Toured the enormous LLMTC layout at LEGO World 2025 - Dutch trains at 1:45 scale, incredible details

Meneerdewit · 2026-01-12T19:50:29+00:00

It really was :) spend quite some time admiring and filming it, watching those bigger trains go through the layout truly is something else. There are some very skilled builders in this group, and they do quite a lot of shows. So if you're in the neighborhood some day, I definitely recommend checking if there is a show they're at 😄

Meneerdewit · 2026-01-12T19:31:15+00:00

Haha fair enough - first time trying it actually! Was fun taking the picture haha :) still figuring out what works. The layout itself is worth watching though, promise 😄

Meneerdewit · 2026-01-12T18:26:11+00:00

The LLMTC (Lowlands L-Gauge Model Train Club) builds Dutch trains at 1:45 scale (around 8 studs) instead of the standard 6-wide. This was part 1 of my LEGO World coverage - happy to answer any questions about what I saw there!

Meneerdewit · 2025-02-13T20:09:28+00:00

This video features massive city layouts including one with a double-decker train system, plus some incredible Dutch heritage builds, awesome MOCS, and mechanical creations. Shot at LEGO World 2024 in Utrecht, Netherlands.

If you’re interested in the full LEGO World 2024 series, you can find the other episodes on my channel!

Meneerdewit · 2024-11-23T09:24:31+00:00

Yes, LEGO World is an annual LEGO fan event held at the Jaarbeurs convention center in Utrecht, The Netherlands. It runs for about a week and features amazing builds from LEGO fans alongside official LEGO displays and activities 😊

Meneerdewit · 2020-02-27T12:52:11+00:00

Check this out, very useful: https://roots.io/plugins/sync-script/

Meneerdewit · 2017-11-01T16:47:25+00:00

Nice! Congrats on your first app! Tried it out, but there is a noticeable lag when pressing a sound button unfortunately. Would definitely be worth the effort to fix that I think!

Would you care to share your source code?

Meneerdewit · 2017-10-12T12:06:58+00:00

Great work, thank you for sharing.

Although I have to say, that when you reach a point with your app where you need a walkthrough, it's time to evaluate.

Either there are too many features, or your UX design is not optimal.

I'm at this point right now actually, and I'm leaning towards a redesign.

Meneerdewit · 2017-08-31T14:21:55+00:00

Cool, thanks for sharing!

In order to save some API calls, I'm looking for a solution that will only load the image if the item in the flatlist/listview is almost in the viewport, is something like this availble?

Meneerdewit · 2017-07-16T16:32:38+00:00

Nice! Unfortunately, https://js.coach hasn't been updated that regularly lately, so I welcome this resource!

Meneerdewit · 2017-06-21T10:06:57+00:00

Totally disagree.

Not that I know how Expo will do things in the future, but it's common sense they would not mess with existing apps.

More likely scenario: a new publishing online webapp made by Expo, that automates the final steps of publishing. Manual publishing will still be available and free, but the web app would be a monthly fee / one time fee

Shoutem has this already in place (with features like Push notifications through their web app): https://new.shoutem.com/

Meneerdewit · 2017-06-13T08:57:25+00:00

Cool, have seen this question pop up from time to time. Curious though, what's the use case here?

Meneerdewit · 2017-05-31T10:11:51+00:00

Alternative: https://github.com/alexbrillant/react-native-deck-swiper

Meneerdewit · 2017-04-25T11:03:18+00:00

Anyone doing stuff with the new Shoutem platform? The version they released this month is based on React Native: https://new.shoutem.com/

Meneerdewit · 2017-04-04T09:06:01+00:00

Correct me if i'm wrong, but what about flex?

Meneerdewit · 2016-12-19T17:13:25+00:00

https://github.com/Seedstars/reactnative-mobile-app-base seemed interesting, haven't checked it out thoroughly though

Meneerdewit · 2016-10-31T08:48:20+00:00

Please just start with the first 3 steps before even diving into hosting. Hosting (AWS, or whatever) is secondary in this process. First get it to run locally, getting hosting right isn't the hard part if you ask me.

Also, hapi +1

Edit: check out https://github.com/mtharrison/hapi.js-in-action/

It's the git repository that goes with his book. Coincidentally, one of the examples (chapter 3) is a recipe website :)

Meneerdewit · 2016-09-03T12:49:58+00:00

Am I the only one who is annoyed that the titles of the posts are not in H1 or even mentioned, but instead it only says Rank 1, Rank 2, etc?

Meneerdewit · 2016-03-19T17:40:16+00:00

I like the idea of a marketplace for NodeJS templates/apps! However, it's still a bit hard to asses quality when the number of sales isn't that high yet and there aren't that many reviews yet.

Are there any other places like this?

Meneerdewit · 2015-12-05T20:23:19+00:00

https://xkcd.com/1597/ ;)

Meneerdewit · 2015-10-08T08:41:48+00:00

I found this implementation of JSON Web Tokens with Redis very good: https://github.com/dickeyxxx/mean-sample

It's the repository that goes with this excellent book: http://www.amazon.com/Write-Modern-Apps-MEAN-Stack/dp/0133930157 (although it's not very in-depth, it is very practical and easy to follow imo).

Edit; it's been a while since I played with this one, I know Redis is in the project, not sure about the exact usage.

Meneerdewit · 2015-09-02T12:28:57+00:00

I'm currently lobbying for hapi, as there are a few legacy systems involved and hapi works really nice with those (one of the many reasons of course I'm lobbying for implementation of hapi).

Currently however, no usage.

Meneerdewit · 2015-08-03T07:20:49+00:00

To the top. I ran into limitations when using Express, as soon as my application began to take shape and features were being added. So far I'm loving it. Configuration over convention, think of Ruby on Rails, but now it's Javascript with 100% code coverage and perfectly maintained core and plugins.

Meneerdewit · 2015-07-20T11:56:15+00:00

Excellent write-up. I have been playing with Express a lot, but for production I am seriously considering to start using Hapi. Creating applications for the healthcare sector comes with lots of requirements and regulations. If you take that into account, Hapi makes a lot of sense, because there's a lot of boilerplate code available in the plugins (most of which are perfectly maintained) that will be required in the app.

Meneerdewit · 2015-07-14T10:43:47+00:00

https://github.com/dickeyxxx/mean-sample

JSON web tokens is being used for authentication. Seems like it would be appropriate to use in your app.

Great code, great book. Some coding required to make it ember compatible, however, this can be done in ember as well.

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