Eric Van Holtz

I compared the iOS Safari viewport on the iPhone Duo against the iPhone 17 Pro and iPad mini. It feels too small when folded, and lives in that awkward danger zone when unfolded. okaydev.co/articles/app...

A progress bar for your day, digits that physically fall when they expire, and a broom to sweep them into a portal. I wrote a teardown of how it works using Matter.js for physics, Pixi.js on rendering, and choreography by GSAP. okaydev.co/articles/swe...

Thank you @gsap-greensock.bsky.social for the swag box and my very own pair of green socks! 💚

Cursor now has referral codes 😃 “New users with your link get 50% off their first month of Pro, Pro+, or Ultra.” If you use it, tell me what you’re building with it! cursor.com/referral?cod...

So far this week on @okaydev.co: • 8 new user sign-ups • 12 published projects It’s been great seeing people actually use the platform. My birthday wish is coming true 🥳 Thank you to everyone helping build this community up. Y’all are the best.

Okay Dev profiles got a refresh! But that's not all… Site wide updates from Gallery, Directory, projects, to more dark mode, better filtering, PJAX page loading (special thanks, @joshgkirk.bsky.social), improved UI/UX when adding new projects. Sign-up is free. Give it a go! 👉 okaydev.co/u/eric

Got early access to easeReverse in GSAP v3.15 and used it to make this yo-yo demo. It drops with CustomBounce and snaps back up with power2 .in no matter when it reverses. Demo: codepen.io/vanholtzco/l... Details: gsap.com/blog/3-15

Built a grid of geometric motion studies. Each panel explores a different timing + easing behavior using simple rings and shapes. HTML, CSS, JS + GSAP. 🔗 codepen.io/vanholtzco/pen/bNwBQBY

Animating a headline from normal wrapped text into fully justified lines. • Responsive line detection • Animated word justification • Accent word color animation • Respects prefers-reduced-motion 🔗 codepen.io/vanholtzco/p...

Onion skinning… but in 3D. Stacked image planes move toward the camera while opacity, filters, and transforms evolve across the stack. Everything is tweakable. Try weird values. Show me what you come up with! 🔗 codepen.io/vanholtzco/p...

Infinite scrolling typography. - Lenis infinite smooth scroll - GSAP viewport-based text scaling Inspired by the Joby branding by TinyWins. 🔗 codepen.io/vanholtzco/p...

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Unpopular opinion: macOS Tahoe’s UI with a gradient + dark theme is chill. Finally trying desktop widgets, and so far they’re proving useful. Am I alone?

Tailwind 2017: boo 🎃 Tailwind v1 2019: hello 🌍 Me: SCSS 😎 Tailwind v4 + no-config JIT = 🔥 Theming, grid, responsive, AI-friendly? Okay, I’m in. Also btw, CSS vars use () not [] 🤦🏻‍♂️

Slowly dialing in the office setup with some new lighting, fresh paint, and camera gear. Learning from talented creators on YouTube about cameras, lighting, writing, editing, and strategy. Getting there.

My dad installed halo ceiling lights in my office yesterday. The eclipse-like effect is unreal. He also custom built the wood paneling and shelf with integrated LEDs. 🖤

When freelance slowed down in early 2024–25, I built @okaydev.co, a creative dev + design community. In the new year, I’m stepping outside my comfort zone and starting to create content about the web, tech, & inspiring work from an okay dev’s perspective. Here’s to learning and building together! 🥂

I’ve been asked to chat with a studio’s team about my work at their monthly event. I’ve done this just once before. Any advice / suggestions on how to keeping it meaningful, interesting, and fun?

Check it out: OKAY SOCIAL, a social network for creatives – okaydev.co/social Built by @ericvanholtz.com with #CraftCMS

A social network built by me for my peers. No motive, I just want people to make the best of it. Sign up and join me! 😃

OKAY DEV Social Beta has been 🔥 so far – people sharing projects, WIPs, blogs & showing love with likes + comments. Jump in! Connect with creative devs, designers, and businesses. Join the community today → okaydev.co/social

My birthday is next week and my wife has been surprising me with some "unofficial" @okaydev.co swag 😎

🎉 I released the GSAP Poster Randomizer to celebrate @gsap-greensock.bsky.social going completely FREE! It’s a generative tool that lets you create your own GSAP-themed phone wallpaper. ⚡📱 It even makes a cameo in the official GSAP sizzle reel! Link below…

GSAP v3.13 is now FREE (includes bonus plugins) 🎉 + SplitText is 50% smaller, w/14 new features + Animate CSS var() values + Install GSAP via Webflow project settings @gsap-greensock.bsky.social gsap.com/blog/3-13/

Thinking it’s time to get more active here and start building in public 👀 Lately, I’ve been pouring energy into crafting the social feed for @okaydev.co — would love your thoughts! Appreciate any likes, comments, or shares 🙏🏻

Rocket Youth by @ericvanholtz.com 🛠️ @craftcms.com, Lenis, @gsap-greensock.bsky.social okaydev.co/u/eric/portf...

The final installment of our Dive Into WebGPU series is live! 🚀 Here’s what you’ll learn: ✨ Compute Shaders 🌑 Shadow Mapping 🎇 Interactive Particles

There are lots of options these days. 😊 For example, on iOS you can enable automatic image description at the OS level, Chromium browsers have a similar feature, and these days my screen reader can query ChatGPT/Claude for an image description (hallucinations not withstanding of course)!

It seems like Starter Packs should just be Lists (aka feed?). Just let people have the option to follow and/or pin. E.g. OpenAI Employees Starter Pack. I don’t really want to follow all of them, but I’d pin the list/feed to stay updated & author manage it for us. Starter Packs vs Lists vs Feeds? 🧐

Anyone else do this? 🧑‍💻 "Act as a copywriter specializing in accessibility. Create short alt text for the following images…"

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🎉 Exciting times for web animation – @motion.dev now open source w/ @citizenofnowhe.re – @juliangarnier.bsky.social all in on Anime.js V4 – @greensock.bsky.social GSAP integration into Webflow – Rive App responsive UI w/Layouts – Native CSS scroll-driven animations, view transitions, allow-discrete…