Danny Banks
@dbanks.design
Principal Design Technologist. Design Systems. Design tokens. AWS Amplify. Style dictionary. Cats. (He/him)
The bear we built has no butthole Garth. Where's the bear butthole?!?!
January 3, 2026 at 4:19 AM
The bear we built has no butthole Garth. Where's the bear butthole?!?!
Ok but why does this lego tiger have a butthole? My family thinks I'm crazy for questioning this
January 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Ok but why does this lego tiger have a butthole? My family thinks I'm crazy for questioning this
We have horizontal, vertical, and gap scales for spacing tokens
December 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We have horizontal, vertical, and gap scales for spacing tokens
A lot of parenting is just saying "wow" to things that definitely aren't "wow"
December 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A lot of parenting is just saying "wow" to things that definitely aren't "wow"
I have a pretty sweet design engineer/technologist role that just opened: careers.snowflake.com/us/en/job/SN...
Senior Design Engineer | Product | Snowflake Careers
Apply for Senior Design Engineer job with Snowflake in Bellevue, Washington, United States. Product at Snowflake
careers.snowflake.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I have a pretty sweet design engineer/technologist role that just opened: careers.snowflake.com/us/en/job/SN...
Have kids so you can have a 6yo punch you in the stomach because they're angry they had to stop doing something after you tell them it's time to stop. Then 30 minutes later say mother's and father's day is their favorite holiday because it celebrates mommy and daddy.
December 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Have kids so you can have a 6yo punch you in the stomach because they're angry they had to stop doing something after you tell them it's time to stop. Then 30 minutes later say mother's and father's day is their favorite holiday because it celebrates mommy and daddy.
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HEY HEY, the Design Tokens Specification is stable! This is absolutely phenomenal news for the design system community and the technology industry in general. www.w3.org/community/de...
Design Tokens specification reaches first stable version | Design Tokens Community Group
www.w3.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
HEY HEY, the Design Tokens Specification is stable! This is absolutely phenomenal news for the design system community and the technology industry in general. www.w3.org/community/de...
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The two most effective ways your company can support open source:
1. Let your developers have time for open source work.
2. Give each of your developers an annual budget to allocate to whatever OSS projects they think are important.
1. Let your developers have time for open source work.
2. Give each of your developers an annual budget to allocate to whatever OSS projects they think are important.
October 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The two most effective ways your company can support open source:
1. Let your developers have time for open source work.
2. Give each of your developers an annual budget to allocate to whatever OSS projects they think are important.
1. Let your developers have time for open source work.
2. Give each of your developers an annual budget to allocate to whatever OSS projects they think are important.
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Today is the 30th anniversary of Hackers
September 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Today is the 30th anniversary of Hackers
I am not like a sudoku person (I do them sometimes), but I heard about this video on @theverge.com and I had to watch it. It is brilliant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKf9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKf9...
The Miracle Sudoku
YouTube video by Cracking The Cryptic
www.youtube.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I am not like a sudoku person (I do them sometimes), but I heard about this video on @theverge.com and I had to watch it. It is brilliant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKf9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKf9...
The ship has sailed on that one ✂️
August 29, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The ship has sailed on that one ✂️
I got kneed in my penis by my 3yo and then slapped there by my 5yo as he ran through the house. In case anyone was wondering what having kids is like
August 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I got kneed in my penis by my 3yo and then slapped there by my 5yo as he ran through the house. In case anyone was wondering what having kids is like
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📙 📗 📘 📕 The History of Themeable User Interfaces: bradfrost.com/blog/post/th...
It was an incredible experience to write this piece. It blurs together the history of computers, video games, the web, design systems, and my own existence on this planet.
It was an incredible experience to write this piece. It blurs together the history of computers, video games, the web, design systems, and my own existence on this planet.
The History of Themeable User Interfaces
A full-ish history of user interfaces that can be themed to meet the opportunities and constraints of the time
bradfrost.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
📙 📗 📘 📕 The History of Themeable User Interfaces: bradfrost.com/blog/post/th...
It was an incredible experience to write this piece. It blurs together the history of computers, video games, the web, design systems, and my own existence on this planet.
It was an incredible experience to write this piece. It blurs together the history of computers, video games, the web, design systems, and my own existence on this planet.
What a fucking week huh?
August 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
What a fucking week huh?
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📣 Save the Date!
10th Annual Clarity: A Design Systems Retreat
December 2nd–4th, 2025
Palm Springs, California
www.clarityconf.com
Early bird tickets will be available this Friday, August 22nd.
10th Annual Clarity: A Design Systems Retreat
December 2nd–4th, 2025
Palm Springs, California
www.clarityconf.com
Early bird tickets will be available this Friday, August 22nd.
August 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
📣 Save the Date!
10th Annual Clarity: A Design Systems Retreat
December 2nd–4th, 2025
Palm Springs, California
www.clarityconf.com
Early bird tickets will be available this Friday, August 22nd.
10th Annual Clarity: A Design Systems Retreat
December 2nd–4th, 2025
Palm Springs, California
www.clarityconf.com
Early bird tickets will be available this Friday, August 22nd.
Giving designtokenscourse.com a re-watch and other than being an awesome course, which I can't recommend highly enough, I forgot how soothing @bradfrost.com's voice is
Subatomic: The Complete Guide To Design Tokens
An in-depth course on design tokens: concepts, Figma Variables, code, processes, best practices, and more.
designtokenscourse.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Giving designtokenscourse.com a re-watch and other than being an awesome course, which I can't recommend highly enough, I forgot how soothing @bradfrost.com's voice is
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The SPEAKER implies.
The LISTENER infers.
The DUDE abides.
The LISTENER infers.
The DUDE abides.
August 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The SPEAKER implies.
The LISTENER infers.
The DUDE abides.
The LISTENER infers.
The DUDE abides.
Hold up there's a reboot?? What streaming service is it on???
August 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Hold up there's a reboot?? What streaming service is it on???
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Have we pointed out yet that open source is inherently political? And not even in the way that everything is political. In the way that it is a direct political action to reject artificial scarcity and undermine technocratic power.
Speaking of jerkishness... this is from less than 12 hours ago.
August 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Have we pointed out yet that open source is inherently political? And not even in the way that everything is political. In the way that it is a direct political action to reject artificial scarcity and undermine technocratic power.
Slightly diminish a band:
Mild chili peppers
Mild chili peppers
slightly diminish a band:
Mild Anxiety! At The Disco
Mild Anxiety! At The Disco
slightly diminish a band:
REO Stationwagon
REO Stationwagon
August 14, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Slightly diminish a band:
Mild chili peppers
Mild chili peppers
Dang have fun! I've always wanted to see them live!
August 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Dang have fun! I've always wanted to see them live!
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I just published a new blog post about two of my absolute favourite CSS tricks. ✨
www.joshwcomeau.com/animation/pa...
www.joshwcomeau.com/animation/pa...
Partial Keyframes • Josh W. Comeau
CSS Keyframe animations are so much more powerful than most developers realize. In this tutorial, I’ll show you something that completely blew my mind, a technique that makes our keyframe animations s...
www.joshwcomeau.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I just published a new blog post about two of my absolute favourite CSS tricks. ✨
www.joshwcomeau.com/animation/pa...
www.joshwcomeau.com/animation/pa...