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@mattc0m

VP of Design at CargoSense. I tweet about design, tech, music, games, and DC area happenings. Not a serious individual.

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Figma Console MCP: AI-Powered Design System Management That Changes Everything Discover how Figma Console MCP complements the official Figma MCP by providing complete project-wide context instead of component-specific information. Extract your full design system, manage variable...

Managing design systems through design tokens / bulk variable management is going to be one of the major benefits of using AI in design.

I am 99% certain that this workflow will be how most design teams function in the next few years.

southleft.com/insights/ai/...

10.02.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the animations they had by moving between the difference variable modes type variants looked crazy good. stuff like that may even be somewhat replicable in keynote/PowerPoint just by animating between families.

looking forward to dabble with it

09.02.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Introducing Geist Pixel - Vercel Geist Pixel is a bitmap-inspired typeface built on the same foundations as Geist and Geist Mono, reinterpreted through a strict pixel grid. It’s precise, intentional, and unapologetically digital.

damn, that is pretty hot

vercel.com/blog/introdu...

09.02.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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You know that annoying experience on mobile websites where you need to find the little close button and can't swipe a menu closed?

The solution is simpler than you think.

With basic CSS scroll APIs, you can get built-in interruptible swipe gestures πŸ₯³

16.01.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 272 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 3
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The Astro Technology Company joins Cloudflare | Astro The Astro Technology Company is joining Cloudflare! Astro remains open-source, MIT-licensed, and platform-agnostic. With Cloudflare's support, we're focusing 100% on building the best framework for…

We are joining Cloudflare! astro.build/blog/joining...

16.01.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 344 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 30
Steam website in 2003

Steam website in 2003

On this day in 2003, Steam was launched.

12.09.2025 12:45 πŸ‘ 714 πŸ” 228 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 13

Massive walkout underway at CDC.

RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.

28.08.2025 18:49 πŸ‘ 33037 πŸ” 7675 πŸ’¬ 743 πŸ“Œ 324
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mcbroken is the mcdonald's ice cream machine broken?

man reverse-engineers complex api to ask the age-old question:

is the mcdonalds ice cream machine broken?

mcbroken.com

28.08.2025 22:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Open Source is one person The Register recently published a story titled Putin on the code: DoD reportedly relies on utility written by Russian dev. They should be ashamed of this story. This poor open source developer is gett...

Open Source is one person

opensourcesecurity.io/2025/08-oss-...

28.08.2025 19:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"On the one hand, every scientist and medical expert agrees that vaccines are safe. On the other hand, a guy who's taken every kind of illegal drug ever made and once mutilated a dead whale thinks that they're not. It's hard to know who to trust."

28.08.2025 10:09 πŸ‘ 147 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
The National Design Studio is a Scam - Christopher Butler President Trump’s appointment of AirBnB co-founder Joe Gebbia as β€œChief Design Officer” of the United States is a sickening travesty. It not only

The National Design Studio is a what?!

www.chrbutler.com/the-national...

28.08.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Introducing Areal, Are.na’s New Typeface | Are.na Editorial An interview with Dinamo’s Johannes Breyer on the custom Arial β€œrevival” typeface.

Arena's new font, Areal, feels both nostalgic and new. Love it.

www.are.na/editorial/in...

play with it here: are.al.are.na

26.08.2025 15:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Designing for Ephemerality I’m on an adventure to create beautiful and meaningful products to improve the world for my daughters and their friends.

designing software for its eventual demise

brajeshwar.com/2025/designi...

"Every line of code, every pixel you push into the world, should be crafted with care. Not because it will live forever, but because while it lives, it deserves dignity."

26.08.2025 14:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

from design tokens to life tokens

01.08.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this game looks so unbelievably good. i hate car culture, and this feels 100% satire.

when the bulldozers came out, the trees demolished, and the oil refineries plopped down, couldn't help but lol.

the retro aesthetic is 10/10. very rollercoaster tycoon/simcity 2000. <3

31.07.2025 17:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Leading as an introvert | Anton Sten Why introversion is a leadership strength, not a liability, and how to lead authentically as an introvert.

The design industry needs more leadership styles. Work with your strengths, not against them.
Your team needs the best version of you, not someone else.
What's your experience with different leadership approaches?
www.antonsten.com/articles/lea...

24.07.2025 12:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hacked the matrix again, oopsie

29.07.2025 13:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Alternatives | EuroStack Directory Project We help you find European-made and European-supported digital solutions, including cloud services, open source technologies, and interoperable tools, all designed to promote technological sovereignty ...

great resource.

comprehensive list of open source alternatives to the most popular software/web tools out there.

euro-stack.com/alternatives/

29.07.2025 01:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why is quality so rare? - Linear Now

"Why is quality so rare?" is a question that designers ask every day. Pretty thorough blog on the subject, and a few interesting takeaways.

What are your thoughts on why quality (in software, in services, in most businesses today) is so increasingly rare?

linear.app/blog/why-is-...

28.07.2025 15:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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'You can't raw dog it' says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: 'If you're not using AI, you're going to lose your job to somebody who uses AI' 'I'll be sure to go home and tell people, you're not gonna raw dog this.'

Is there a *single* company that has offered a similar service to an industry and made it profitable with AI?

Not growing. Made profit. Actual, real life money.

I'll wait

Oh, all AI companies are unprofitable and burning through cash at an unprecedented rate? lol

www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...

27.07.2025 03:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Adobe Acrobat Pro and a "not responding" error

name a more classic duo

22.07.2025 00:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
AUTHENTIC Sans A typeface intended for situations where Oriya Sangam MN seems too sophisticated and LiHei Pro too vulgar, or vice versa.

good font. it's great for many situations.

authentic.website/sans.html

21.07.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Starry Eyed Surprise
Starry Eyed Surprise YouTube video by Paul Oakenfold - Topic

2025 needs more early 2000 pop remixes

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rsB...

21.07.2025 14:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed! There's still a powerful early design phase I usually call co-design, where I like to get designers/PMs/whomever in a room/meeting, dragging out components, playing around with layouts, highly experimental.

You're just playing with pre-built pieces rather than inventing things from scratch

21.07.2025 04:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
FIDLAR - "Cheap Beer" (Official Video)
FIDLAR - "Cheap Beer" (Official Video) YouTube video by Noisey

In other news, since @jessicahische.bsky.social did mention FIDLAR.

... best song ever? www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXTc...

19.07.2025 22:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Consider putting the videos or at least a link to YouTube on the site, had no idea there even were videos until the Jessica episode (she mentioned jumping off camera).

Definite value add!

19.07.2025 22:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

i feel like a lot of folks are starting there and putting in the (absolutely insane amount of) work it takes a ton to get out of it

i'm still on that phase

19.07.2025 17:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i got to talk to someone today who did not know about the ceo caught cheating at the coldplay concert, finally understand the thrill of breaking major news

19.07.2025 00:53 πŸ‘ 190 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

ah, yes, nothing like a well-armed police force complete with their warehouse of bombs.

19.07.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel this every time I play Factorio.

Am I just doing work for hours on end? And why is it so fun?

19.07.2025 17:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0