Hi, I'm Mike

I’m a frontend developer from Rotterdam , the Netherlands , and this blog is where I'm decoding the tech industry. I write about my experience as a software developer, modern JavaScript, HTML / CSS and whatever else I can think of related to tech!

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Latest articles

CSS Combinators: explained and visualized

In this post, we're going to take a closer look at each of the four combinators: descendent, child, general sibling, and adjacent sibling. We'll look at example code as well as visualizations of how the combinators work.

Five Git commands I started using that might be helpful to you

Over the past few months I have learned a lot of new things about Git and how you can use it to your advantage. The commands outlined in this post are by far the most useful and have been a real lifesaver for me.

Seven lessons learned during my first year of being a developer

This month marks my first anniversary of being a frontend developer after switching over from design. There are so many things I learned along the way. In this post I want to share seven things I learned during my first year of being a developer.