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Design systems architect (consultant), business & service designer, frontend engineer. http://varya.me Ptz ↠ MSK (YNDX) ↠ AMS ↠ HEL.

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a man is crying while laying on a couch with his eyes closed . ALT: a man is crying while laying on a couch with his eyes closed .

Family talk at breakfast today:

Hubby: I went to a second-hand shop today and saw they were selling comics from year 85.
Kid: Wait, what? There hasn’t even been a year 85 yet!

22.02.2026 09:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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If you know who they are, you are about 103 yo.

20.02.2026 18:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kaakao life!

19.02.2026 13:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I’m at a meetup and Tony Kovanen educates the audience on agents. Looks super useful!

18.02.2026 16:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

1pm, I ran out of tokens in both Cursor and Claude Code -> early pick up from the day care for the kids, the are getting the mom day, yay!

18.02.2026 11:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Life in Finland

03.01.2026 10:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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That’s me…

01.01.2026 17:58 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

My biggest productivity life hack is: writing things down

30.12.2025 04:01 👍 54 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 0
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Kap - Capture your screen An open-source screen recorder built with web technology

I found a new tool today. Called Kap and makes GIFs out of screen captures. It's free and super easy to use!

getkap.co

29.12.2025 19:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Designers! 🎨 Ready to stop playing "prompt roulette" when [vibe] coding?

Join Sherif and me for a hands-on workshop. We'll show you a systematic way to get predictable results from Cursor. It's perfect for bridging the design-dev gap in 2026. ✨

Jan 27 • 9am PST / 6pm CET
luma.com/bx46lust

29.12.2025 09:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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When you have a toddler at home

28.12.2025 15:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Best content at Design Systems London meetup

11.11.2025 18:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A cup of coffee on a busy street

11.11.2025 12:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Finnish mind cannot comprehend this

10.11.2025 16:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Tokens naming convention I follow in my projects 👇

Prefix → Category → Group → Entity → Modifier → ID (each part is optional)

Examples:
- ds/color/global/blue/50 - Global color palette
- ds/color/concept/brand/base - Conceptual brand color
- ds/input/border/focus - Component-specific state

06.11.2025 21:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Don’t be! We get charged in summer 🤣

02.11.2025 10:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hey from Finland! To me what helps is to get up with light. For that, light alarm but also - smart lamps in the living room and kitchen. So that it’s bright there when I step out of the bedroom.

02.11.2025 08:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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I was wondering why the windows in the ladies’ section in the gym were frosted, it would be nice to look outside. Then I suddenly realized why. What a f***ing world we’re living in. 🫠

01.11.2025 15:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Technical Assessment started and... ended right away.

Note: This is even before they had a look at my CV. I never got a call from an HR, maybe the position doesn't even exist and they just forgot to take the role off the website.

30.10.2025 07:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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$1,000,000 — that’s how much my first client earned by investing in a design system.
… and that was a long time ago, the numbers have only grown since then.
Do you need to prove that #designsystems worth it? I’ve got plenty of materials that can help you build a strong case and I am happy to share.

09.10.2025 06:15 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Sil said that there will be pitches from stage, so I committed something to show the very last moment right from the audience! Let’s see how it works :-)

23.09.2025 17:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Greeting from Spotify’s roof! @ Stockholm

23.09.2025 16:29 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bridge the Gap Events | Bridge-The-Gap - design systems consulting and workshops Workshops, conferences, and other events by Bridge the Gap

Finally got around to organizing everything about our #DesignSystems Breakfast series by Bridge the Gap. We don't record because it's more like friends meeting up rather than anything official, but it's nice to have links to all our speakers and their topics.

Full archive: bridge-the-gap.dev/events

10.09.2025 06:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ideal weather to ride a carriage with a little princess!

09.09.2025 12:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New life chapter!

31.08.2025 16:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Applied for a job. CV says "Finnish C1". In the cover letter (in Finnish) I mention that too. Result: rejected because Finnish language skills are mandatory. They must mean Finnish skill of my granny (as usual) 🤣

25.08.2025 11:53 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hey design system friends! | Bridge The Gap Hey design system friends! 🌟 Welcome our next Design Systems Breakfast featuring Vladislav Shkodin, a Frontend Tech Lead with over 15 years of experience in frontend development! Vladislav will be d...

Attention Europe-based design system fellows! We have the next breakfast on Sept 4th (Thursday) 🎉

The topic: UnoCSS: Instant On-demand Atomic CSS Engine, that nobody speaks about (but they should)

The event is super casual, join and sip your coffee!

See here: www.linkedin.com/posts/bridge...

20.08.2025 14:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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-10kg, 180 days sharp

17.08.2025 07:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hubby, can you just drink in the forest like all the other guys?!
(that’s a half of it)

12.08.2025 16:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New me

10.08.2025 18:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0