I’m Csaba

Everything is possible, even the impossible.

Mary Poppins

I am web designer and developer, living near Antwerp, Belgium. I have a lovely wife, Sarah, and 3 children: Hanna (2010), Noah (2012) and Kato (2015).

My kids: Hanna, Noah & Kato
Hanna, Kato & Noah

I studied bioscience engineering in Leuven. I work in Brussels as a communication-IT-website-application-something.

I started web development when Noah was born. As a web developer I’m learning every day. And that brings me to the things I like to do in my spare time: building sustainable websites and playing music.

Noah, Kato & Hanna, a couple of years later, but with the same socks

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Web development

I love to use semantic HTML, modern CSS, sometimes compiled from SASS, lightweight JavaScript to progressively enhance interaction. I have written a fair amount of PHP and some MySQL, too. And a lot of WordPress stuff. I contribute to WordPress. I am a member of the sustainability team. I have participated in the development of the Twenty Nineteen and Twenty Twenty-One WordPress default themes.

As LittleBigThings, I build mostly WordPress websites. I create minimal and easy-to-use little big things to keep our web sustainable.

Recent contributions

I have contributed to Twenty Twenty-One, the latest WordPress default theme with full support for the new block editor (Gutenberg) and CSS custom properties and all fancy, but light stuff. I am currently contributing to the WordPress sustainability team, for example by building a plugin that brings websites’ carbon footprint to the WordPress admin.

I have talked at Drupal Dev days and at WordCamp Netherlands in 2022 about the impact of the internet on the environment. I did presentations for the Antwerp WP meetup in 2019 (about WordPress theme development and digital sustainability) and 2022 (WordPress multisite) and the Hasselt WP meetup in 2019 (about WordPress theme development).

Writing

I have a little blog called Global Warning where I write about the impact of the internet and related technologies on our environment and health.

Of course, I write blog posts about WordPress on this blog. 🙂

What I’m reading

Now

The Good AncestorRoman Krznaric

Love people, use thingsJoshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus

The Minimalists show how minimalism makes room to reevaluate and heal the seven essential relationships in our lives.

Favourites

HumankindRutger Bregman
A book about how most people are actually good but we’ve been telling otherwise… This book gives me hope.

Ruined by designMike Monteiro
A book about how designers are the gate keepers and responsible for the things they release into the world.

Sustainable Web DesignTom Greenwood
Tom offers us a practical path to faster, more carbon-efficient websites that are not only better for the planet, but better for our users.

Guitar & music

I have been a guitar player for most of my life. I love to write my own music, although I do not succeed making enough time for it. Also, inspiration strikes unexpectedly and rarely. 🙂
So I listen to music a lot. I think Joe Satriani and Andy Timmons are great guitar players, Jef Neve an awesome piano player and ColdplayTamino, Cold War Kids, Puggy, Novastar and Absynthe Minded cool bands. I like to listen to jazz while working.

But what about you?

Let me know who you are.