Ives van Hoorne (@CompuIves) / X

Ives van Hoorne

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Ives van Hoorne

@CompuIves

Friends call me Flip! Cofounder @biscuit_so prev cofounder @codesandbox (acquired by @togethercompute). I like biscuits 🍪🏳️‍🌈

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

biscuit.so

Born December 20, 1996

Joined June 2010

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Ives van Hoorne
@CompuIves
Mar 24
I'm excited to finally share what we've been working on! For the last 8 months, we've been building Biscuit: an all-in-one platform for building a business. Product, payments, emails, hosting and operations built in. Today we're opening the waitlist 🎉
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Ives van Hoorne
@CompuIves
Aug 21, 2018
I got @code working in the browser! This is not only Monaco, this is VSCode itself directly running in the browser with node shims connected to the APIs of CodeSandbox. This means that we can get Grid View, VSCode Extension support, breadcrumbs + more! I'm so excited by this!
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Ives van Hoorne
@CompuIves
Nov 14, 2018
I got VSCode Extensions working in the browser! The extensions completely run in the browser, using web workers instead of node processes. I'm now running 74 extensions, including: - CSS/HTML/TS Language Services - Emmet - VIM Mode - Bracket Colorizer So many new possibilities!
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Ives van Hoorne
@CompuIves
Oct 17, 2018
I'm so proud to finally release VSCode in CodeSandbox! We now run a big chunk of @code directly in the browser, so you get: ⌨️ VSCode Keybindings 📋 User Snippets 🎞️ Grid View 🍞 Breadcrumbs ❔ Support for Untitled Files ⚙️ Your exact VSCode Preferences in CodeSandbox + more!
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Ives van Hoorne
@CompuIves
Sep 20, 2019
I've seen far more projects fail from overengineering rather than from underengineering. It's very easy to overengineer and I need to constantly remind myself to keep it simple.
Ives van Hoorne
@CompuIves
May 7, 2019
I'm so happy to announce that we've raised a Seed Round of $2.4M for @codesandbox, led by @kleinerperkins!! 🎉🎉🎉 Among the investors are @rauchg, @koenbok, @zoink, @biilmann & @Chr_Bach, @sqs, Marco Jansen, Petri Parvinen and Arches Capital. codesandbox.io/post/CodeSandb…
Ives van Hoorne
@CompuIves
Mar 19, 2019
I'm happy to announce CodeSandbox v3! 🚀 This is one of our biggest updates yet. Highlights: - VSCode Extensions - Editor Redesign - Devtool functionality - Vetur + TS Refactoring support Check it out! We worked a long time on this! 😀 medium.com/@compuives/ann…
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Ives van Hoorne
@CompuIves
Dec 26, 2018
Things I always need to remind myself of while building something: - Keep it simple - Done is better than perfect - Be pragmatic - Stay focused
Ives van Hoorne
@CompuIves
Aug 5, 2020
Cat's out of the bag! If you go to any of these URLs: ts.new js.new react.new vue.new ng.new csb.new You'll be able to create a new sandbox really fast! 🚀🔥
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west, donavon west™️
@donavon
Aug 5, 2020
#ReactJS Pro Tip Type react.new in the address bar of your browser. It will open @codesandbox with a new React project. Psst… It works for vue.new too! #VueJS
Ives van Hoorne
@CompuIves
Oct 29, 2020
🎉🎉 Big news for CodeSandbox and its future! I’m thrilled to announce that we’ve raised a $12.7 million Series A round! 🎉🎉 I’m beyond excited, and want to thank everyone again (just like last week) for helping CodeSandbox grow to where it is now. codesandbox.io/post/codesandb…
Ives van Hoorne
@CompuIves
Mar 26, 2018
🔴 Introducing CodeSandbox Live 🔴 Real time collaboration in CodeSandbox. We're doing it live! - Create a live session for anyone to join with a URL - Edit, create, and delete files simultaneously - Use 'Classroom Mode' to specify who can make edits medium.com/@compuives/int…
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Ives van Hoorne
@CompuIves
Nov 21, 2023
VSCode is one of the most impressive codebases I've ever read.
Ives van Hoorne
@CompuIves
Jun 9, 2023
Most sandboxes in CodeSandbox are stored in a Postgres database. 40M+ sandboxes and 400M+ files stored in Postgres, and we still have performant load times. When going with Postgres, I thought "this is the first thing we'll have to replace". Still didn't happen after 6 years 🤷
Lawrence Jones
@lawrjones
Jun 8, 2023
In 2020 Figma started hitting growing pains with their single managed Postgres database. That means they managed to grow to a $2B company on a single mged instance. I bet at they hired engineers around this time who grumbled about not picking a more ‘scalable’ tech.
Ives van Hoorne
@CompuIves
Sep 26, 2018
Super hyped for the new CodeSandbox release tomorrow!