Hi, I am Sean van Zuidam also known on the web as GrimLink. I am a Frontend Developer from Zwollywood.https://grimlink.com/enSun, 12 Jul 2026 08:15:27 GMThttps://grimlink.com/blog/2026/hyva-and-design-tokens/https://grimlink.com/blog/2026/hyva-and-design-tokens/How AI brought design tokens back into the spotlight, and how Claude Design and Google Stitch ended up powering Hyvä Tokens.Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamaihyvadesign-tokenshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2026/so-long-twitter/https://grimlink.com/blog/2026/so-long-twitter/Looking back at 16 years of tweets, the good times they captured, and how the memories found a better home.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamhttps://grimlink.com/blog/2026/css-day/https://grimlink.com/blog/2026/css-day/A reflection on my first time attending CSS Day, including my experience and learnings.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidameventscssdesign-tokensfylgjacssdoomhttps://grimlink.com/blog/2026/grimlink-com-finally-live/https://grimlink.com/blog/2026/grimlink-com-finally-live/After many years I finally made my own site.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamastrojsfylgjacsshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2026/cant-wait-for-bfcache-support-in-magento2/https://grimlink.com/blog/2026/cant-wait-for-bfcache-support-in-magento2/Waiting for Adobe Commerce to merge a PR is like watching paint dry, but I'm far too excited about the performance gains to just sit around.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidammagento2performancehttps://grimlink.com/blog/2026/my-new-mac-stickers/https://grimlink.com/blog/2026/my-new-mac-stickers/My new Mac is finally rocking its new stickers!Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamtoolsswagzedgameshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2026/webwinkel-vakdagen/https://grimlink.com/blog/2026/webwinkel-vakdagen/Heading to Webwinkel Vakdagen on March 25th! Hyvä is taking a stand for Ownership at Stand 53.Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidameventsmagento2hyvahttps://grimlink.com/blog/2026/mage-v2-6-0-released/https://grimlink.com/blog/2026/mage-v2-6-0-released/Exciting updates in Mage 2.6.0! New commands like mage new store and mage nuke, plus enhanced mage add for Git repositories.Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidammagento2toolshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2026/switched-to-zed/https://grimlink.com/blog/2026/switched-to-zed/It's rare that I switch editors, but the Zed Editor has completely won me over these past few weeks.Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamtoolszedhttps://grimlink.com/blog/2025/wrapstodon/https://grimlink.com/blog/2025/wrapstodon/I got the The Stoic archetype!Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamrecaphttps://grimlink.com/blog/2025/my-wrap/https://grimlink.com/blog/2025/my-wrap/A collection of my wrap-ups from 2025.Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamrecapmusicgamesplaystationhttps://grimlink.com/blog/2025/meet-magento-poland/https://grimlink.com/blog/2025/meet-magento-poland/What a blast! Meet Magento Poland was an incredible experience and a journey of firsts for me.Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidameventsmagento2hyvahttps://grimlink.com/blog/2025/preformance-now/https://grimlink.com/blog/2025/preformance-now/What a fantastic two days at performance.now()!Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidameventsmagento2hyvaperformancehttps://grimlink.com/blog/2025/mage-titans-groningen/https://grimlink.com/blog/2025/mage-titans-groningen/What an incredible two days at Mage Titans Groningen! Feeling completely energized and inspired by the Magento community.Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidameventsmagento2hyvadesign-tokenshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2025/bfcache-tip/https://grimlink.com/blog/2025/bfcache-tip/Ever navigate back on a mobile site and find the menu still open?Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamperformancehttps://grimlink.com/blog/2025/no-schema-data-in-fylgja-css/https://grimlink.com/blog/2025/no-schema-data-in-fylgja-css/So I noticed Fylgja CSS was without Schema data since the transition to Astro JS..Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamfylgjacsshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2025/bad-a11y-usage-for-accordions-rant/https://grimlink.com/blog/2025/bad-a11y-usage-for-accordions-rant/It's always surprising how many sites use div's for accordions. The most recent example I saw was the Tailwind Cheatsheet by Kombai.Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidama11yranthttps://grimlink.com/blog/2025/death-stranding-2-trailer/https://grimlink.com/blog/2025/death-stranding-2-trailer/The new Death Stranding 2 trailer is amazing! Watched it a few times and still can't believe how good it looks.Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamgameshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2025/dropped-gitlens-for-native-git-blame/https://grimlink.com/blog/2025/dropped-gitlens-for-native-git-blame/I have been using the native git blame feature in VS Code for over a month now, and I officially dropped the need for GitLens.Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamtoolsvscodehttps://grimlink.com/blog/2024/astro-bot-xmas-level/https://grimlink.com/blog/2024/astro-bot-xmas-level/Loving the Xmas themed Astro Bot level, I only wanted more time with the mouse power up 🐭Sun, 15 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamgamesplaystationastrobothttps://grimlink.com/blog/2024/playstation-wrap-up-2024/https://grimlink.com/blog/2024/playstation-wrap-up-2024/I had a bit more time this year to play games 😁 so this is a good overview of my year.Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamgamesplaystationrecaphttps://grimlink.com/blog/2024/scott-tolinski-html-invokers/https://grimlink.com/blog/2024/scott-tolinski-html-invokers/This is a great video by Scott Tolinski on HTML Invokers, definitely worth the watch.Sat, 07 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamhtmlhttps://grimlink.com/blog/2024/youtube-music-recap/https://grimlink.com/blog/2024/youtube-music-recap/My YouTube Music 2024 RecapWed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamrecapmusichttps://grimlink.com/blog/2024/astro-bot-joy-from-start-to-finish/https://grimlink.com/blog/2024/astro-bot-joy-from-start-to-finish/Astro Bot is a joy from start to finish, what a great game and I can't wait for more content to be added.Sun, 22 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamgamesplaystationastrobothttps://grimlink.com/blog/2024/thanks-fangamer/https://grimlink.com/blog/2024/thanks-fangamer/Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamgamesswaghttps://grimlink.com/blog/2024/mpa-view-transitions-are-here/https://grimlink.com/blog/2024/mpa-view-transitions-are-here/Cross-document View-Transitions are now available in Chrome 126, bringing seamless transitions to multi-page applications.Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamcsshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2024/exploring-relative-css-colors/https://grimlink.com/blog/2024/exploring-relative-css-colors/Exploring the power of relative CSS colors and color-mix functions. Loving the flexibility they offer for creating dynamic color schemes!Sun, 17 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamcsshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2023/god-of-war-ragnarok-valhalla-reveal/https://grimlink.com/blog/2023/god-of-war-ragnarok-valhalla-reveal/The best reveal from The Game Awards was most definitely the new God of War Ragnarök DLC 😍Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamgamesplaystationhttps://grimlink.com/blog/2023/youtube-music-recap/https://grimlink.com/blog/2023/youtube-music-recap/Check out my 2023 YouTube Music Recap!Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamrecapmusichttps://grimlink.com/blog/2023/triangle-strategy-finished/https://grimlink.com/blog/2023/triangle-strategy-finished/Finally had time to finish the extra chapter of Triangle Strategy and play some more battles!Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamgamesrpghttps://grimlink.com/blog/2023/early-experimentation-with-mpa-view-transitions/https://grimlink.com/blog/2023/early-experimentation-with-mpa-view-transitions/The view-transitions feature for MPAs works really well. Enabling it with a Chrome flag and a meta tag gives you smooth transitions without JavaScript.Mon, 21 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamcsshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2023/better-vscode-css-and-scss-intellisense/https://grimlink.com/blog/2023/better-vscode-css-and-scss-intellisense/Improve your CSS and SCSS IntelliSense in VS Code with these essential tips and extensions.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamcsstoolsvscodehttps://grimlink.com/blog/2023/lego-2k-drive-pc-box/https://grimlink.com/blog/2023/lego-2k-drive-pc-box/It's sad the PC version of LEGO 2K Drive did not get the cool lego stripWed, 31 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamgameshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2023/working-on-oklch-colors-for-fylgja/https://grimlink.com/blog/2023/working-on-oklch-colors-for-fylgja/Last week, we worked on the Fylgja colors package, focusing on the new oklch color spec. We created a beautiful color palette.Mon, 29 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamcssfylgjacsshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2023/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-trailer/https://grimlink.com/blog/2023/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-trailer/Okay the new Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom trailer is pure fire, super hyped for the game!Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamgamesnintendohttps://grimlink.com/blog/2023/rtl-utils-naming-in-css-frameworks/https://grimlink.com/blog/2023/rtl-utils-naming-in-css-frameworks/It's funny to see that TailwindCSS added support for RTL based utils using the the same name we use at Fylgja. Good to see everybody agrees on the name 😁Fri, 07 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamcssfylgjacsstailwindcsshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2023/the-last-of-us-episode-3-reflection/https://grimlink.com/blog/2023/the-last-of-us-episode-3-reflection/Finally watched episode 3 of The Last of Us and what a beautiful episode it is. They handled the Bill and Frank part better than the game.Fri, 03 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamgamesplaystationmovie-tvhttps://grimlink.com/blog/2023/god-of-war-ragnarok-completed/https://grimlink.com/blog/2023/god-of-war-ragnarok-completed/So I beat Gná and truly completed God of War Ragnarök. Thank you Santa Monica Studio for the awesome experience 😊Sat, 21 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamgamesplaystationhttps://grimlink.com/blog/2022/playstation-wrap-up/https://grimlink.com/blog/2022/playstation-wrap-up/My Year on PlayStation in 2022.Sun, 25 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamgamesplaystationrecaphttps://grimlink.com/blog/2022/star-wars-andor-season-1-finale/https://grimlink.com/blog/2022/star-wars-andor-season-1-finale/Damn what a ride, Star Wars Andor last episode of season 1 was awesome 😮Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidammovie-tvhttps://grimlink.com/blog/2022/loving-god-of-war-ragnarok/https://grimlink.com/blog/2022/loving-god-of-war-ragnarok/Really loving God of War Ragnarök, the story and gameplay are strong 💪 The axe throwing also does not get old and is still as awesome 😁Mon, 21 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamgamesplaystationhttps://grimlink.com/blog/2022/replacing-tailwind-forms-with-fylgja/https://grimlink.com/blog/2022/replacing-tailwind-forms-with-fylgja/It's funny how I always replace the Tailwind forms for the Fylgja formsFri, 04 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamcssfylgjacsshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2022/mage-unconfrence/https://grimlink.com/blog/2022/mage-unconfrence/Two great days at MageUnconfrence 2022 — talking about static content in Magento, meeting the community, and drinking Kölsch.Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidameventsmagento2https://grimlink.com/blog/2022/container-query-units/https://grimlink.com/blog/2022/container-query-units/Did not know that container query units had support in all major browsers except one — great video by Kevin Powell explaining it.Fri, 23 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamcsshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2022/eleventy-sass-plugin/https://grimlink.com/blog/2022/eleventy-sass-plugin/I built a small Eleventy plugin that compiles SCSS. Check it out!Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidameleventycsstoolshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2022/ps5-invite-fail/https://grimlink.com/blog/2022/ps5-invite-fail/Thanks PlayStation for the invite to buy a PS5Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamgamesplaystationhttps://grimlink.com/blog/2022/lea-verou-css-talk-at-css-day/https://grimlink.com/blog/2022/lea-verou-css-talk-at-css-day/Really liked seeing how the CSS @property simplifies so many hacksFri, 01 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamcsseventshttps://grimlink.com/blog/2022/nanoblock-crash/https://grimlink.com/blog/2022/nanoblock-crash/Crash looking blockySun, 12 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidamgamesswaghttps://grimlink.com/blog/2022/hyva-camp/https://grimlink.com/blog/2022/hyva-camp/A day at HyvaCamp — experimenting with View Transitions with Vinai Kopp and catching up with the Hyvä community.Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidameventshyvamagento2https://grimlink.com/blog/2022/rewatched-push/https://grimlink.com/blog/2022/rewatched-push/Damn it's such a good movie and so underrated.Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMTSean van Zuidammovie-tv