About us
Hello, my name is Jari van Menxel. I’m an idealistic software developer and founder of Van Menxel Solutions. My hobbies are reading, bicycling, exploring nature and playing guitar. I am vegan, active at the Party for the Animals and active at Animal Rebellion.
“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian.”
—Paul McCartney
When I was fourteen I started programming as a hobby. Finding it enjoyable and interesting, I started following the computer science course at my high school. After that I studied computer science at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. After graduating, I had a job as a software developer for a couple of years.
In the summer of 2024 I started Van Menxel Solutions. We develop sustainable websites and web apps.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a sustainable website?
The internet uses energy. A lot of energy. There are estimates that the internet causes about 4% of the yearly total CO2 emissions. That is about as much as the entire aviation industry!
Although visiting a website does not use much power on its own, it definitely contributes to the overall amount of emissions. Storage, transport and processing of data all cost energy. Which means that if we have less data, we also use less energy.
Our definition of a sustainable website is a website that is small, while still achieving its purpose. Concretely this means that we strive for web pages smaller than 1 MB. Shouldn’t this be easily achievable in most cases?
What are your skills?
My background lies in the technical aspects of front end web development. As a front end developer I’ve worked together with UX designers and back end developers to build web based solutions. I also became familiar with various techniques out of my own interest, as programming still is a hobby of mine. I feel very comfortable with:
- JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS, HTML
- React
- REST API’s
- Node.js and NPM
- Git
- WordPress
- Linux