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Eric Van Holtz
@ericvanholtz.com
• Freelance Web Developer vanholtz.co
• Founder @okaydev.co
☞ okaydev.co/@eric
I’ve been asked to chat with a studio’s team about my work at their monthly event. I’ve done this just once before.

Any advice / suggestions on how to keeping it meaningful, interesting, and fun?
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
No VC funding. No board. No corporate agenda.

Just me, building a space for us to reconnect.

Like the internet used to feel, before the noise.
A new home for the creative industry.
✅ Designers
✅ Developers
✅ Businesses

It’s early days, but it’s ours. Join us.

okaydev.co/social
October 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Check it out: OKAY SOCIAL, a social network for creatives – okaydev.co/social

Built by @ericvanholtz.com with #CraftCMS
OKAY SOCIAL
A social network built for creatives.
okaydev.co
October 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A social network built by me for my peers. No motive, I just want people to make the best of it.
Sign up and join me! 😃
🚀 Big news! Okay Social is now open to everyone.
It's the social network for creatives.

Claim your handle, create a profile, and start connecting with others.

Join our community today!
👉 okaydev.co/social
October 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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OKAY DEV Social Beta has been 🔥 so far – people sharing projects, WIPs, blogs & showing love with likes + comments.

Jump in! Connect with creative devs, designers, and businesses. Join the community today → okaydev.co/social
July 16, 2025 at 6:06 AM
A social network built for creative devs, designers, and brands.

Will you join me on OKAY SOCIAL?
June 24, 2025 at 5:42 AM
My birthday is next week and my wife has been surprising me with some "unofficial" @okaydev.co swag 😎
May 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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🎉 I released the GSAP Poster Randomizer to celebrate @gsap-greensock.bsky.social going completely FREE!

It’s a generative tool that lets you create your own GSAP-themed phone wallpaper. ⚡📱

It even makes a cameo in the official GSAP sizzle reel!

Link below…
April 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🎉 I released the GSAP Poster Randomizer to celebrate @gsap-greensock.bsky.social going completely FREE!

It’s a generative tool that lets you create your own GSAP-themed phone wallpaper. ⚡📱

It even makes a cameo in the official GSAP sizzle reel!

Link below…
April 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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GSAP v3.13 is now FREE (includes bonus plugins) 🎉
+ SplitText is 50% smaller, w/14 new features
+ Animate CSS var() values
+ Install GSAP via Webflow project settings

@gsap-greensock.bsky.social
gsap.com/blog/3-13/
3.13 release | GSAP | Docs & Learning
Thanks to Webflow, GSAP is now 100% FREE including ALL of the bonus plugins! Version 3.13 also brings a complete rewrite of SplitText
gsap.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Thinking it’s time to get more active here and start building in public 👀

Lately, I’ve been pouring energy into crafting the social feed for
@okaydev.co
— would love your thoughts!

Appreciate any likes, comments, or shares 🙏🏻
April 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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The final installment of our Dive Into WebGPU series is live! 🚀

Here’s what you’ll learn:
✨ Compute Shaders
🌑 Shadow Mapping
🎇 Interactive Particles
February 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I was delighted to partner with Adopt to develop an elegant website for their studio's digital presence.

Case Study: okaydev.co/u/eric/portf...
December 31, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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There are lots of options these days. 😊 For example, on iOS you can enable automatic image description at the OS level, Chromium browsers have a similar feature, and these days my screen reader can query ChatGPT/Claude for an image description (hallucinations not withstanding of course)!
November 23, 2024 at 6:15 PM
It seems like Starter Packs should just be Lists (aka feed?). Just let people have the option to follow and/or pin.

E.g. OpenAI Employees Starter Pack. I don’t really want to follow all of them, but I’d pin the list/feed to stay updated & author manage it for us.

Starter Packs vs Lists vs Feeds? 🧐
November 23, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Anyone else do this?
🧑‍💻 "Act as a copywriter specializing in accessibility. Create short alt text for the following images…"
November 23, 2024 at 7:36 AM
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Discover the latest in creative development and connect with some of our talented community members.
🦋 go.bsky.app/KLQF97k
November 19, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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Want a custom Bluesky @handle?

1. Visit Settings: bsky.app/settings
2. Select "Change Handle"
3. Click "I have my own domain"
4. Enter your domain
5. Access your DNS service and add the TXT DNS record as instructed
6. Return and click "Verify DNS Record"

*DNS records may take time to propagate.

🦋
November 19, 2024 at 8:02 AM
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🎉 Exciting times for web animation
@motion.dev now open source w/ @citizenofnowhe.re
@juliangarnier.bsky.social all in on Anime.js V4
@greensock.bsky.social GSAP integration into Webflow
– Rive App responsive UI w/Layouts
– Native CSS scroll-driven animations, view transitions, allow-discrete…
November 12, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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Get to know @ericvanholtz.com, the founder of Okay Dev!
Learn about his career journey and the passion he brings to building a space where freelancers, studios, and agencies can connect and showcase their talents.

Read his story here: okaydev.co/articles/eri...
An Interview with Eric Van Holtz
Dungeons, dragons, and princesses, oh my! Hello—I'm Eric, the founder of Okay Dev, a freelance creative developer, and owner of Van Holtz Co . I work…
okaydev.co
November 5, 2024 at 8:28 AM
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Dive into WebGPU—Part 1 (Tutorial)
by @martinlaxenaire.bsky.social

In this 4-part series, you’ll learn to…
✨ Build 3D scenes with GPU-Curtains
💻 Sync DOM elements and interact with 3D objects
🎨 Create shading and particle systems using compute shaders

okaydev.co/articles/div...
October 28, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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Hello Bluesky! 👋 We're a creative development community, where all creatives are welcome. Devs, designers, motion artists, and more. Join today, create your profile, and showcase your amazing work. 🌠
October 23, 2024 at 5:39 AM
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💡Free Three.js tutorial Part 2 - Transforming any #R3F scene into a scrollable 3D experience by animating the camera with the useGSAP hook.

Live Project Demo: zg9xn9.csb.app
YouTube Tutorial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Nu...

I hope you like it😊

#threejs #react #webgl #creativecoding
October 6, 2024 at 12:33 PM
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Had the incredible opportunity to write a 4 parts step by step tutorial serie on okaydevs about creating 4 small interactive scenes using my own #gpucurtains engine

The first part is available today, so if you're curious now is the right time to start diving into #webgpu

okaydev.co/articles/div...
Dive Into WebGPU—Part 1 (Tutorial)
Learn WebGPU with GPU-Curtains, a lightweight library for 3D scenes. Master shading, object manipulation, and particle systems in this 4-part tutorial.
okaydev.co
October 7, 2024 at 1:51 PM