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Hi, I’m Florian or @qwtel and I build user experiences on the web.

My most popular projects are Hydejack 9, a freemium Jekyll theme for nerds and academics, and SQLite Viewer the first free and fully web-based database explorer.

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I occasionally write guides and stories surrounding the topic of software development. Here are some of my latest:

How To Use HTMLRewriter for Web Scraping

In this post we’ll be implementing a custom Hacker News API by scraping its HTML frontend, the same approach used by the unofficial HN API for Node. Continue reading How To Use HTMLRewriter for Web Scraping

The Monospaced System UI CSS Font Stack

This post introduces a CSS Font Stack that picks the best monospaced font for each of the most common operating systems. Continue reading The Monospaced System UI CSS Font Stack

The Joys and Perils of Writing Plain Old Web Apps

In the age of “cybernetically enhanced” JavaScript frameworks, it’s easy to forget that you can still write web sites like it’s 1998. Continue reading The Joys and Perils of Writing Plain Old Web Apps

Async Constructor Pattern in JavaScript

In this post I’ll show three design patterns that deal with async initialization and demonstrate them on a real-world example. Continue reading Async Constructor Pattern in JavaScript

Replacing CryptoJS with Web Cryptography

Alternative title: You Might Not Need CryptoJS. In this post I’ll show how to replace CryptoJS’ AES module with the Web Cryptography API for improved performance and security. Continue reading Replacing CryptoJS with Web Cryptography

Async Generators in the Wild

This post is inspired by my answer to a question on StackOverflow on how to recursively read all the files in a directory. It shows how async generator functions can be used in the real-world. Continue reading Async Generators in the Wild

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