Daniëlle Suurlant
@dsuurlant.dev
Senior PHP Developer @ AlisQI | Available as a speaker | Mental Health advocate | cat mom | gamer | nail polish collector | above all, be kind | https://dsuurlant.dev
It took me WEEKS to move my entire Google Drive and Google Photos (+videos) archive to Proton Drive + NAS just so I can cancel Google One and stop giving them money without losing data.
And I needed a tool to help me restore file dates from Photos/Videos, so I made one!
github.com/dsuurlant/ta...
And I needed a tool to help me restore file dates from Photos/Videos, so I made one!
github.com/dsuurlant/ta...
GitHub - dsuurlant/takeout-redate: A CLI tool for rewriting your file dates after using Google Photos Takeout
A CLI tool for rewriting your file dates after using Google Photos Takeout - dsuurlant/takeout-redate
github.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
It took me WEEKS to move my entire Google Drive and Google Photos (+videos) archive to Proton Drive + NAS just so I can cancel Google One and stop giving them money without losing data.
And I needed a tool to help me restore file dates from Photos/Videos, so I made one!
github.com/dsuurlant/ta...
And I needed a tool to help me restore file dates from Photos/Videos, so I made one!
github.com/dsuurlant/ta...
Switched to Opera as a web browser because it's 2025 and neither Chrome nor Firefox have split-screen tabs
October 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Switched to Opera as a web browser because it's 2025 and neither Chrome nor Firefox have split-screen tabs
I just posted a new blog about how to bring new ideas to life (and how not to):
write.as/dsuurlant/pu...
write.as/dsuurlant/pu...
Putting your inner software architect on mute
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. You just came up with an awesome new app idea. It’s tied to a problem you ran into in your dail...
write.as
September 9, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I just posted a new blog about how to bring new ideas to life (and how not to):
write.as/dsuurlant/pu...
write.as/dsuurlant/pu...
so one of my neighbors, idk who, has recently gotten a new wifi router that's been completely ruining mine with channel interference. 🤬
Hopefully my manual settings work, but it's seriously ticking me off that this ISP thought "let's grab max signal max width and ruin everything for your neighbors"
Hopefully my manual settings work, but it's seriously ticking me off that this ISP thought "let's grab max signal max width and ruin everything for your neighbors"
September 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
so one of my neighbors, idk who, has recently gotten a new wifi router that's been completely ruining mine with channel interference. 🤬
Hopefully my manual settings work, but it's seriously ticking me off that this ISP thought "let's grab max signal max width and ruin everything for your neighbors"
Hopefully my manual settings work, but it's seriously ticking me off that this ISP thought "let's grab max signal max width and ruin everything for your neighbors"
Every year my company joins the Great Cycle Challenge and it's a great way to raise money and exercise at the same time. 🤗
I've cycled 4.5 miles (7.2km) today!
I'll donate $10 per mile myself. Will you match my donation? 💗
#GreatCycleChallenge
greatcyclechallenge.com/teams/AlisQI...
I've cycled 4.5 miles (7.2km) today!
I'll donate $10 per mile myself. Will you match my donation? 💗
#GreatCycleChallenge
greatcyclechallenge.com/teams/AlisQI...
Help AlisQI Quality on Wheels Fight Kids' Cancer!
AlisQI Quality on Wheels is riding in the Great Cycle Challenge this September to fight kids' cancer! Please sponsor the team and show your support to help these kids beat this terrible disease. CLICK...
greatcyclechallenge.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Every year my company joins the Great Cycle Challenge and it's a great way to raise money and exercise at the same time. 🤗
I've cycled 4.5 miles (7.2km) today!
I'll donate $10 per mile myself. Will you match my donation? 💗
#GreatCycleChallenge
greatcyclechallenge.com/teams/AlisQI...
I've cycled 4.5 miles (7.2km) today!
I'll donate $10 per mile myself. Will you match my donation? 💗
#GreatCycleChallenge
greatcyclechallenge.com/teams/AlisQI...
I wrote about my experience with AI the past few months, and how GPT-5 brought it full-circle.
The blog post I've been trying to write for months; here it is, finally.
blog.dsuurlant.dev/the-parapers...
The blog post I've been trying to write for months; here it is, finally.
blog.dsuurlant.dev/the-parapers...
The Paraperson Effect: Why We Bond With AI
If you've paid attention to the news around ChatGPT lately, you know that OpenAI rolled out their GPT-5 model much to the dissatisfacti...
blog.dsuurlant.dev
August 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I wrote about my experience with AI the past few months, and how GPT-5 brought it full-circle.
The blog post I've been trying to write for months; here it is, finally.
blog.dsuurlant.dev/the-parapers...
The blog post I've been trying to write for months; here it is, finally.
blog.dsuurlant.dev/the-parapers...
call me crazy but i think "great writers" do the actual writing themselves
Every time you type a fresh prompt from scratch, you're burning time & creativity.
Great writers don’t just know what to ask AI - they build systems for how they ask it.
Modular prompting = faster output, sharper tone, consistent results.
No more prompt roulette.
robertdevore.com/how-to-build...
Great writers don’t just know what to ask AI - they build systems for how they ask it.
Modular prompting = faster output, sharper tone, consistent results.
No more prompt roulette.
robertdevore.com/how-to-build...
How Modular AI Prompts Save You Hours Every Week
Stop rewriting the same prompt every time. Learn how modular AI prompts can boost your speed, sharpen your voice, and help you write smarter, faster, and more consistently
robertdevore.com
May 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
call me crazy but i think "great writers" do the actual writing themselves
Reposted by Daniëlle Suurlant
Have professional software developers in their twenties and thirties all heard of Extreme Programming (first published in 1999)? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme...
April 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Have professional software developers in their twenties and thirties all heard of Extreme Programming (first published in 1999)? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme...
I really liked the word "vibe" whilst it lasted, but alas, "vibe coding" may be the cringiest name for a new technology I've heard since the Metaverse
April 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I really liked the word "vibe" whilst it lasted, but alas, "vibe coding" may be the cringiest name for a new technology I've heard since the Metaverse
If I've been quiet here it's because I'm dealing with double de Quervain's tenosynovitis.
It sucks, and I've barely or not been able to do any of my hobbies, or work.
www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...
It sucks, and I've barely or not been able to do any of my hobbies, or work.
www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...
De Quervain tenosynovitis - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
www.mayoclinic.org
April 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
If I've been quiet here it's because I'm dealing with double de Quervain's tenosynovitis.
It sucks, and I've barely or not been able to do any of my hobbies, or work.
www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...
It sucks, and I've barely or not been able to do any of my hobbies, or work.
www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...
Reposted by Daniëlle Suurlant
Live versions of the "'What a week, huh?' meme.
- 'What a day': tintin.dlazaro.ca/day
- 'What a week': tintin.dlazaro.ca/week
- 'What a month': tintin.dlazaro.ca/month
- 'What a year': tintin.dlazaro.ca/year
#memes
- 'What a day': tintin.dlazaro.ca/day
- 'What a week': tintin.dlazaro.ca/week
- 'What a month': tintin.dlazaro.ca/month
- 'What a year': tintin.dlazaro.ca/year
#memes
February 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Live versions of the "'What a week, huh?' meme.
- 'What a day': tintin.dlazaro.ca/day
- 'What a week': tintin.dlazaro.ca/week
- 'What a month': tintin.dlazaro.ca/month
- 'What a year': tintin.dlazaro.ca/year
#memes
- 'What a day': tintin.dlazaro.ca/day
- 'What a week': tintin.dlazaro.ca/week
- 'What a month': tintin.dlazaro.ca/month
- 'What a year': tintin.dlazaro.ca/year
#memes
Reposted by Daniëlle Suurlant
Idk how to explain at this point, but seeing generated images take over every of our visual cultures makes me immensely sad. I don't think people have an idea of how much of a disaster it is. People have normalized it so easily, too.
February 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Idk how to explain at this point, but seeing generated images take over every of our visual cultures makes me immensely sad. I don't think people have an idea of how much of a disaster it is. People have normalized it so easily, too.
For a guy who's obsessed with going to Mars, Elon Musk sure is canceling a lot of STEM funding. How does he think we'll land on Mars if not through science, engineering, and medical advancements? Duct tape and memecoins?
February 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
For a guy who's obsessed with going to Mars, Elon Musk sure is canceling a lot of STEM funding. How does he think we'll land on Mars if not through science, engineering, and medical advancements? Duct tape and memecoins?
I keep thinking about that Battlestar Galactica quote.
All of this has happened before, all of this will happen again.
All of this has happened before, all of this will happen again.
a man in a black uniform says so say we all in front of flags
Alt: a man in a black uniform says so say we all in front of flags
media.tenor.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I keep thinking about that Battlestar Galactica quote.
All of this has happened before, all of this will happen again.
All of this has happened before, all of this will happen again.
Reposted by Daniëlle Suurlant
The idea that story-driven games aren’t replayable is so strange to me. I eventually bounce off every multiplayer game because I get bored, but I go back to story games again and again just like rewatching a favorite movie, or to experience something new
February 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The idea that story-driven games aren’t replayable is so strange to me. I eventually bounce off every multiplayer game because I get bored, but I go back to story games again and again just like rewatching a favorite movie, or to experience something new
I hope that the CO who said he admired Elon Musk back in 2018 is feeling pretty embarrassed right about now
(I said I admired Sony, which was made fun of)
(I said I admired Sony, which was made fun of)
February 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I hope that the CO who said he admired Elon Musk back in 2018 is feeling pretty embarrassed right about now
(I said I admired Sony, which was made fun of)
(I said I admired Sony, which was made fun of)
Sent in 4 CFPs for conferences this year, and all of them got rejected. I think that's just part of the process though. There's only so many spots open and I don't have any reputation built up.
But even if I did, I believe rejection is just a part of speakership! No reason to be discouraged.
But even if I did, I believe rejection is just a part of speakership! No reason to be discouraged.
February 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Sent in 4 CFPs for conferences this year, and all of them got rejected. I think that's just part of the process though. There's only so many spots open and I don't have any reputation built up.
But even if I did, I believe rejection is just a part of speakership! No reason to be discouraged.
But even if I did, I believe rejection is just a part of speakership! No reason to be discouraged.
The main argument against DEI is that it means mediocre individuals are preferred above the most capable candidate, but the opposite is true.
W/o DEI & anti-discrimination action, the ppl who get hired are the ones alike those in power, whilst the excellent are passed over for being different.
W/o DEI & anti-discrimination action, the ppl who get hired are the ones alike those in power, whilst the excellent are passed over for being different.
January 31, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The main argument against DEI is that it means mediocre individuals are preferred above the most capable candidate, but the opposite is true.
W/o DEI & anti-discrimination action, the ppl who get hired are the ones alike those in power, whilst the excellent are passed over for being different.
W/o DEI & anti-discrimination action, the ppl who get hired are the ones alike those in power, whilst the excellent are passed over for being different.
Reposted by Daniëlle Suurlant
January 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I just published a new blog post: "It's a thumbs down from me".
January was not a great month for me.
write.as/dsuurlant/it...
January was not a great month for me.
write.as/dsuurlant/it...
It's a thumbs down from me
The first month of 2025 was… a lot. The holidays had already been quite stressful and so the year didn’t start on a great note. Shortly ...
write.as
January 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I just published a new blog post: "It's a thumbs down from me".
January was not a great month for me.
write.as/dsuurlant/it...
January was not a great month for me.
write.as/dsuurlant/it...
I can't shake this horrible sinking feeling, along with a deep-seated rage, after witnessing Musk do the nazi salute, and then seeing the excuses.
I feel sick.
I feel sick.
January 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I can't shake this horrible sinking feeling, along with a deep-seated rage, after witnessing Musk do the nazi salute, and then seeing the excuses.
I feel sick.
I feel sick.
We're still looking for a Senior Back-End Developer! Do you want to work in a fully remote diverse team, building & maintaining our Quality SaaS platform AlisQI? Do you love tackling legacy code along with developing new features in a pragmatic way? Join us! :)
jobs.alisqi.com/senior-back-...
jobs.alisqi.com/senior-back-...
Senior Back-End Developer
At AlisQI we're looking for a Senior Back-End Developer to join our dev team.
jobs.alisqi.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
We're still looking for a Senior Back-End Developer! Do you want to work in a fully remote diverse team, building & maintaining our Quality SaaS platform AlisQI? Do you love tackling legacy code along with developing new features in a pragmatic way? Join us! :)
jobs.alisqi.com/senior-back-...
jobs.alisqi.com/senior-back-...