Alberto Calvo
@intemperie.me
Design systems, experience languages, and how teams shape work that feels clear, considerate, and connected.
Sharing reflections at faro.intemperie.me. Previously at Maze, Cabify, Sketch, and more.
Introvert dad🎗️
Sharing reflections at faro.intemperie.me. Previously at Maze, Cabify, Sketch, and more.
Introvert dad🎗️
Reposted by Alberto Calvo
What makes this campaign powerful is not what it explains, but what it reveals.
🎥 Credit:
“The world is harder when it wasn’t designed for you”
Created by the Vozes da Inclusão Institute, dedicated to accessibility and inclusion.
Shared by @theadnetwork
🎥 Credit:
“The world is harder when it wasn’t designed for you”
Created by the Vozes da Inclusão Institute, dedicated to accessibility and inclusion.
Shared by @theadnetwork
December 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
What makes this campaign powerful is not what it explains, but what it reveals.
🎥 Credit:
“The world is harder when it wasn’t designed for you”
Created by the Vozes da Inclusão Institute, dedicated to accessibility and inclusion.
Shared by @theadnetwork
🎥 Credit:
“The world is harder when it wasn’t designed for you”
Created by the Vozes da Inclusão Institute, dedicated to accessibility and inclusion.
Shared by @theadnetwork
Reposted by Alberto Calvo
Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
December 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
Belated Santa present. Frenzy.
December 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Belated Santa present. Frenzy.
I wrapped up writing the first 2026 Faro article.
It’s about identity and expression, not as a traditional branding debate, but as a systems problem.
I just need to prepare the image assets now. Really excited to share!
It’s about identity and expression, not as a traditional branding debate, but as a systems problem.
I just need to prepare the image assets now. Really excited to share!
December 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I wrapped up writing the first 2026 Faro article.
It’s about identity and expression, not as a traditional branding debate, but as a systems problem.
I just need to prepare the image assets now. Really excited to share!
It’s about identity and expression, not as a traditional branding debate, but as a systems problem.
I just need to prepare the image assets now. Really excited to share!
I’m gonna make “scroll-y-telling” my word to describe sites that hijack scrolling or abuse scrolling effects to the point of nausea. It fits perfectly.
also, “scroll-y-telling”. 🤢
December 21, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I’m gonna make “scroll-y-telling” my word to describe sites that hijack scrolling or abuse scrolling effects to the point of nausea. It fits perfectly.
This is nowhere near the quality and tangibility that @nerdy.dev was providing. Quite disappointing, Google.
It's really sad that Chrome laid off one of the world's best CSS developer-designers, and now they have to fake demos of web features. youtu.be/d8J0vs-bEPE?...
Create Scroll-Triggered Animations with CSS
YouTube video by Chrome for Developers
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This is nowhere near the quality and tangibility that @nerdy.dev was providing. Quite disappointing, Google.
Fuck 😖
AI consumed as much water as the water bottle industry this year.
It also created as much carbon pollution as New York City, according to a new study.
www.theverge.com/news/845831/...
It also created as much carbon pollution as New York City, according to a new study.
www.theverge.com/news/845831/...
AI’s water and electricity use soars in 2025
It’s guzzling up even more water than expected.
www.theverge.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Fuck 😖
I’ve been a fan of Aeonik for years, and I finally got to use it in a real project (it’s Faro’s body copy typeface).
It’s really nice to see the family expand with Aeonik Soft soon!
It’s really nice to see the family expand with Aeonik Soft soon!
December 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I’ve been a fan of Aeonik for years, and I finally got to use it in a real project (it’s Faro’s body copy typeface).
It’s really nice to see the family expand with Aeonik Soft soon!
It’s really nice to see the family expand with Aeonik Soft soon!
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Interactive @codepen.io demo illustrating the how behind creating a stepped gradient with a given number of steps while having only the start and end steps specified in the code (others are computed by the browser based on the number/ position of steps) codepen.io/thebabydino/...
#SVG #filter #CSS
#SVG #filter #CSS
December 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Interactive @codepen.io demo illustrating the how behind creating a stepped gradient with a given number of steps while having only the start and end steps specified in the code (others are computed by the browser based on the number/ position of steps) codepen.io/thebabydino/...
#SVG #filter #CSS
#SVG #filter #CSS
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Vibecoding has a dark side that bothers me lately. I’ve found my 10+ years of color research and code used in several apps recently without a single mention of the source. Your "cool feature" is my life's work....
December 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Vibecoding has a dark side that bothers me lately. I’ve found my 10+ years of color research and code used in several apps recently without a single mention of the source. Your "cool feature" is my life's work....
“Design systems kill creativity.” This idea refuses to die. Not because it’s true, but because it points to a real tension that many teams never name properly.
Flexibility isn’t a virtue on its own. It only works when it matches the team’s reality.
My latest Faro article explores that tension.
Flexibility isn’t a virtue on its own. It only works when it matches the team’s reality.
My latest Faro article explores that tension.
Finding the right flexibility
Flexibility isn’t a virtue on its own; it only works when it matches the team’s reality.
faro.intemperie.me
December 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
“Design systems kill creativity.” This idea refuses to die. Not because it’s true, but because it points to a real tension that many teams never name properly.
Flexibility isn’t a virtue on its own. It only works when it matches the team’s reality.
My latest Faro article explores that tension.
Flexibility isn’t a virtue on its own. It only works when it matches the team’s reality.
My latest Faro article explores that tension.
Reposted by Alberto Calvo
Are these the same companies that told us the robot could do it?
December 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Are these the same companies that told us the robot could do it?
That could open the door to ultra-efficient chips or new ways to control heat on devices, among other things.
Graphene just broke a fundamental law of physics
For the first time, scientists have observed electrons in graphene behaving like a nearly perfect quantum fluid, challenging a long-standing puzzle in physics. By creating ultra-clean samples, the tea...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
That could open the door to ultra-efficient chips or new ways to control heat on devices, among other things.
I couldn’t resist @astro.build 😃
Classic Astro Logo Hat
Rep your favorite framework with this classic black baseball cap embroidered with the Astro logo.
shop.astro.build
December 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I couldn’t resist @astro.build 😃
This new component to do list Figma plugin by @discolu.bsky.social looks quite handy. I wish I had this a while ago www.figma.com/es-es/comuni...
Component to do list | Figma
Align your design and code builds by making sure that you're checking off Figma feature and codebase standards in a to-do list format.
Shoutout to Carissa Merrill for help with the categories! And to...
www.figma.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This new component to do list Figma plugin by @discolu.bsky.social looks quite handy. I wish I had this a while ago www.figma.com/es-es/comuni...
I installed some PWAs in Chrome so I wouldn’t have to use Chrome, but they stopped working standalone a couple of weeks ago. I now have to keep Chrome open for them to work. Kill me.
December 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I installed some PWAs in Chrome so I wouldn’t have to use Chrome, but they stopped working standalone a couple of weeks ago. I now have to keep Chrome open for them to work. Kill me.
It’s really sad that many talented designers who joined Bluesky have stopped posting here and are now only active on Twitter. Part of me understands why, but I still wish we had all managed to move away from there. I can’t ignore everything that is wrong with it right now.
December 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
It’s really sad that many talented designers who joined Bluesky have stopped posting here and are now only active on Twitter. Part of me understands why, but I still wish we had all managed to move away from there. I can’t ignore everything that is wrong with it right now.
Reposted by Alberto Calvo
Introducing the new React Aria docs! 🎉
All-new content and search experience. Interactive CSS and Tailwind examples to get you started quickly – just install with shadcn. New guides and full example apps. MCP server and AI integrations.
Check it out! react-aria.adobe.com
All-new content and search experience. Interactive CSS and Tailwind examples to get you started quickly – just install with shadcn. New guides and full example apps. MCP server and AI integrations.
Check it out! react-aria.adobe.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Introducing the new React Aria docs! 🎉
All-new content and search experience. Interactive CSS and Tailwind examples to get you started quickly – just install with shadcn. New guides and full example apps. MCP server and AI integrations.
Check it out! react-aria.adobe.com
All-new content and search experience. Interactive CSS and Tailwind examples to get you started quickly – just install with shadcn. New guides and full example apps. MCP server and AI integrations.
Check it out! react-aria.adobe.com
Organizing Faro as a docsite, in addition to allowing me to arrange content very clearly with focus on design systems, helps me loosen the mental rigidity associated with blogs. So, not only can I update the articles often, but I also feel compelled to do so. I think I made the right decision.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Organizing Faro as a docsite, in addition to allowing me to arrange content very clearly with focus on design systems, helps me loosen the mental rigidity associated with blogs. So, not only can I update the articles often, but I also feel compelled to do so. I think I made the right decision.
Over the last few years, I’ve been trying to understand why experience work fragments as organizations grow.
Design systems, product, brand, content, engineering, operations… all shape the experience. Treating them as separate is the root of many problems we keep recreating. Here are my thoughts: 🧵
Design systems, product, brand, content, engineering, operations… all shape the experience. Treating them as separate is the root of many problems we keep recreating. Here are my thoughts: 🧵
Experience Platform
When systems stop serving teams and start shaping how they create experiences together, quality becomes culture.
faro.intemperie.me
December 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Over the last few years, I’ve been trying to understand why experience work fragments as organizations grow.
Design systems, product, brand, content, engineering, operations… all shape the experience. Treating them as separate is the root of many problems we keep recreating. Here are my thoughts: 🧵
Design systems, product, brand, content, engineering, operations… all shape the experience. Treating them as separate is the root of many problems we keep recreating. Here are my thoughts: 🧵
We took this approach at Maze and I’m never coming back. It’s not just about how it increases the quality of the output, but about how it helped us find the cracks and learn from each other.
#Documentation is a #shared responsibility buff.ly/N4AyfLk
Involving all disciplines into #DesignSystem #docs avoids misalignment and creates buy-in for docs.
Involving all disciplines into #DesignSystem #docs avoids misalignment and creates buy-in for docs.
Writing in Sync: Design System Content
Design systems help create a shared language within an organization, but without good documentation, no one will be able to speak that language.
buff.ly
December 16, 2025 at 4:35 AM
We took this approach at Maze and I’m never coming back. It’s not just about how it increases the quality of the output, but about how it helped us find the cracks and learn from each other.
I’m so tired of waking up at 4:30 and not being able to sleep again.
December 16, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I’m so tired of waking up at 4:30 and not being able to sleep again.
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Wrote a piece for the @zeroheight.com blog on annotating design system components for accessibility: zeroheight.com/blog/how-to-... #a11y
How to annotate design system components for accessibility - zeroheight
Geri Reid shares how accessibility annotations for design systems help teams document components, create reusable specs, and build inclusive products.
zeroheight.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Wrote a piece for the @zeroheight.com blog on annotating design system components for accessibility: zeroheight.com/blog/how-to-... #a11y
Reposted by Alberto Calvo
It always strikes me how cognitive disability-friendly design is just… good design. makeitfable.com/community-co...
The most common cognitive barriers in digital experiences
When it comes to cognitive accessibility, many common design patterns create friction. Here are some common challenges that make digital experiences harder to use for this audience.
makeitfable.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It always strikes me how cognitive disability-friendly design is just… good design. makeitfable.com/community-co...
Reposted by Alberto Calvo
The Princess Bride, of course
we should all watch a rob reiner movie tomorrow, this entire site, just pick one and put it on at like 8pm est
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The Princess Bride, of course