Dan Harlow
@danielkharlow.bsky.social
Digital product designer (he/him)
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Dan Harlow
@danielkharlow.bsky.social
· Feb 26
I keep debating if I should pivot my career away from design and into the void.
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clocking in to the “I constantly feel like I’m failing” factory
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
clocking in to the “I constantly feel like I’m failing” factory
Finally watched Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and it’s all I’m going to want to talk about for a while.
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Finally watched Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and it’s all I’m going to want to talk about for a while.
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I like how these guys get to have it both ways
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
Google boss says trillion-dollar AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'
In an exclusive BBC interview, Sundar Pichai hailed artificial intelligence as an "extraordinary moment" but said no company would be immune if bubble burst.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I like how these guys get to have it both ways
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
Updated my portfolio for (hopefully) the last time in my 2025 job search. Still tinkering and tweaking assets/copy, but very happy with how it acts and feels: danharlow.com
Dan Harlow
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danharlow.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Updated my portfolio for (hopefully) the last time in my 2025 job search. Still tinkering and tweaking assets/copy, but very happy with how it acts and feels: danharlow.com
For the sake of my brain, I’m not on here much. I’m more active writing snarky movie reviews on Letterboxd and posting my dumb hobby photography on Instagram. You can find me @danielkharlow on both of those.
October 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
For the sake of my brain, I’m not on here much. I’m more active writing snarky movie reviews on Letterboxd and posting my dumb hobby photography on Instagram. You can find me @danielkharlow on both of those.
Can’t wait to sink my teeth into this. Congrats @tyler-m.bsky.social !!
August 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Can’t wait to sink my teeth into this. Congrats @tyler-m.bsky.social !!
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Hi! I will never subscribe to your Substack.
July 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Hi! I will never subscribe to your Substack.
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Oh this? This is an automation tool we created 5 years ago, which we're now rebranding as "AI" to give the impression that we're still growing as a business.
July 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Oh this? This is an automation tool we created 5 years ago, which we're now rebranding as "AI" to give the impression that we're still growing as a business.
I didn’t learn until today that the blending of idioms is called a malaphor: “you’ve opened this can of worms- now lie in it.”
July 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I didn’t learn until today that the blending of idioms is called a malaphor: “you’ve opened this can of worms- now lie in it.”
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I am simply begging companies to stop replacing search bars that work perfectly well with AI chat bars that don't
July 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I am simply begging companies to stop replacing search bars that work perfectly well with AI chat bars that don't
My apartment started flooding at 9:30pm and I’m finally finishing up cleaning the debris at 2am. Living in a “charming” old building is so dumb sometimes.
July 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
My apartment started flooding at 9:30pm and I’m finally finishing up cleaning the debris at 2am. Living in a “charming” old building is so dumb sometimes.
This feels very targeted at @philmcandrew.bsky.social and @regrethorse.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This feels very targeted at @philmcandrew.bsky.social and @regrethorse.bsky.social
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“Do not publish your designs on the web with Figma sites unless you want to fail all the WCAGs, create litigation risk, close off opportunities in Europe, engage in reputational harm, and oh yeah, throw up barriers to your customers and users.”
adrianroselli.com/2025/05/do-n... #a11y
adrianroselli.com/2025/05/do-n... #a11y
Do Not Publish Your Designs on the Web with Figma Sites…
…Unless you want to fail all the WCAGs, create litigation risk, close off opportunities in Europe, engage in reputational harm, and oh yeah, throw up barriers to your customers and users. What am I…
adrianroselli.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“Do not publish your designs on the web with Figma sites unless you want to fail all the WCAGs, create litigation risk, close off opportunities in Europe, engage in reputational harm, and oh yeah, throw up barriers to your customers and users.”
adrianroselli.com/2025/05/do-n... #a11y
adrianroselli.com/2025/05/do-n... #a11y
Oh god I have to spend the rest of my life with myself and the font choices I’ve made
July 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Oh god I have to spend the rest of my life with myself and the font choices I’ve made
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A lotta guys post about being on the SomethingAwful forums like they were in 'Nam
June 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A lotta guys post about being on the SomethingAwful forums like they were in 'Nam
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Currently at the “maybe Ted Kaczynski had some good points” stage of dealing with AI in my job search.
March 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Currently at the “maybe Ted Kaczynski had some good points” stage of dealing with AI in my job search.
Couldn’t get a good photo of this absolute dingus I saw on his bike, but he was an early 20s white guy in a Sun Ra shirt who looked soooooo pleased with himself
June 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Couldn’t get a good photo of this absolute dingus I saw on his bike, but he was an early 20s white guy in a Sun Ra shirt who looked soooooo pleased with himself
There’s a phaser on this song’s guitar solo (around the 1:41 mark) that is so deliberately obnoxious that I can’t help but respect it.
music.apple.com/us/album/in-...
music.apple.com/us/album/in-...
In Real Life by RIP Dunes on Apple Music
Song · 2023 · Duration 4:58
music.apple.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
There’s a phaser on this song’s guitar solo (around the 1:41 mark) that is so deliberately obnoxious that I can’t help but respect it.
music.apple.com/us/album/in-...
music.apple.com/us/album/in-...
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Love how I have to dedicate so much time to job hunting and very little time to things that matter i.e. spitting in the open windows of cars parked in bike lanes.
June 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Love how I have to dedicate so much time to job hunting and very little time to things that matter i.e. spitting in the open windows of cars parked in bike lanes.
(Dave Grohl voice) therrrre gooooes myyyyy herooooo
June 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
(Dave Grohl voice) therrrre gooooes myyyyy herooooo
Summer is the worst season for anything. This will be my stance until months from now when the temperatures finally fall back into those sweet sweet 50s.
June 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Summer is the worst season for anything. This will be my stance until months from now when the temperatures finally fall back into those sweet sweet 50s.
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ARIA! It exists and on a long enough timeline you'll need to use it. Here's how to get into the right headspace to do so! #a11y www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/06/what...
What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Getting Into ARIA — Smashing Magazine
[Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/aria/) is an inevitability when working on web accessibility. That said, it’s everyone’s first time learning ...
www.smashingmagazine.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
ARIA! It exists and on a long enough timeline you'll need to use it. Here's how to get into the right headspace to do so! #a11y www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/06/what...
Love how I have to dedicate so much time to job hunting and very little time to things that matter i.e. spitting in the open windows of cars parked in bike lanes.
June 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Love how I have to dedicate so much time to job hunting and very little time to things that matter i.e. spitting in the open windows of cars parked in bike lanes.