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https://rijks.website is edited and produced by Rijk van Zanten.

Website Stack

This website is hand written in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with a sprinkle of Tera for templating. It uses Zola as static site generator and is hosted on Cloudflare. The source code is Open Source and can be found on rijkvanzanten/rijks.website

Typography

This website uses Amarante and Noto Serif for display and body fonts respectively. Code blocks are set in Triplicate A Poly.

Amarante and Noto Serif are freely accessible through Google Fonts under the SIL Open Font License. Triplicate can be purchased through MB Type and is licensed under the MB Type Font License.

Uses

This is subject to change, and I might forget to keep this up to date over time. Please do ping me if this feels too out of date :)

Also make sure to visit uses.tech! Checking out what other people use is a great way to learn about new tools and tricks.

Last updated: August 2026

Editor & Terminal

• Zed is my daily editor of choice after having used VS Code for years
• Ghostty as my terminal emulator
• I recently switched back to using (a more sane) Lilex after years of using Triplicate as my coding font
• I use a tab-size of 3. Yes, that might make me a psychopath. It's also why tabs are better than spaces.
• Codex is the agentic AI harness I use, using my rolling wave engineering skills to wrangle the bastard into doing what I need it to. I find myself usually using it for “obvious” things (like mechanical refactors etc) with strict reviews, while doing new creative work by hand

Other Software

• After having used the now abandoned Arc for years, I switched to Helium
• In an attempt to save some RAM, I very recently switched to using Notion/Linear/Slack in Safari rather than having them as separate (memory hungry) Electron apps

Video Recording

• For video calls and the occasional recording I use a Sony Alpha 6400 with a Sigma 16mm lens
• For audio I use a Blue Yeti X

Desk Setup

• 2024 14" M4 Pro Macbook Pro w/ 24GB of RAM, although I might have to upgrade to a machine with a bit more RAM soon..
• A pair of Apple Studio Displays (2022), with my laptop in clamshell mode mounted under my desk
• The desk itself is an Autonomous standing desk
• I dual wield a Apple Magic Trackpad and Apple Magic Mouse on the sides of my Apple Magic Keyboard

Music

• My main axe is a modified 2016 Fender Aerodyne Jazz bass
• I swapped out pickups with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders and Lemmy Kilmister Signature pickups
• My standard pedal board signal chain is:
  • TranZformer CMP
  • MXR Bass Synth
  • Xotic Bass BB
  • Aguilar Grape Phaser
  • Cloudvocal EverSync for personal monitoring