I built Slow Bloom because I wanted an app that didn't want anything from me.Every meditation or wellness app I tried eventually turned into another thing competing for my attention: streaks, notifications, the whole retention playbook. I wanted something that just... existed.What It IsSlow Bloom...
Agam Brahma
Gerbil Playground is a browser-based REPL for Gerbil Scheme — a batteries-included, actor-oriented Scheme that compiles to C via Gambit. You open a page, get a real REPL backed by a dedicated container, and start writing Scheme. No install, no setup.v1.0 shipped the core: a stateful REPL, a...
Agam Brahma
One kind of side project I get a kick out of: building tools for languages I find interesting but that don't have the ecosystem gravity to attract them on their own. Last year it was Coalton, a typed Lisp that compiles through Common Lisp. This time it's Gerbil.WhyGerbil Scheme is one of those...
Agam Brahma
It all started by us making "quilts" at restaurantsWhen my kid was young enough to need crayons to survive a long dinner, we had a ritual. We'd flip the paper menu to the blank side, draw a grid, and we'd take turns filling in squares: little scenes, doodles, whatever. No rules except stay in your...
Afnizar Nur Ghifari, Digital Product Designer
If you scroll down to the footer of my site and see the version dropdown or timeline, that’s my little tradition. Every year, I tear down my personal site from the ground up—from designing in Figma, handwriting the code, and deploying it to production. 2026 feels very different from other years....
Adrianne
If I can remember carefully, I think I blogged about this before. Not here on this site, but my previous blog, The ADRICULOUS Life...
Adrianne
When people hear the word “AI,” they think automation, cold logic — maybe even job-stealing robots...
Paola Westbeek
Rosé, toute l’année! The success story of Domaine des DiablesNothing ushers in spring better than a delightful glass of rosé. But rosé—which has seen a huge surge in popularity over the past three decades—can be so much more than just a light, easygoing terrace wine or aperitif; it also makes an...
Paola Westbeek
Holland Herald (November 2024)Happy Places: World’s Top PâtisseriesPRADA CAFFÈ IN HARRODSMerge high-fashion with culinary cachet and the result is the pop-up Prada Caffè at Harrods in London. Inside, everything is an ode to the renowned Italian label – from their signature mint-green colour...
Paola Westbeek
Crozes-Hermitage: Dynamics in the Heart of the Northern Rhône In the Drôme, a land of lavender fields and olive trees, lie the vineyards of Crozes-Hermitage. This is the largest appellation of the northern Rhône Valley, the kingdom of Syrah. Unlike the famous terraced vineyards of Hermitage that...
Paola Westbeek
My food and drinks column for the May issue of Reader’s Digest If there’s one thing I look forward to come Friday evening, it’s ringing in the weekend with a well-prepared meal and the celebratory ‘pop’ of uncorking a fine bottle of wine. Everything, from thinking about what I’m going to make, to...
Afnizar Nur Ghifari, Digital Product Designer
Portfolio is an important thing for designer. It helps communicate how designer work and the output of the work. Recruiter is always referred to the portfolio of designer if a team want to work with the designer or not. For me personally, portfolio is a place in the corner of the internet that you...
Afnizar Nur Ghifari, Digital Product Designer
In this post, I will tell you some of the things behind the personal website refresh. But most of the reason is about giving back to community. Design tools I use Designer, I know you love tools, and we know you also love the design process. I will share my design process for building portfolio in...
Adam Horne
It should be easy, instinctive, and stress-free. How hard can it be to choose the best concept? In my experience, it’s very challenging. It’s also where many tool-kits, processes, and systems defer back to you. However, it’s one of the most critical parts of a successful campaign. And you’re on...