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Formik mini-lesson
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Formik mini-lesson

Another mini lesson regarding coding, this time about Formik, a form-building library for React.

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    Corné van Straten
2 min read
Diet chronicles (14): from fast to faster
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Diet chronicles (14): from fast to faster

About my experience fasting Snake Diet style over the last month, and what I'm doing next.

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    Corné van Straten
2 min read
Diet chronicles (13): fat focus
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Diet chronicles (13): fat focus

November 5th, apologies for the late update here. Lots has happened and there's been yet another change of plan, so let's get to it.So first of all, I didn't do what I

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    Corné van Straten
4 min read
Diet chronicles (12): lessons learned
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Diet chronicles (12): lessons learned

October 1st, time for another update. First of all, I have to admit that I didn't consume only beef throughout September, I only made it one week. But I learned a lot of valuable lessons.

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    Corné van Straten
4 min read
Tailwind specificity
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Tailwind specificity

First installment of a series of mini lessons I learn while growing into an actual software engineer on the job. Today: Tailwind specificity and why overriding classes doesn't work.

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    Corné van Straten
2 min read
Diet chronicles (11): next level
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Diet chronicles (11): next level

September 1st, time for the next weigh in. Also, time to level up and start taking things a little bit more seriously. Because I'm finally ready to lift the bar and raise the steaks (sic).

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    Corné van Straten
5 min read
Diet chronicles (10): staples
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Diet chronicles (10): staples

After a lot of self evaluation, I've come to the conclusion that I'm still eating to much. In this blog, I'm going to go over my plan of attack to remedy this by systemizing my food intake with staple meals.

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    Corné van Straten
5 min read
Diet chronicles (9): slow and steady
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Diet chronicles (9): slow and steady

August 1st, time for the second weigh-in. Spoiler: I didn't lose any weight. But I don't even feel bad about it. Here's why.

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    Corné van Straten
4 min read
This one thing makes everything better
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This one thing makes everything better

Imagine there was an object that was single handedly responsible for all sources of happiness in your life.

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    Corné van Straten
1 min read
Diet chronicles (8): first results
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Diet chronicles (8): first results

It's July 1st, which means that it's time for the first reevaluation and for my first weigh-in since starting this new approach. The results are in, and there's definitely good news to report.

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    Corné van Straten
5 min read
Diet chronicles (7): habit building
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Diet chronicles (7): habit building

So it's been almost 3 weeks since I started my new system of habits to get myself in shape long term, and it's been quite challenging at times. Not that the habits themselves are hard to stick to – not at all. But that is kind of the problem.

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    Corné van Straten
4 min read
Cutting political news consumption
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Cutting political news consumption

Over the last 3 years, I've seriously cut back on my consumption of political news and I can really, really recommend it.

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    Corné van Straten
1 min read
How to detect your own chrome extension
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How to detect your own chrome extension

A little while ago, I developed and published my first chrome extension. Now we want to start pushing it more from the main web application, so we need to detect whether or not users already have it installed. Here's how to do that.

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    Corné van Straten
3 min read
Diet chronicles (6): systems for success
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Diet chronicles (6): systems for success

After the revelations I had analyzing all my previous dieting attempts, it's time for a new approach. No more diets. Instead, the new plan is a system of sustainable healthy habits that will lead me to success.

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    Corné van Straten
6 min read
Diet chronicles (5): revelations
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Diet chronicles (5): revelations

After analyzing the different approaches I've tried to getting fit, I've had a few major revelations about why I failed in the past, and what I need to change to do better in the future.

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    Corné van Straten
4 min read
Diet chronicles (4): snake diet and carnivore
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Diet chronicles (4): snake diet and carnivore

After stalling out completely on keto, I started fasting completely on the Snake Diet, losing an enormous amount of weight in no time. Then, I turned carnivore.

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    Corné van Straten
6 min read
Diet chronicles (3): counting on keto and weight watchers
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Diet chronicles (3): counting on keto and weight watchers

With my college days coming to an end, I didn't have time to exercise as much anymore and quickly got fat again. So I started counting with weight watchers, and later keto.

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    Corné van Straten
4 min read
Diet chronicles (2): college – becoming obese and turning it around
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Diet chronicles (2): college – becoming obese and turning it around

After losing a lot of weight through diet and exercise, I slowly gained back more than double what I lost initially, getting to my biggest yet. Here's how I ended up turning it around.

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    Corné van Straten
3 min read
Diet chronicles (1): how I got fat as a kid
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Diet chronicles (1): how I got fat as a kid

Over the years, I've tried many approaches to getting fit, from extreme dieting to extreme exercising, all with varying success. In this series, I share my story, my biggest lessons learned, and how I'm zeroing in on health today.

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    Corné van Straten
4 min read
Increasing your luck surface area
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Increasing your luck surface area

If you're into reading biographies of very successful people, you might have noticed a pattern: there always seems to be a of lot of serendipity involved.

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    Corné van Straten
1 min read
Why you're gaining fat on carnivore
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Why you're gaining fat on carnivore

You know you're on the right track. You learned how insulin is the key, that high carb foods spike your insulin constantly, making it easy to store fat and very hard to lose fat. And you cut it all out. So why are you still not losing?

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    Corné van Straten
2 min read
Lifestyle > face mask
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Lifestyle > face mask

Fact 1: Obese people are 2-6 times more likely to require hospitalization if infected with Covid 19 and have a more severe course including need for intubation. Fact 2: Higher blood sugars (particularly

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    Corné van Straten
1 min read
The UX of you
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The UX of you

Think of the following three brands: Apple, Uber and BMW. What do these brands all have in common? That's right: all three are constantly credited with amazing user experience (UX) design!

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    Corné van Straten
3 min read
Why you should never 'lower your standards' job hunting

Why you should never 'lower your standards' job hunting

"Should I lower my standards?" Maybe you've had this thought creeping in your mind this week."Maybe getting into that company I love is too much of a long shot right now. Maybe

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    Corné van Straten
1 min read
How I made my first chrome extension
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How I made my first chrome extension

I made a first version of a chrome extension for crashers, i.e. job seekers that are using the crash.co job hunting tool. This tool will make it easier for these job

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    Corné van Straten
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