Senior Full-stack Developer, Entrepreneur and Tinkerer. Welcome to my site to learn more about me and my projects!https://olli.works/enCopyright 2026 Oliver Granlundhttps://olli.works/blog/visiting-our-nagu-distillery-whisky-cask/https://olli.works/blog/visiting-our-nagu-distillery-whisky-cask/I finally visited Nagu Distillery's new premises and got to see and taste our shared whisky cask for the first time.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:34:00 GMTwhiskyhttps://olli.works/blog/2026-website-improvements/https://olli.works/blog/2026-website-improvements/Phase two of the site refresh: QwikCity tested and scrapped, Tina visual editing in Astro, LLM benchmarking, further image optimizations, and a drafted search feature.Sat, 09 May 2026 20:50:48 GMTdevelopmenthttps://olli.works/blog/2025-website-refresh/https://olli.works/blog/2025-website-refresh/My old website had flaws. See how I rebuilt my entire site from Hugo to a new Astro/Qwik stack, fixing broken services and hitting perfect Lighthouse score. Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:45:00 GMTdevelopmentpresentationhttps://olli.works/blog/how-fmkcfi-was-built/https://olli.works/blog/how-fmkcfi-was-built/A quick project to make a website for the Finnish Mechanical Keyboard Community to have a proper place to host information about the community.Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:30:00 GMTdevelopmenthttps://olli.works/blog/nagu-cask-sharing/https://olli.works/blog/nagu-cask-sharing/A rare opportunity to own a share of the first whisky barrels aged by Nagu Distillery!Mon, 26 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTwhiskyhttps://olli.works/blog/neito-rev.2-collab-callout/https://olli.works/blog/neito-rev.2-collab-callout/I'ts been too long since Rev. 1, but sometimes life happens and things take longer than anticipated. Now, however, progression has happened!Fri, 03 Jan 2025 04:00:00 GMTkeyboardshttps://olli.works/blog/vortex-model-m-ssk-kit-review-sponsored/https://olli.works/blog/vortex-model-m-ssk-kit-review-sponsored/Review of the new Vortex Model M SSK keyboard Kit. This is a sponsored review but I'm not sensored in any way and can give my honest opinions.Sat, 13 Apr 2024 19:00:00 GMTkeyboardshttps://olli.works/blog/vortex-hellcat-keyboard-review-sponsored/https://olli.works/blog/vortex-hellcat-keyboard-review-sponsored/Review of the new Vortex & MiTo Hellcat keyboard kit. Despite this being a sponsored review I'm allowed to give my honest opinion on the keyboard.Mon, 06 Nov 2023 22:00:00 GMTkeyboardshttps://olli.works/blog/wordcamp-finland-2023/https://olli.works/blog/wordcamp-finland-2023/I was invited to talk at WordCamp Finland on a very short notice. A short story about me facing my biggest audience so far.Mon, 30 Oct 2023 20:00:00 GMTpresentationhttps://olli.works/blog/a-long-awaited-update/https://olli.works/blog/a-long-awaited-update/It's been a while since the last post on my blog. A lot of things have happened and there simply hasn't been enough time to give some love to my blog. Despite the turbulence, certain projects have actually progressed.Mon, 26 Jun 2023 07:00:00 GMTdiyhttps://olli.works/blog/vortex-pc66-keyboard-review-sponsored/https://olli.works/blog/vortex-pc66-keyboard-review-sponsored/Review of the semi-popular Vortex PC66 keyboard. Despite this being a sponsored review I'm allowed to give my honest opinion on the keyboard.Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:05:07 GMTkeyboardshttps://olli.works/blog/modern-diy-repairs/https://olli.works/blog/modern-diy-repairs/When something breaks, do you toss it or try to fix it? As a tinkerer (and a bit of a cheapskate), I’ve repaired all kinds of uncommon items over the years. Here’s some inspiration to help you repair more and waste less.Fri, 07 Oct 2022 06:00:00 GMTdiyhttps://olli.works/blog/share-a-whisky-cask-with-me/https://olli.works/blog/share-a-whisky-cask-with-me/This is a thing I've wanted to do for a long time but it makes no sense to buy a whole barrel for yourself. Come and share a whisky cask with me!Sat, 05 Feb 2022 12:47:33 GMTwhiskyhttps://olli.works/blog/keyboardpresentation-at-fraktio-hq/https://olli.works/blog/keyboardpresentation-at-fraktio-hq/I'm held a presentation about mechanical keyboards at Fraktio 10.12.2021 at 16:00. The presentation could be attended physically but there was also a stream for those who couldn't attend.Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:46:21 GMTkeyboardspresentationhttps://olli.works/blog/bypassing-shitnewspaper-plus-subscription/https://olli.works/blog/bypassing-shitnewspaper-plus-subscription/I noticed one day that a certain shitnewspaper "Plus" service doesn't really need the paid subscription to read articles behind paywall.Thu, 18 Nov 2021 16:52:34 GMTdevelopmenthttps://olli.works/blog/neito-rev.2-interest-check/https://olli.works/blog/neito-rev.2-interest-check/Let me know of your expectations of Rev. 2. I'm already working on something new. If you missed Rev. 1, this might be your chance on getting a Neito.Tue, 19 Oct 2021 03:59:47 GMTkeyboardshttps://olli.works/blog/story-of-the-neito-keyboard/https://olli.works/blog/story-of-the-neito-keyboard/Creating Neito and running a GB without any experience, what could go wrong. In this blog post I'll open up about the whole Neito project, how it started and how its GB went. It has been a rocky road.Tue, 06 Jul 2021 21:29:47 GMTkeyboardshttps://olli.works/blog/neito-rev-1.0-keyboard-build-guide/https://olli.works/blog/neito-rev-1.0-keyboard-build-guide/This is the build guide for Neito Rev 1.0 keyboard. It's recommended to briefly read this through before starting the assembly.Fri, 04 Jun 2021 14:20:57 GMTkeyboardshttps://olli.works/blog/want-to-share-a-whisky-cask/https://olli.works/blog/want-to-share-a-whisky-cask/I've been thinking about having a own whiskey cask but buying one alone doesn't really make sense, however buying in a group yields a more manageable amount of bottles per person. Are you interested in sharing a cask with me?Mon, 24 May 2021 11:54:10 GMTwhiskyhttps://olli.works/blog/diy-whisky-glass-lid/https://olli.works/blog/diy-whisky-glass-lid/I found a really nice looking whiskey glass lid that was sold in the US. Buying that lid as a European would have caused high shipping and taxes so I decided on giving a shot creating the product by myself.Sat, 22 May 2021 07:34:20 GMTdiywhiskyhttps://olli.works/blog/animating-matrix-of-items-with-just-css/https://olli.works/blog/animating-matrix-of-items-with-just-css/Exploring my idea of creating animated visuals with the help of SCSSFri, 02 Apr 2021 06:49:18 GMTdevelopmenthttps://olli.works/blog/neito-group-buy-a-alice-like-keyboard-with-iso-support/https://olli.works/blog/neito-group-buy-a-alice-like-keyboard-with-iso-support/I wanted a Alice keyboard but didn't want to settle on the ANSI-layout. There wasn't really a single alternative keyboard that filled my need so I decided to make one myself!Tue, 09 Feb 2021 22:00:00 GMTkeyboardshttps://olli.works/blog/my-keyboard-journey/https://olli.works/blog/my-keyboard-journey/How I got into this silly hobby of mechanical keyboards and what I've learned over the years. I can tell you, mistakes teach well!Fri, 01 Jan 2021 15:12:35 GMTkeyboardshttps://olli.works/blog/lets-talk-about-mechanical-keyboards/https://olli.works/blog/lets-talk-about-mechanical-keyboards/What makes a custom mechanical keyboard? I've listed here a short brief of everything you need to know!Sun, 27 Dec 2020 22:00:00 GMTkeyboardshttps://olli.works/blog/cycling-espoo-hanko-espoo/https://olli.works/blog/cycling-espoo-hanko-espoo/I had always wanted to do a longer cycling trip. In the summer of 2019, I decided to go for it. The trip turned out to be harder than expected.Fri, 25 Dec 2020 14:00:14 GMTcyclinghttps://olli.works/blog/dipping-my-toes-into-jamstack/https://olli.works/blog/dipping-my-toes-into-jamstack/Testing the development experience of Hugo + Forestry CMSWed, 23 Dec 2020 22:00:00 GMTdevelopment