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Dave DeSandro
@desandro.com
Front-end engineer
I’m disappointed the working group decided against using “masonry.”Dropping a conventional term with 15 years of history for pedantry
So it looks like masonry style layouts are going to be created with display: grid-lanes.

github.com/w3c/csswg-dr...

There were a lot of names proposed, and after some polling, this one was pretty heavily favoured.

There were a few others I liked more, but I think it's a good choice.
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
tri vortex
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Reposted by Dave DeSandro
I made a plugin for @figma.com that lets you make perspective warps of any shape.

It's something I've wanted for years, so I finally sat down and made it. Maybe you'll find it useful too! :)

🔗 figma.com/community/plugin/1563978742419168011/perspect

#figma
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Whipped coil
October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
One-eyed devil. Just fooling around with circles and squares until I landed on this guy. Reminded me of the Mega Man boss
October 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Reposted by Dave DeSandro
🔵 🟥
new game: tic-tac-to3

i've wanted to make a simple game using @desandro.com 's wonderful Zdog library for a long time. it's just 3d tic tac toe, but it's also a bit of a spatial puzzle.

enjoy! tombrinton.com/games/tic-ta...
October 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Folded asterisk. Recycle logo derivative. Thin stripes won’t reduce well, but they were my fav
October 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Tri-star. Started out trying to fit 3 stars in a circle, like Tennessee
October 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Rabbit head. Designed around the nose V shape
October 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Q bird. Not sure what the top left semi circle represents, but it needed it.
October 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Asterisk arrow. Gonna have to check prior art for this one
October 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Mean mouse. Lucked into this one while exploring these shapes. Almost had to go with the clown
September 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Orbital. Amping up the contrast of the rings juiced it up
September 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Viewfinder
September 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Reclaiming the punisher skull with corporate memphis
September 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Swirlie
September 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Bear bot
September 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Pucker. I usually roll my eyes at construction outlines, but composing this one with the same size circle is pretty sick
September 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Butterfly sparkle
September 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Remarkable end times headline www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
August 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Reposted by Dave DeSandro
Happy Friday! I’m so excited to finally launch Cells.

Cells is built around a flexible three-layer animation system and supports multiple input sources, letting you create intricate real-time animations by controlling individual elements, grid-wide patterns, and shaders.

cel.ls
July 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Reposted by Dave DeSandro
CSS masonry is going into developer trial (behind a flag) in Chromium. Learn how to test the implementation and give your feedback in this post from the Microsoft Edge team developer.chrome.com/blog/masonry... #css
Brick by brick: Help us build CSS Masonry  |  Blog  |  Chrome for Developers
Help test the proposed masonry syntax in Chromium.
developer.chrome.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
wake up babe new Edgerunners x Beach House trailer that was molecularly curated to stimulate your frontal lobe just dropped www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjhR...
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 | Official Teaser | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
www.youtube.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Reposted by Dave DeSandro
"The actual bottlenecks were code reviews, knowledge transfer through mentoring and pairing, testing, debugging, and the human overhead of coordination and communication.

All of this wrapped inside the labyrinth of tickets, planning meetings, and agile rituals."

ordep.dev/posts/writin...
Writing Code Was Never The Bottleneck
LLMs make it easier to write code, but understanding, reviewing, and maintaining it still takes time, trust, and good judgment.
ordep.dev
July 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Lansbury font is my Rosetta stone
July 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM