Luke Murphy
@lurkmoophy.bsky.social
🕷️ Design advocate @zeroheight.com
🫠 Noise maker in @brutalligators.bsky.social
🦄 they/them
lurkmoophy.com
🫠 Noise maker in @brutalligators.bsky.social
🦄 they/them
lurkmoophy.com
I'm not even a Pokemon TCG person, but every once in a while Beard Dad Cardz pops up on my feed and almost every time makes me tear up how awesome he is to the people who follow him.
Especially in this shitty world, I feel like those little pops of loveliness are what everyone needs
Especially in this shitty world, I feel like those little pops of loveliness are what everyone needs
February 2, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I'm not even a Pokemon TCG person, but every once in a while Beard Dad Cardz pops up on my feed and almost every time makes me tear up how awesome he is to the people who follow him.
Especially in this shitty world, I feel like those little pops of loveliness are what everyone needs
Especially in this shitty world, I feel like those little pops of loveliness are what everyone needs
Can anybody remember the game The Neverhood? It was an entirely claymation game from the late 90s that was absolutely ridiculous in it's scope and execution. Utter piece of art.
February 2, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Can anybody remember the game The Neverhood? It was an entirely claymation game from the late 90s that was absolutely ridiculous in it's scope and execution. Utter piece of art.
Anxiety chest pains for no reason on a Monday morning. Fuck yeah.
February 2, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Anxiety chest pains for no reason on a Monday morning. Fuck yeah.
Sunday night posting is the best time to get engagement, right!? Here's another weeknote, this time on being bored - lurkmoophy.com/blog/weeknot...
February 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Sunday night posting is the best time to get engagement, right!? Here's another weeknote, this time on being bored - lurkmoophy.com/blog/weeknot...
For those who don't like guessing games...
Here are the designer to developer ratios for different size org brackets:
1-100 employees — 1:3
100-500 — 1:11
1k-5k — 1:21
5k+ — 1:53
It's not the biggest sample size, but it kind of blows my mind that the ratio climbs so fast.
Here are the designer to developer ratios for different size org brackets:
1-100 employees — 1:3
100-500 — 1:11
1k-5k — 1:21
5k+ — 1:53
It's not the biggest sample size, but it kind of blows my mind that the ratio climbs so fast.
January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
For those who don't like guessing games...
Here are the designer to developer ratios for different size org brackets:
1-100 employees — 1:3
100-500 — 1:11
1k-5k — 1:21
5k+ — 1:53
It's not the biggest sample size, but it kind of blows my mind that the ratio climbs so fast.
Here are the designer to developer ratios for different size org brackets:
1-100 employees — 1:3
100-500 — 1:11
1k-5k — 1:21
5k+ — 1:53
It's not the biggest sample size, but it kind of blows my mind that the ratio climbs so fast.
Take a guess at ratio of designers to developers in orgs with more than 5k people...
(this is obvs based on a data sample, but still)
(this is obvs based on a data sample, but still)
January 29, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Take a guess at ratio of designers to developers in orgs with more than 5k people...
(this is obvs based on a data sample, but still)
(this is obvs based on a data sample, but still)
UK FOLKS! The next issue of @nothingsoundsgood.bsky.social is cutting off in 5 days! We're sending out one of my fave US releases from 2025, so if that sounds good you should probably sign up...
Oh and use the code 'NEWYEARNEWME' to got 10% off your first month. Boom.
nothingsoundsgood.club
Oh and use the code 'NEWYEARNEWME' to got 10% off your first month. Boom.
nothingsoundsgood.club
Nothing Sounds Good Record Club
The new UK vinyl subscription service for DIY punk, indie, emo and whatever. Sign up today!
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January 26, 2026 at 3:47 PM
UK FOLKS! The next issue of @nothingsoundsgood.bsky.social is cutting off in 5 days! We're sending out one of my fave US releases from 2025, so if that sounds good you should probably sign up...
Oh and use the code 'NEWYEARNEWME' to got 10% off your first month. Boom.
nothingsoundsgood.club
Oh and use the code 'NEWYEARNEWME' to got 10% off your first month. Boom.
nothingsoundsgood.club
Tiny weeknote about the heaviness of the year so far - lurkmoophy.com/blog/weeknot...
Weeknotes - New year heaviness
Anybody else feeling like 2026 is... weighty?
lurkmoophy.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Tiny weeknote about the heaviness of the year so far - lurkmoophy.com/blog/weeknot...
Fixed the illustration grid and ordering on my illustration page last night. That was an absolute ballache. But then spent a good fifteen minutes just pulling down the letters and making them spin.
lurkmoophy.com/illustration/
lurkmoophy.com/illustration/
Illustration - Ace of Cups - Luke Murphy's personal website
This is the personal site (and portfolio) of Luke Murphy, the Australian-cum-British designer, developer, writer, speaker and general reprobate.
lurkmoophy.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Fixed the illustration grid and ordering on my illustration page last night. That was an absolute ballache. But then spent a good fifteen minutes just pulling down the letters and making them spin.
lurkmoophy.com/illustration/
lurkmoophy.com/illustration/
Finally got the last main page of my site live to show off the side projects I do - lurkmoophy.com/side-projects/
Used it to play with CSS grid a bit more and understand it better.
Used it to play with CSS grid a bit more and understand it better.
Side Projects - Ace of Cups - Luke Murphy's personal website
This is the personal site (and portfolio) of Luke Murphy, the Australian-cum-British designer, developer, writer, speaker and general reprobate.
lurkmoophy.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Finally got the last main page of my site live to show off the side projects I do - lurkmoophy.com/side-projects/
Used it to play with CSS grid a bit more and understand it better.
Used it to play with CSS grid a bit more and understand it better.
Reposted by Luke Murphy
This is a total must-read for anyone working on #designsystems in #figma!
Huge thanks to Adam for coming up with so many great tips!
Huge thanks to Adam for coming up with so many great tips!
Kick of 2026 with 26 tips covering...
🔥 Figma variables, styles, and components
🪢 Design ops
📄 Documentation and onboarding
💻 Partnering with engineering
If you're working on #designsystems in #figma you're going to want to check this one out!
zeroheight.com/blog/buildin...
🔥 Figma variables, styles, and components
🪢 Design ops
📄 Documentation and onboarding
💻 Partnering with engineering
If you're working on #designsystems in #figma you're going to want to check this one out!
zeroheight.com/blog/buildin...
Building scalable design systems with Figma: 26 tips for 2026 - zeroheight
Adam Sedwick shares 26 practical Figma tooling tips for building scalable design systems – variables, documentation and onboarding, and partnering with engineering.
zeroheight.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:56 AM
This is a total must-read for anyone working on #designsystems in #figma!
Huge thanks to Adam for coming up with so many great tips!
Huge thanks to Adam for coming up with so many great tips!
First pass at this year's @webdevconf.com site is coming together, and I've been having some fun this year...
January 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
First pass at this year's @webdevconf.com site is coming together, and I've been having some fun this year...
FILL IT IN BBZ
Last chance! The Design System Report survey closes tonight at midnight. ⏳
If you haven’t had a chance yet, this is your final opportunity to share your design system experience with us. The survey takes just 15–20 minutes, and your input truly makes a difference. 🤍
Take survey: hubs.li/Q03-0mb80
If you haven’t had a chance yet, this is your final opportunity to share your design system experience with us. The survey takes just 15–20 minutes, and your input truly makes a difference. 🤍
Take survey: hubs.li/Q03-0mb80
January 14, 2026 at 9:40 AM
FILL IT IN BBZ
Not only is this potentially going to put load sof people in the wrong with trade secret misappropriation and breach of NDAs, but surely the people sharing this information realise they're training openAI to take their jobs, right?
www.wired.com/story/openai...
www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI Is Asking Contractors to Upload Work From Past Jobs to Evaluate the Performance of AI Agents
To prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs, leaving it to them to strip out confidential and personally identifiable information.
www.wired.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Not only is this potentially going to put load sof people in the wrong with trade secret misappropriation and breach of NDAs, but surely the people sharing this information realise they're training openAI to take their jobs, right?
www.wired.com/story/openai...
www.wired.com/story/openai...
@konnai.re the ridiculousness of this made me so happy. Thank you. konnai.re/leisuredome
🍹 welcome to the leisuredome executive lounge 💳
✺ we hope you enjoy your stay ✺
konnai.re
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
@konnai.re the ridiculousness of this made me so happy. Thank you. konnai.re/leisuredome
Finally got my speaking page up on my site! lurkmoophy.com/speaking/
If anyone's looking for speakers... 👀
If anyone's looking for speakers... 👀
Ace of Cups - Luke Murphy's personal website
This is the personal site (and portfolio) of Luke Murphy, the Australian-cum-British designer, developer, writer, speaker and general reprobate.
lurkmoophy.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Finally got my speaking page up on my site! lurkmoophy.com/speaking/
If anyone's looking for speakers... 👀
If anyone's looking for speakers... 👀
A reminder to all design sytem folks - the Design System Report survey closes in less than 10 days! We've already had 88 folks fill it in, but we'd love loads more, so if you could fill it in (and then share it!) I will love you forever
report.zeroheight.com
report.zeroheight.com
Design System Report 2026 - brought to you by zeroheight
Help shape the future of design systems. Contribute to the longest running design system industry report. Take the survey and be the first to receive the completed report in 2026.
report.zeroheight.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:54 AM
A reminder to all design sytem folks - the Design System Report survey closes in less than 10 days! We've already had 88 folks fill it in, but we'd love loads more, so if you could fill it in (and then share it!) I will love you forever
report.zeroheight.com
report.zeroheight.com
OH HEY BLUESKY HAPPY MONDAY
January 5, 2026 at 10:23 AM
OH HEY BLUESKY HAPPY MONDAY
My final list of ins and outs for 2026
January 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
My final list of ins and outs for 2026
I spent way too much time pulling together a stupid 'Year in Review' post and styling it. So, you know, if you're into that kind of thing you could have a read: lurkmoophy.com/blog/year-in...
Year in Review 2025
A look back at the year that was
lurkmoophy.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:55 AM
I spent way too much time pulling together a stupid 'Year in Review' post and styling it. So, you know, if you're into that kind of thing you could have a read: lurkmoophy.com/blog/year-in...
And my current outs for 2026:
AI slop
Stepping on other people’s joy
Being a fascist
Beige
Nicki Minaj (fuck her)
Hangovers
Post-punk
Straight white guys with podcasts
AI slop
Stepping on other people’s joy
Being a fascist
Beige
Nicki Minaj (fuck her)
Hangovers
Post-punk
Straight white guys with podcasts
December 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
And my current outs for 2026:
AI slop
Stepping on other people’s joy
Being a fascist
Beige
Nicki Minaj (fuck her)
Hangovers
Post-punk
Straight white guys with podcasts
AI slop
Stepping on other people’s joy
Being a fascist
Beige
Nicki Minaj (fuck her)
Hangovers
Post-punk
Straight white guys with podcasts
Working on my ins and outs for 2026. Here's my current ins:
Giving a shit
Physical shit (bring back magazines)
Shandying ridiculous beers
Nu-metal (and then emo)
Substack (ew)
Reading long-form content
People actually going to small gigs
Being weird on the internet (in a good way)
Giving a shit
Physical shit (bring back magazines)
Shandying ridiculous beers
Nu-metal (and then emo)
Substack (ew)
Reading long-form content
People actually going to small gigs
Being weird on the internet (in a good way)
December 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Working on my ins and outs for 2026. Here's my current ins:
Giving a shit
Physical shit (bring back magazines)
Shandying ridiculous beers
Nu-metal (and then emo)
Substack (ew)
Reading long-form content
People actually going to small gigs
Being weird on the internet (in a good way)
Giving a shit
Physical shit (bring back magazines)
Shandying ridiculous beers
Nu-metal (and then emo)
Substack (ew)
Reading long-form content
People actually going to small gigs
Being weird on the internet (in a good way)
I was hoping that 2026 was the year that emo unashamedly comes back to the mainstream. However, I'm seeing more and more nu-metal/hip-hop crossovers happening in the last 6 months. I think it's a nu-metal 2026.
December 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I was hoping that 2026 was the year that emo unashamedly comes back to the mainstream. However, I'm seeing more and more nu-metal/hip-hop crossovers happening in the last 6 months. I think it's a nu-metal 2026.
Downloaded and started playing Split Fiction yesterday and omfg what a game. We were planning on playing it for half hour and ended up doing a five hour stint.
Beautiful mix of stunning visuals, awesome story (stories), and fun, not-too-hard gameplay. It’s so perfect.
Beautiful mix of stunning visuals, awesome story (stories), and fun, not-too-hard gameplay. It’s so perfect.
December 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Downloaded and started playing Split Fiction yesterday and omfg what a game. We were planning on playing it for half hour and ended up doing a five hour stint.
Beautiful mix of stunning visuals, awesome story (stories), and fun, not-too-hard gameplay. It’s so perfect.
Beautiful mix of stunning visuals, awesome story (stories), and fun, not-too-hard gameplay. It’s so perfect.