Lynx
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product engineering / design
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This is a wonderful post explaining how to make animations feel "right" (or why sometimes you don't need to animate at all). 👇
emilkowal.ski/ui/you-dont-...
emilkowal.ski/ui/you-dont-...
September 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is a wonderful post explaining how to make animations feel "right" (or why sometimes you don't need to animate at all). 👇
emilkowal.ski/ui/you-dont-...
emilkowal.ski/ui/you-dont-...
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Literally, I feel like everything in the atproto ecosystem is designed by engineers and no one cares to do better. Everything feels like modern geocities, which is cool but not going to convert normies.
August 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Literally, I feel like everything in the atproto ecosystem is designed by engineers and no one cares to do better. Everything feels like modern geocities, which is cool but not going to convert normies.
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I run Void, an AI agent on Bluesky that remembers every interaction its ever had.
Basically Grok, but people actually like it -- it has nearly 1k followers and extremely positive reviews.
I wrote a blog post about how I built it.
cameron.pfiffer.org/blog/void/
Basically Grok, but people actually like it -- it has nearly 1k followers and extremely positive reviews.
I wrote a blog post about how I built it.
cameron.pfiffer.org/blog/void/
July 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I run Void, an AI agent on Bluesky that remembers every interaction its ever had.
Basically Grok, but people actually like it -- it has nearly 1k followers and extremely positive reviews.
I wrote a blog post about how I built it.
cameron.pfiffer.org/blog/void/
Basically Grok, but people actually like it -- it has nearly 1k followers and extremely positive reviews.
I wrote a blog post about how I built it.
cameron.pfiffer.org/blog/void/
what happened to apple? a company world-renowned for their design & perfectionism shipping this?
March 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
what happened to apple? a company world-renowned for their design & perfectionism shipping this?
dude I LOVE the Discord redesign actually, if only just for compact mode
I'm not on a touchscreen! I should be able to see more than a handful of things at a time and they don't need to be spaced out
this is really nice!!! good work @discord.com
I'm not on a touchscreen! I should be able to see more than a handful of things at a time and they don't need to be spaced out
this is really nice!!! good work @discord.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
dude I LOVE the Discord redesign actually, if only just for compact mode
I'm not on a touchscreen! I should be able to see more than a handful of things at a time and they don't need to be spaced out
this is really nice!!! good work @discord.com
I'm not on a touchscreen! I should be able to see more than a handful of things at a time and they don't need to be spaced out
this is really nice!!! good work @discord.com
wow, they haven't updated this in so long
"Go to iTunes"
"Go to iTunes"
March 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
wow, they haven't updated this in so long
"Go to iTunes"
"Go to iTunes"
A really small, nice thing I love about calling Apple for support is that during the initial call, before putting you in the queue, they ask you to pick your choice of hold music:
- pop
- classical
- jazz
- silence
So often hold music is obnoxious, the option for silence is extra appreciated
- pop
- classical
- jazz
- silence
So often hold music is obnoxious, the option for silence is extra appreciated
March 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A really small, nice thing I love about calling Apple for support is that during the initial call, before putting you in the queue, they ask you to pick your choice of hold music:
- pop
- classical
- jazz
- silence
So often hold music is obnoxious, the option for silence is extra appreciated
- pop
- classical
- jazz
- silence
So often hold music is obnoxious, the option for silence is extra appreciated
wow the discord.js docs still recommend so much CJS/require usage in the year of our lord 2025
March 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
wow the discord.js docs still recommend so much CJS/require usage in the year of our lord 2025
delightful UI courtesy of @github.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
delightful UI courtesy of @github.com
I’ve clung tightly to VS Code since 2017 but my hatred for Electron apps keeps growing, so I’ve finally switched to @zed.dev 🖤
lack of git in Zed held me back for the last ~year — tried lazygit recently by recommendation and loving it, no more reason to stick with VS Code
lack of git in Zed held me back for the last ~year — tried lazygit recently by recommendation and loving it, no more reason to stick with VS Code
February 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I’ve clung tightly to VS Code since 2017 but my hatred for Electron apps keeps growing, so I’ve finally switched to @zed.dev 🖤
lack of git in Zed held me back for the last ~year — tried lazygit recently by recommendation and loving it, no more reason to stick with VS Code
lack of git in Zed held me back for the last ~year — tried lazygit recently by recommendation and loving it, no more reason to stick with VS Code
I hate try/catch generally for this reason. people tend to try to safely abort all states and things end up in a weird state
when developing, I like to pop a `throw error;` after handling expected error cases so things don’t go into a weird state or go unnoticed/ignored via a safe log
when developing, I like to pop a `throw error;` after handling expected error cases so things don’t go into a weird state or go unnoticed/ignored via a safe log
recent mantra: not all uncaught errors are bad. sometimes the best failure mode is a crash instead of going into an unstable state. make the bug stare you in the face until you fix it
February 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I hate try/catch generally for this reason. people tend to try to safely abort all states and things end up in a weird state
when developing, I like to pop a `throw error;` after handling expected error cases so things don’t go into a weird state or go unnoticed/ignored via a safe log
when developing, I like to pop a `throw error;` after handling expected error cases so things don’t go into a weird state or go unnoticed/ignored via a safe log
recent mantra: not all uncaught errors are bad. sometimes the best failure mode is a crash instead of going into an unstable state. make the bug stare you in the face until you fix it
February 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
recent mantra: not all uncaught errors are bad. sometimes the best failure mode is a crash instead of going into an unstable state. make the bug stare you in the face until you fix it
got nerdsniped by Zig and now I’m deep in the trenches writing Objective-C through zig-objc
GitHub - mitchellh/zig-objc: Objective-C runtime bindings for Zig (Zig calling ObjC).
Objective-C runtime bindings for Zig (Zig calling ObjC). - mitchellh/zig-objc
github.com
February 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
got nerdsniped by Zig and now I’m deep in the trenches writing Objective-C through zig-objc
I wanna build some forum software that feels straight outta 2012. minimal frontend overhead, but has some modern QOL things we’ve come to expect
not the most practical or useful project but would be a lot of fun to build from the ground up
maybe a good weekend project soon™
not the most practical or useful project but would be a lot of fun to build from the ground up
maybe a good weekend project soon™
February 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I wanna build some forum software that feels straight outta 2012. minimal frontend overhead, but has some modern QOL things we’ve come to expect
not the most practical or useful project but would be a lot of fun to build from the ground up
maybe a good weekend project soon™
not the most practical or useful project but would be a lot of fun to build from the ground up
maybe a good weekend project soon™
This was a lot of fun to work on!
Previously we had a big PNG from a mesh gradient tool embedded in the SVG, but we needed a way smaller full-vector version to ship to the browser and in the app bundle.
The new logo is made of a bunch of layered gradients, and I think it still looks fantastic :)
Previously we had a big PNG from a mesh gradient tool embedded in the SVG, but we needed a way smaller full-vector version to ship to the browser and in the app bundle.
The new logo is made of a bunch of layered gradients, and I think it still looks fantastic :)
February 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This was a lot of fun to work on!
Previously we had a big PNG from a mesh gradient tool embedded in the SVG, but we needed a way smaller full-vector version to ship to the browser and in the app bundle.
The new logo is made of a bunch of layered gradients, and I think it still looks fantastic :)
Previously we had a big PNG from a mesh gradient tool embedded in the SVG, but we needed a way smaller full-vector version to ship to the browser and in the app bundle.
The new logo is made of a bunch of layered gradients, and I think it still looks fantastic :)
I can’t pinpoint precisely why I love it so much, but this is still one of my favorite single UI components I’ve designed in a while
February 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I can’t pinpoint precisely why I love it so much, but this is still one of my favorite single UI components I’ve designed in a while
• I’m looking for work! •
After nearly three years of work since the founding of @spacedrive.com, I’m looking for somewhere new to contribute.
If you know a team looking for a great designer and/or developer, please get in touch. All leads & reposts are appreciated!
After nearly three years of work since the founding of @spacedrive.com, I’m looking for somewhere new to contribute.
If you know a team looking for a great designer and/or developer, please get in touch. All leads & reposts are appreciated!
February 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
• I’m looking for work! •
After nearly three years of work since the founding of @spacedrive.com, I’m looking for somewhere new to contribute.
If you know a team looking for a great designer and/or developer, please get in touch. All leads & reposts are appreciated!
After nearly three years of work since the founding of @spacedrive.com, I’m looking for somewhere new to contribute.
If you know a team looking for a great designer and/or developer, please get in touch. All leads & reposts are appreciated!
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The @motion.dev library has full Astro support now. Want a bouncy button with zero JS? just define:vars ✨
January 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The @motion.dev library has full Astro support now. Want a bouncy button with zero JS? just define:vars ✨
Really pleased working with HTMX recently. Wasn’t expecting to like it as much as I do, using it with server-side JSX in Hono is an unexpectedly good time
</> htmx - high power tools for html
htmx gives you access to AJAX, CSS Transitions, WebSockets and Server Sent Events directly in HTML, using attributes, so you can build modern user interfaces with the simplicity and power of hypertext...
htmx.org
January 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Really pleased working with HTMX recently. Wasn’t expecting to like it as much as I do, using it with server-side JSX in Hono is an unexpectedly good time