$ whoami
Ruandré
Janse van Rensburg — Software engineer, doer of things
I build software, mostly for the web, and use AI to get more done and keep learning. The work I like best is equal parts technical and creative. This is my digital garden: writing, projects, photographs and generated art.
ls -la ~/projects
Buzzsaw
Sound effects described as data and synthesised in the browser with Web Audio. Zero audio files or runtime dependencies.
Life in Weeks
A human lifespan drawn as a grid of weeks, with on-device AI research for any single week and WebMCP agent tools.
cat ~/writing/latest
Browser debugging tips worth knowing
The DevTools features I keep reaching for: freezing dropdowns open, forcing element state, breaking on DOM changes, overriding responses, and working out why an interaction feels slow.
Tools worth bookmarking
A working web developer's bookmarks: free tools for SVG, CSS and layout, format conversion, package inspection, icons, diagrams, benchmarking, and a stack of one-job utilities.
tree ./src
No analytics, no cookies, no tracking. Just static files, built once and served as they are. All a site like this ever needed.