PJ Onori
@pjonori.com
I work on and write about design systems. Purveyor of fine typos.
Can you imagine a 2025/2026 Rage Against the Machine album? Jesus, it‘d be a five-hour long marathon.
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Can you imagine a 2025/2026 Rage Against the Machine album? Jesus, it‘d be a five-hour long marathon.
I’m trying to convince my girls that Vanna White is a lich who has mastered the dark arts to maintain life over centuries.
They’re skeptical.
They’re skeptical.
December 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I’m trying to convince my girls that Vanna White is a lich who has mastered the dark arts to maintain life over centuries.
They’re skeptical.
They’re skeptical.
Officially at the, “All I want for Christmas is gin“, stage.
December 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Officially at the, “All I want for Christmas is gin“, stage.
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I've had an execeptionally tough year.
I have no income or health insurance, and could really use your help finding my next paid project. 💜
semanticfish.com/2025-year-in...
Open to front-end, full-stack, design system, & accessibility projects. 10+ years experience.
Many more details in post!
I have no income or health insurance, and could really use your help finding my next paid project. 💜
semanticfish.com/2025-year-in...
Open to front-end, full-stack, design system, & accessibility projects. 10+ years experience.
Many more details in post!
2025: Year in Review | Semantic Fish Creative Group
This post gets personal about my experiences this year with grief, loss, health emergencies, and being disabled & working in accessibility in the US.
semanticfish.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I've had an execeptionally tough year.
I have no income or health insurance, and could really use your help finding my next paid project. 💜
semanticfish.com/2025-year-in...
Open to front-end, full-stack, design system, & accessibility projects. 10+ years experience.
Many more details in post!
I have no income or health insurance, and could really use your help finding my next paid project. 💜
semanticfish.com/2025-year-in...
Open to front-end, full-stack, design system, & accessibility projects. 10+ years experience.
Many more details in post!
Is it just me or has Dropbox desktop syncing reliability degraded? I'm having frequent issues with conflicts and general file system shenanigans. I'm close to canceling my subscription.
December 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Is it just me or has Dropbox desktop syncing reliability degraded? I'm having frequent issues with conflicts and general file system shenanigans. I'm close to canceling my subscription.
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Oh hey, come work with me!
We're seeking an earlier-career front-end dev who is able to work in-office (multiple US locations).
Check it out if you have interest and experience in: #designsystems #CSS #a11y #webcomponents
adobe.design/jobs/job-pos...
We're seeking an earlier-career front-end dev who is able to work in-office (multiple US locations).
Check it out if you have interest and experience in: #designsystems #CSS #a11y #webcomponents
adobe.design/jobs/job-pos...
Design Engineer, Spectrum Web
Join us and help build the next generation of our world-famous tools.
adobe.design
December 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Oh hey, come work with me!
We're seeking an earlier-career front-end dev who is able to work in-office (multiple US locations).
Check it out if you have interest and experience in: #designsystems #CSS #a11y #webcomponents
adobe.design/jobs/job-pos...
We're seeking an earlier-career front-end dev who is able to work in-office (multiple US locations).
Check it out if you have interest and experience in: #designsystems #CSS #a11y #webcomponents
adobe.design/jobs/job-pos...
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
Validation is like calories—it’s healthy to get less than we want.
December 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Validation is like calories—it’s healthy to get less than we want.
New It Picks Colors build is up and ready to try.
Go pick some colors.
testflight.apple.com/join/wMvZS22X
Go pick some colors.
testflight.apple.com/join/wMvZS22X
Join the It Picks Colors beta
Available on iOS
testflight.apple.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
New It Picks Colors build is up and ready to try.
Go pick some colors.
testflight.apple.com/join/wMvZS22X
Go pick some colors.
testflight.apple.com/join/wMvZS22X
Hey LinkedIn, there's not a single thing you can do to get me to install your stupid mobile app.
Also, what in the hell is a phone camera?
Also, what in the hell is a phone camera?
December 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Hey LinkedIn, there's not a single thing you can do to get me to install your stupid mobile app.
Also, what in the hell is a phone camera?
Also, what in the hell is a phone camera?
I often wonder what the hell is wrong with me. But I do so with greater gusto when I take extra time out of a day with no time to make a stupid invoice like this.
December 16, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I often wonder what the hell is wrong with me. But I do so with greater gusto when I take extra time out of a day with no time to make a stupid invoice like this.
I should have another It Picks Colors build ready to rock by the end of this weekend. Lots of small but mighty quality of life improvements. From there, I think we'll be launching in early January.
Interested in trying the beta? testflight.apple.com/join/wMvZS22X
Interested in trying the beta? testflight.apple.com/join/wMvZS22X
Join the It Picks Colors beta
Available on iOS
testflight.apple.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I should have another It Picks Colors build ready to rock by the end of this weekend. Lots of small but mighty quality of life improvements. From there, I think we'll be launching in early January.
Interested in trying the beta? testflight.apple.com/join/wMvZS22X
Interested in trying the beta? testflight.apple.com/join/wMvZS22X
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December 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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If any of this resonates with you, I hope it offers something useful. And if it brings up a question or a thought, I’d love to hear it.
faro.intemperie.me
faro.intemperie.me
The path to a unified experience language
More than systems, it takes empathy, trust, and shared understanding. Faro reflects on how people learn to see, define, and build together.
faro.intemperie.me
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If any of this resonates with you, I hope it offers something useful. And if it brings up a question or a thought, I’d love to hear it.
faro.intemperie.me
faro.intemperie.me
Pour one out for Martin Parr.
December 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Pour one out for Martin Parr.
It’s an incredible liberating feeling to spot an issue with a font you made for your site and know you can fix it.
It’s an incredible pain in the ass to spot an issue with a font you made for your site and know you have to fix it.
It’s an incredible pain in the ass to spot an issue with a font you made for your site and know you have to fix it.
December 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It’s an incredible liberating feeling to spot an issue with a font you made for your site and know you can fix it.
It’s an incredible pain in the ass to spot an issue with a font you made for your site and know you have to fix it.
It’s an incredible pain in the ass to spot an issue with a font you made for your site and know you have to fix it.
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Here’s a new blog about why tracking design system adoption is more nuanced than any stakeholder could imagine.
iknowdavehouse.medium.com/lies-damned-...
iknowdavehouse.medium.com/lies-damned-...
Lies, damned lies, and design system adoption statistics
Adoption statistics, when used as a blunt instrument are often a bad measure of design system success.
iknowdavehouse.medium.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Here’s a new blog about why tracking design system adoption is more nuanced than any stakeholder could imagine.
iknowdavehouse.medium.com/lies-damned-...
iknowdavehouse.medium.com/lies-damned-...
It's my, "Old man yells at cloud moment". I'm here to complain about design systems going private and why it's dumb.
pjonori.blog/posts/public...
pjonori.blog/posts/public...
Public design systems are worth it
It’s incredibly valuable to make a design system available to all–no matter what the bean-counters say.
pjonori.blog
December 4, 2025 at 5:26 AM
It's my, "Old man yells at cloud moment". I'm here to complain about design systems going private and why it's dumb.
pjonori.blog/posts/public...
pjonori.blog/posts/public...
The very first and very rough beta built of my iOS color capture app is available to test.
testflight.apple.com/join/wMvZS22X
Keep in mind that it's rough.
testflight.apple.com/join/wMvZS22X
Keep in mind that it's rough.
Join the It Picks Colors beta
Available on iOS
testflight.apple.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The very first and very rough beta built of my iOS color capture app is available to test.
testflight.apple.com/join/wMvZS22X
Keep in mind that it's rough.
testflight.apple.com/join/wMvZS22X
Keep in mind that it's rough.
It's been a hot minute since I've used Chrome. Man, what a mess.
Just so much *stuff*.
Just so much *stuff*.
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It's been a hot minute since I've used Chrome. Man, what a mess.
Just so much *stuff*.
Just so much *stuff*.
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A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020.
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It’s been a very hard year - Andy Bell
Unlike a lot of places in tech, my company, Set Studio/Piccalilli has no outside funding. Bootstrapped is what the LinkedIn people say, I think. It’s been a hard year this year. A very hard year...
bell.bz
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020.
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
Anyone want to try my stupid iOS color app?
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Anyone want to try my stupid iOS color app?
I'm working on an programmatic tool for creating blog post "covers". This example is the by-product of four separate processes to go from bitmap image to SVG. It was a pain in the butt–I like it though.
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I'm working on an programmatic tool for creating blog post "covers". This example is the by-product of four separate processes to go from bitmap image to SVG. It was a pain in the butt–I like it though.