March 21, 2026 Smash That Like
Why the Like button needs to die. Exploring how a simple microinteraction became the ultimate tool for capitalist extraction, and why true user experience demands we abandon boardroom metrics like "engagement."
Current focus
Commercial (Full time)
Tweakers.net
Senior UX designer responsible for product discovery, experimentation and innovation at the largest Dutch tech media and price comparison platform. Also mentoring junior designers and undergraduates.
Open source (part-time)
Monothematic
A Linux command line application that automatically derives a monochromatic desktop color theme based on the current active wallpaper. Built using TypeScript and the Bun runtime. A GUI version coming soon.
As you can see, I am fully occupied at the moment. I can still make space for an amazing project, but you will have to convince me.
Selected thoughts
March 21, 2026 
February 1, 2026 Halt and Catch Chernobyl
Future generations will look back on the advent of social media and consumer AI very differently than we did when romanticising the personal computer boom in the '80s or the invention of the World Wide Web in the '90s.