Creative web projects engineered by Sam van Noord

I combine my past experience and my broad business & technical knowledge to design and build digital and analog experiences that feel personal. Below you'll find a curated mix of past projects I can show off.

A horse dating app

Web AppPersonal ProjectAI-assisted

Date: August 2025 - ongoingTime spent: 100+ hours

A playful swipe interface demo featuring horse profiles for secondhorse.nl - its something like tinder for horses - built to experiment with my AI-assisted workflow and interaction design.

Technology used:

Next.js 15 TypeScript Tailwind CSS OpenAI Codex Vercel Postgres Neon Docker

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Home Assistant smart home setup

Smart HomePersonal ProjectAutomation

Date: May - July 2025Time spent: Ongoing tinkering

Centralized Philips Hue, IKEA TRADFRI, and Sonoff devices into a Home Assistant OS hub on a Raspberry Pi with DuckDNS remote access and HACS automations. Built a hallway tablet control panel using WallPanel, custom Sweet Home 3D floorplans, and voice routines to manage lighting, blinds, and media throughout the apartment.

Technology used:

Home Assistant OS Raspberry Pi 3 Zigbee Home Automation (ZHA)HACS DuckDNS WallPanel Sweet Home 3D

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Living Once

E-commerceClient ProjectWordPress

Date: June 2024Time spent: ~18 hours

This is a webshop that I'm hosting and maintaining made for a vintage and design gallery in the north of The Netherlands.

Technology used:

WordPress WooCommerce plugin byvex-woocommerce-starter theme

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50+ Hypotheek

Landing PageClient ProjectWordPress

Date: December 2023Time spent: ~10 hours

For a financial advise company I was asked to create a quick and easy webpage.

Technology used:

WordPress twentytwentyfour Theme Brevo

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Japtocht

EventCommunityWordPress

Date: Active: 2019 - 2022 | Disbanded in 2023Time spent: ~30 hours on the website

What started as a car drive organised primarily for myself and friends, turned into a public event. It went on for some years, with me and my ex girlfriend creating some merchandise and getting enthousiasts together for scenic drives.

Technology used:

WordPress storefront Theme WooCommerce plugin

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Let's build something delightfully useful

If you're brewing an idea that needs a friendly face to help make it reality, let me know. I work best with folks who care about fast feedback loops, humane interfaces, and creating something interesting.

Have you seen my hobby page? I do that nerd stuff for fun.
Are you interested in something I haven't written about(yet)? I've probably heard of it, and might already have some experience with it.
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