Albin Groen's blog

Weekly blog posts about technology, design and business

I Spent a Day Without a Phone and It Didn’t Suck thumbnail

I Spent a Day Without a Phone and It Didn’t Suck

As an experiment, I left my phone at home today, to see what it would feel like

May 16, 2022

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Trying Out Sublime Text 4

After using Neovim for years, I'm trying out Sublime Text to see what that's like.

December 31, 2021

A Millennial’s Ideas About Building a Technology Company thumbnail

A Millennial’s Ideas About Building a Technology Company

Tools and techniques I would apply if I would start a tech company in the future

December 14, 2021

Building a Web App With Svelte & Prisma thumbnail

Building a Web App With Svelte & Prisma

How you can build a serverless web application with SvelteKit & Prisma

December 7, 2021

I Built a Command-K React.js Component thumbnail

I Built a Command-K React.js Component

I built a fast, accessible, and pretty React.js command palette component

November 11, 2021

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Working With Prisma in Vim

How to set up Vim in order to write Prisma code.

July 1, 2021

How I Automated My Dotfiles Screenshots thumbnail

How I Automated My Dotfiles Screenshots

How I automated taking screenshots of my terminal environment

June 16, 2021

An Actually Usable Vim Setup thumbnail

An Actually Usable Vim Setup

How I configured my Vim setup to be a pleasure to use

May 26, 2021

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Reducing useStates in React

How to reduce the amount of useState hooks in React for cleaner components

May 18, 2021

Prisma, Next.js, & Postgres Pitfalls thumbnail

Prisma, Next.js, & Postgres Pitfalls

Challenges, learnings, and takeaways from using a modern but untested tech stack

May 11, 2021

The Real Win With Tailwind

Why the real win with Tailwind isn't the utility classes

June 1, 2021

VScode & iTerm2 Automatic Theme Switching

How you can get automatic light/dark mode switching in VSCode and iTerm2 on MacOS

May 4, 2021

Why We Should Solve Our Own Problems

Why we should solve our own problems instead of making others do it.

April 27, 2021

How to set up Ant Design with Next.js

How to set up Ant Design with Next.js and get custom theming working

April 20, 2021

I built a health tracker website

How and why I built a health tracker application.

April 13, 2021

Product Ideas

A list of, in my opinion, interesting products to build and problems to solve.

February 2, 2021

My Ultimate Hacking Keyboard Review

A biased review of the Ultimate Hacking Keyboard split mechanical keyboard.

January 22, 2021

My Indie Software Projects

A look at my indie software projects, their state, and what they're all about.

December 26, 2020

2021 Work From Home Desk Setup

A guide through my 2021 Work From Home desk setup and personal workspace.

December 24, 2020

MacOS Big Sur Loading Component

A look into, and an implementation, of the the MacOS Big Sur loading icon

December 23, 2020