builtbyarjan.xyz
You're looking at it. My attempt at owning a small piece of the internet, without letting a website builder make all the decisions.
~ / internet / arjan / index.html
Hi, I'm Arjan.
I like making
things click.
I'm into computer science, the web, and taking an idea from "what if?" to something that actually works. This is where I keep track of the journey.
arjan@the-internet — zsh
● LIVE
Last login: whenever you found this site
arjan ~ % whoami
Arjan. Curious about how things work.
Type 'help' to see what you can do.
01 / README.MD
A little context.
NOT AN ELEVATOR PITCH.
JUST THE ABOUT SECTION.
The internet feels more interesting when you make something for it instead of just scrolling through it.
I'm Arjan. I like computers, coding, and the satisfaction of finally understanding something that made absolutely no sense yesterday.
This site is part playground, part notebook. There'll be experiments, unfinished ideas, and probably a few things I change my mind about. I'd rather show the process than pretend I've got everything figured out.
* Fun fact: this website started as a drag-and-drop page.
Then I decided I'd rather understand the code behind it.
So here we are.
02 / ~/PROJECTS
The workbench.
SMALL PROJECTS COUNT.
SO DOES STARTING.
PROJECT DIRECTORY
MORE TO COME
03 / FIELD_NOTES
Tabs open in my head.
THIS SECTION WILL CHANGE.
THAT'S KIND OF THE IDEA.
NOTE_001 / .TXT
How computers actually work
Not just how to use things — why they work in the first place.
NOTE_002 / .TXT
Making stuff on the web
There's something satisfying about writing a few lines and seeing them come alive.
NOTE_003 / .TXT
AI & what comes next
I'm curious about what's possible, and how people will actually use it.
CHANGELOG.md
v0.3
Put the site on GitHub. Version history feels better than guessing what I changed.
v0.2
Switched from the drag-and-drop editor to writing the site myself.
v0.1
Got the domain. Broke a few things. Learned what DNS is.