Picture of me, Paul

Hi there!

I'm Paul, a creative front-end developer from Goes, The Netherlands.

I work at Maxxton in Middelburg, building software for the hospitality branch.

Besides work, I'm a father, a husband and I work on- and write about ideas of my own.

Feel free to contact me at contact@paulvandendool.nl or tweet @ me at @PaulvdDool.

2023 In Review

Dec 31 2023 Blog post

Another One Bites The Dust

Jun 18 2021 Blog post

My notes on React For Beginners by Wes Bos

Jan 10 2021 Blog post

Dealing with new lines in HTML and CSS

Jan 02 2021 Blog post

Bullet Journal

Dec 24 2020 Blog post

Who Am I Game: The Idea

Jun 11 2020 Blog post

Clean Slate

May 02 2020 Blog post

Last week I learned how to use the performance tab in the Chrome DevTools and relearned the value of avoiding dynamically retrieving data that you filter, map or whatever. As a dev you probably have a machine that can handle this without breaking a sweat. Your users don't.

Aug 19 2019 Tweet

I think those people—often students—that ambush you on the street to get you to sign up for donating to a charity are the physical, real world example of a dark ux pattern. Let me explain ☝🏻

Aug 07 2019 Tweet

My first encounter with HTML was when I played around with my CU2 profile. Then came .dk websites primarily for the game @MapleStory. This was in my early teens ('00 - '05). I simply liked being able to create something. I kept self-learning and picked a related college education.

Jul 01 2019 Tweet

The Button Element and The Pointer Cursor

Jun 26 2019 Blog post

Google Maps and Live Big Data

Jun 02 2019 Blog post

Intuitive Design Is Hard

May 04 2019 Blog post

Reaction To CSS Tricks Newsletter on Using Data

Apr 25 2019 Blog post

Simple Text Editor

Sep 18 2018 Code

Loading Bar With Animated Background

Apr 25 2017 Code

Cursor Tooltip on Hover

Jan 17 2017 Code

Dynamic Hitpoint On Responsive Image

Jan 13 2017 Code

Sliders Are Bad Practice

Aug 15 2015 Blog post