Knut is a humanities technologist & in-between stack developer // Runs developer relations for @sanity_io // (he/him)
Latest blog posts
“Every day, somebody's born who's never seen The Flintstones” – or, why telling it once isn't enough
Most things bear repeating.
June 23, 2021
Counting hours (or; how to work less when you want to work much)
I love what I do for work and I spend a lot of time on it. But how to balance inner-drive with ideals about work-life balance?
May 13, 2020
How I put the scroll percentage in the title bar
Add a nice hint of how far you have read a page by putting the scroll percentage in the title bar. Learn how to implement it with React and Gatsby.
May 01, 2020
Who are the non-technicals?
Why we should probably stop labeling people as “non-technical” (unless they really are Luddites).
April 26, 2020
The Web Project Book’s “Implementing Backend”: Putting Sanity.io to the test
How I would approach the “implementing backend” chapter of "The Web Project Guide” with Sanity.io.
April 19, 2020
On the limits of MDX
Should you lock your content into JSX infused Markdown? Probably not. Here are some reasons why MDX has its limits.
February 16, 2020
Config2020: Some impressions from Figma’s conference
I was at Figma’s first conference. This is what I took away from it.
February 08, 2020
This blog runs on public code, without secrets
I made the code for this blog public, and I removed all accidental secrets from the git history.
February 02, 2020
Smash your writer’s block with The Hulk Summary™
WRITING IS HARD
YOU THINK TOO MUCH!
THE SOLUTION
THE HULK SUMMARY!
January 17, 2020
2019 – A personal retrospective
A reflection on the past year, and some goals for the new one.
January 02, 2020
Ode to LICEcap, the simple GIF screen capture tool
Why my go-to tool for screen capturing to animated GIFs is LICEcap.
October 20, 2019
10x engineers and my approach to Twitter
How a thread about 10x engineers made me reconsider how I approach Twitter. (This post isn't really the 10x engineers thing).
July 15, 2019
JAMstack_conf London: Impressions
I was at JAMstack_conf London. It was great. Here's the story.
July 10, 2019
A year in developer relations
I’ve been running developer relations for Sanity.io for a year. Here is what I have learned so far.
July 05, 2019
Getting started with Webmentions in Gatsby
Let's learn how to implement Webmentions friendly markup, and get them onto your website made with Gatsby. Bonus: You'll also learn how to trigger new builds on Netlify whenever a mentoin happens.
June 24, 2019
This post will be free, and I will not track you.
I'm back with my own blog on my own domain after some years on other people’s platform. And it feels good.
June 23, 2019
Why I love working at Sanity.io
Four years ago I was a grad student with a Ph.D. fellowship in the Study of Religions, so how did I end up working for a tech startup? This is a post about how I came to run Developer Relations at Sanity.io – it's also a celebration of following less obvious paths.
November 17, 2018
Making tech survivable: What can men do?
23 tips for those who want to contribute to a better workplace for everyone who wants to be in tech.
September 17, 2018