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The problem begins when generated continuation is presented as established knowledge.","tags":["Artificial intelligence","Critical thinking"],"title":"The yes-and problem with artificial intelligence","url":"https://rondekker.nl/en-gb/articles/human-experiences/the-yes-and-problem-with-ai/"},{"authors":[{"avatar":"https://rondekker.nl/uploads/icons/icon-2048.png","name":"Ron Dekker","url":"https://rondekker.nl/en-gb/"}],"date_modified":"2026-08-31T00:00:00Z","date_published":"2024-05-13T00:00:00Z","id":"https://rondekker.nl/en-gb/articles/web-performance/how-browsers-load-webpages/","summary":"When surfing the internet and clicking on links you have to wait for everything to load, but what are you waiting for the browser to do?","tags":["Loading webpages","Performance","Web browsers"],"title":"How do browsers load websites?","url":"https://rondekker.nl/en-gb/articles/web-performance/how-browsers-load-webpages/"},{"authors":[{"avatar":"https://rondekker.nl/uploads/icons/icon-2048.png","name":"Ron Dekker","url":"https://rondekker.nl/en-gb/"}],"date_modified":"2026-08-31T00:00:00Z","date_published":"2024-05-06T00:00:00Z","id":"https://rondekker.nl/en-gb/articles/web-performance/what-are-core-web-vitals/","summary":"You're browsing the internet and click on a link, anticipating what lies beyond, but you're met with a loading spinner.Can we do better?","tags":["Performance","User experience","Core web vitals"],"title":"Why improve your website's performance?","url":"https://rondekker.nl/en-gb/articles/web-performance/what-are-core-web-vitals/"},{"authors":[{"avatar":"https://rondekker.nl/uploads/icons/icon-2048.png","name":"Ron Dekker","url":"https://rondekker.nl/en-gb/"}],"date_modified":"2026-08-31T00:00:00Z","date_published":"2024-02-25T00:00:00Z","id":"https://rondekker.nl/en-gb/articles/design-thinking/designs-need-to-respect-its-users/","summary":"Learn about the importance of designing with user respect in mind as well as readability, usability, and accessibility for creating user-friendly designs.","tags":["Design","User experience","Accessibility"],"title":"Designs need to respect its users","url":"https://rondekker.nl/en-gb/articles/design-thinking/designs-need-to-respect-its-users/"},{"authors":[{"avatar":"https://rondekker.nl/uploads/icons/icon-2048.png","name":"Ron Dekker","url":"https://rondekker.nl/en-gb/"}],"date_modified":"2026-08-25T00:00:00Z","date_published":"2024-02-04T00:00:00Z","id":"https://rondekker.nl/en-gb/articles/design-thinking/never-accept-solutions-from-your-users/","summary":"When my boss asks me to implement a feature I always remind him 'Don't think in solutions but problems'. 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