sylvia
@svillegas.com
Web dev 👩💻, UX 🖥, accessibility ♿️, animals 🐙, plants 🪴, outdoors 🏕, and general nerdery 🤓. (she/her)
Design systems, apps, and services need to account for empty states. This is the second bad example I've encountered in an hour.
Like anything else in life: if you don't have anything useful for me, keep your mouth* shut!
[*UI]
Like anything else in life: if you don't have anything useful for me, keep your mouth* shut!
[*UI]
![A shopping cart drawer showing 1 items [sic]. Below the selected product is a carousel titled 'You May Also Like' showing a default item called 'Example Product Title' with a placeholder image. Oddly, it's priced at $19.99.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xze6eimrnifbpwdv5uapb4d7/bafkreigw2wgazob76obngcmjff267jmleia55xckmbe4vvnnkmxd5rf7vy@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Design systems, apps, and services need to account for empty states. This is the second bad example I've encountered in an hour.
Like anything else in life: if you don't have anything useful for me, keep your mouth* shut!
[*UI]
Like anything else in life: if you don't have anything useful for me, keep your mouth* shut!
[*UI]
Folks, is there any Is It Fascist Dot Com database where we can look up apps and services and find alternatives, bc y'all it's a minefield out there.
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Folks, is there any Is It Fascist Dot Com database where we can look up apps and services and find alternatives, bc y'all it's a minefield out there.
Stacked disclosure ("accordion") elements containing the main page content is a pattern that needs to die a fiery death in the bowels of the earth.
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Stacked disclosure ("accordion") elements containing the main page content is a pattern that needs to die a fiery death in the bowels of the earth.
I can't imagine anything going wrong
Toronto region police unit turns to AI to help answer calls
Toronto region police unit turns to AI to help answer calls
The Halton Regional Police Service has launched an artificial intelligence call processing system designed to handle non-emergency phone calls.
www.cp24.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I can't imagine anything going wrong
Adorable canine axolotl NEEDS YOUR VOTE to win costume contest. Save her from boring humans!
www.instagram.com/p/DQzjwKtkSi...
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November 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Adorable canine axolotl NEEDS YOUR VOTE to win costume contest. Save her from boring humans!
www.instagram.com/p/DQzjwKtkSi...
www.instagram.com/p/DQzjwKtkSi...
Dear every company I've ever ordered anything from: I do not want your holiday gift guide in my inbox.
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Dear every company I've ever ordered anything from: I do not want your holiday gift guide in my inbox.
And a loop of Henle that's the envy of alllll the loops. 😎💥
#RodentOfTheDay Merriam's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami)
"The kangaroo rat is almost perfectly adapted to life in the desert. They can survive without ever drinking any water, getting needed moisture from their seed diet."
Photo and info from: www.desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long...
"The kangaroo rat is almost perfectly adapted to life in the desert. They can survive without ever drinking any water, getting needed moisture from their seed diet."
Photo and info from: www.desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long...
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
And a loop of Henle that's the envy of alllll the loops. 😎💥
Oh look, a design expression I hate as much as 'pixel perfect'
One of many great #designsystems conversations over the last week: we need to stop using the phrase ‘single source of truth’. It’s bullshit.
November 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Oh look, a design expression I hate as much as 'pixel perfect'
First thought: See? This is the kind of thing AI can be good for!
Second thought: Wait, how do we know the names aren't all made up?
Second thought: Wait, how do we know the names aren't all made up?
Names of 5 million of 6 million Jews killed in Holocaust now identified
AI may help identify Jews killed in Holocaust: Yad Vashem
Five million of the more than six million Jews killed in the Holocaust have now been identified, and with the further help of artificial intelligence, even more names could be recovered, Israeli researchers said on Monday.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
First thought: See? This is the kind of thing AI can be good for!
Second thought: Wait, how do we know the names aren't all made up?
Second thought: Wait, how do we know the names aren't all made up?
My dog doesn't hate daylight savings time changes because I didn't turn her into a Pavlovian automaton by doing everything exactly the same way at exactly the same time every day. Imagine that.
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
My dog doesn't hate daylight savings time changes because I didn't turn her into a Pavlovian automaton by doing everything exactly the same way at exactly the same time every day. Imagine that.
The burden of my mental health will now rest upon this fellow I thrifted yesterday and his contents---propagated from a leaf I picked up off the Home Depot floor in the spring---because whimsy.
November 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The burden of my mental health will now rest upon this fellow I thrifted yesterday and his contents---propagated from a leaf I picked up off the Home Depot floor in the spring---because whimsy.
Moving slowly and with a heavy heart today. Basking in the warm sun and calling this a transition day.
November 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Moving slowly and with a heavy heart today. Basking in the warm sun and calling this a transition day.
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I just wanna hug Ernie and tell him I still believe in the power of friendship.
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I just wanna hug Ernie and tell him I still believe in the power of friendship.
Reposted by sylvia
Rogers crashes Sportsnet app during World Series to remind consumers that most of their products aren’t as functional as the Blue Jays
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Rogers crashes Sportsnet app during World Series to remind consumers that most of their products aren’t as functional as the Blue Jays
Sportsnet down again!!? COME ON!!
November 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Sportsnet down again!!? COME ON!!
Noah Reid with the most perfect singing of the anthem ❤️🇨🇦
NOW LFG BLUE JAYS!! ⚾️🐦
NOW LFG BLUE JAYS!! ⚾️🐦
November 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Noah Reid with the most perfect singing of the anthem ❤️🇨🇦
NOW LFG BLUE JAYS!! ⚾️🐦
NOW LFG BLUE JAYS!! ⚾️🐦
Are you fucking kidding me lodged ball!!?!?!??
November 1, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Are you fucking kidding me lodged ball!!?!?!??
Wait a sec, I was just nerding, but did I... Did I just write a LinkedIn thought piece?
So I'm just here basting this replacement hoodie zipper into place thinking this is just like wireframing: a low-fidelity version of the final which seems like more effort than it's worth, but ensures proper alignment and pays off with more speed and a better product later.
October 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Wait a sec, I was just nerding, but did I... Did I just write a LinkedIn thought piece?
So I'm just here basting this replacement hoodie zipper into place thinking this is just like wireframing: a low-fidelity version of the final which seems like more effort than it's worth, but ensures proper alignment and pays off with more speed and a better product later.
October 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
So I'm just here basting this replacement hoodie zipper into place thinking this is just like wireframing: a low-fidelity version of the final which seems like more effort than it's worth, but ensures proper alignment and pays off with more speed and a better product later.
The accessibility tickets graveyard
What terrifying thing are you dressing as this Halloween I'm dressing up as acid reflux
October 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The accessibility tickets graveyard