notes
Why this website stays simple
It is easy to make a website bigger. Add another section, a new animation, a dashboard or a system that might become useful later. The harder choice is to decide what is actually needed today.
This website deliberately stays simple. It explains what Venturian Ecom does, offers a way to get in touch and provides a place for occasional notes. That is enough for now.
Simple does not mean careless
There is still a solid foundation behind the simple exterior. The website works in Dutch and English, is accessible by keyboard, performs well on mobile devices and generates every page from typed content.
Most visitors should never have to think about any of that. Good technology is often most useful when it stays out of the way.
Less to maintain
Every feature has a cost after it has been built. It needs to remain secure, understandable and compatible with everything around it. Avoiding unnecessary parts keeps that cost low and leaves more attention for the work that matters.
This principle applies beyond websites. In consultancy and e-commerce, a small solution that clearly solves the current problem is often more valuable than a large system built around assumptions.
A practical test
Before adding something, we ask three questions:
- What problem does it solve today?
- Who will notice the difference?
- What will it cost to maintain?
If there is no clear answer, we do not build it yet. That avoids unnecessary technology and helps direct time and attention towards what creates value today.
What the pipeline checks automatically
Every proposed change runs through the pipeline: an automated sequence of quality checks. Among other things, it verifies:
- formatting, TypeScript types and whether the production build succeeds;
- internal links and important user actions in multiple browsers;
- automatically detectable accessibility problems against WCAG levels A and AA;
- performance, accessibility, best practices and SEO with Google Lighthouse on mobile and desktop.
A change is only published after those checks pass. That does not guarantee a perfect experience for every visitor. Automated accessibility tests can find many problems, but not all of them. Good HTML semantics, keyboard support, contrast and visual reviews therefore remain deliberate decisions too.
Room to grow
Keeping the website simple does not mean keeping it fixed. Articles can be added in Markdown, new pages can be introduced when they have a purpose and the technical foundation can grow with them.
Every note has a Dutch and English version. Both start from the same fixed template. One of those files looks like this, for example:
---
language: en
translationKey: clear-title
slug: a-clear-title
title: A clear title
description: A short summary.
author:
name: Tim Twiest
url: https://timtwiest.nl
pubDate: 2026-09-29
tags:
- technology
draft: false
---
The content starts here.
There is no separate content management system, just plain text that is easy to read, preserve and move elsewhere later.
The aim is not to have as little as possible. It is to have exactly enough, with a clear reason for everything that remains.