alex laughnan
@alexlaughnan.com
ai & ui @ asana, cold brew enthusiast, well-formatted docs are my love language. 💜 🏳️🌈
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alex laughnan
@alexlaughnan.com
· Nov 21
Hi folks! 👋
I’m Alex and I live in San Francisco, CA.
I work at asana.com and spend most of my day thinking about design systems and supporting product teams.
Outside of work you can find me: sipping on a cold brew, avidly learning a foreign language and attempting to crush my latest reading goal
I’m Alex and I live in San Francisco, CA.
I work at asana.com and spend most of my day thinking about design systems and supporting product teams.
Outside of work you can find me: sipping on a cold brew, avidly learning a foreign language and attempting to crush my latest reading goal
The Atlanta botanical gardens were absolutely gorgeous this past weekend 💐
March 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Atlanta botanical gardens were absolutely gorgeous this past weekend 💐
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[flirting with the drive thru attendant] mcnugget. is that irish?
February 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
[flirting with the drive thru attendant] mcnugget. is that irish?
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but this new idea is most... precious to me
February 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
but this new idea is most... precious to me
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What does the title #DesignEngineer mean to you?
I'm putting together an article and I'd love to hear what your thoughts are, especially in relation to #DesignSystems. Boost for reach? 💜
I'm putting together an article and I'd love to hear what your thoughts are, especially in relation to #DesignSystems. Boost for reach? 💜
January 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
What does the title #DesignEngineer mean to you?
I'm putting together an article and I'd love to hear what your thoughts are, especially in relation to #DesignSystems. Boost for reach? 💜
I'm putting together an article and I'd love to hear what your thoughts are, especially in relation to #DesignSystems. Boost for reach? 💜
Huge fan! We continue to drive adoption ourselves through refactoring. It promotes positive code contagion on other surfaces too!
Design system teams should be actively refactoring the codebase to drive adoption—rather than only asking others to do it. Major benefits for the system come from it too.
What’s your take on this?
What’s your take on this?
December 31, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Huge fan! We continue to drive adoption ourselves through refactoring. It promotes positive code contagion on other surfaces too!
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Them: Do one thing every day that makes you uncomfortable.
Me: *gets out of bed*
Me: *gets out of bed*
December 20, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Them: Do one thing every day that makes you uncomfortable.
Me: *gets out of bed*
Me: *gets out of bed*
🫣
Listen, we can disagree in many things and I will keep an open mind. But if you support pineapple on pizza, you lost me.
December 16, 2024 at 4:58 PM
🫣
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Found a neat CSS trick to automatically swap between black or white text based on any arbitrary background color!
With relative color syntax, you can use calc to adjust the text color depending if the background is above or below 50% lightness in the LCH color space.
With relative color syntax, you can use calc to adjust the text color depending if the background is above or below 50% lightness in the LCH color space.
December 2, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Found a neat CSS trick to automatically swap between black or white text based on any arbitrary background color!
With relative color syntax, you can use calc to adjust the text color depending if the background is above or below 50% lightness in the LCH color space.
With relative color syntax, you can use calc to adjust the text color depending if the background is above or below 50% lightness in the LCH color space.
The view from this past weekend 💙
December 2, 2024 at 2:33 PM
The view from this past weekend 💙
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Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
I'm Xëla, a fold-down wall desk with built-in storage compartments and cable management.
I'm Xëla, a fold-down wall desk with built-in storage compartments and cable management.
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
hi, i’m ÿma. i’m a small, confusingly shaped part (you think?) to a thing you aren’t sure you even have any more.
hi, i’m ÿma. i’m a small, confusingly shaped part (you think?) to a thing you aren’t sure you even have any more.
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
hello, i’m iäk, a small minimalist stool.
hello, i’m iäk, a small minimalist stool.
November 29, 2024 at 2:44 AM
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
I'm Xëla, a fold-down wall desk with built-in storage compartments and cable management.
I'm Xëla, a fold-down wall desk with built-in storage compartments and cable management.
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Me drinking wine at dinner “mmm this white really pairs with this red”
November 27, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Me drinking wine at dinner “mmm this white really pairs with this red”
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doctor: make sure you drink plenty of fluids
me: that’s literally all i drink
me: that’s literally all i drink
November 23, 2024 at 6:28 PM
doctor: make sure you drink plenty of fluids
me: that’s literally all i drink
me: that’s literally all i drink
At the age of “tongue doesn’t go away” 🥹
November 24, 2024 at 3:20 PM
At the age of “tongue doesn’t go away” 🥹
Some incredible memories from southern Italy this past week ☺️
November 22, 2024 at 6:33 AM
Some incredible memories from southern Italy this past week ☺️
Hi folks! 👋
I’m Alex and I live in San Francisco, CA.
I work at asana.com and spend most of my day thinking about design systems and supporting product teams.
Outside of work you can find me: sipping on a cold brew, avidly learning a foreign language and attempting to crush my latest reading goal
I’m Alex and I live in San Francisco, CA.
I work at asana.com and spend most of my day thinking about design systems and supporting product teams.
Outside of work you can find me: sipping on a cold brew, avidly learning a foreign language and attempting to crush my latest reading goal
November 21, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Hi folks! 👋
I’m Alex and I live in San Francisco, CA.
I work at asana.com and spend most of my day thinking about design systems and supporting product teams.
Outside of work you can find me: sipping on a cold brew, avidly learning a foreign language and attempting to crush my latest reading goal
I’m Alex and I live in San Francisco, CA.
I work at asana.com and spend most of my day thinking about design systems and supporting product teams.
Outside of work you can find me: sipping on a cold brew, avidly learning a foreign language and attempting to crush my latest reading goal
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My phone just auto corrected "trauma dumping" to "trauma dumpling," so I painted this in case anyone would like a visual of my mental state.
How's everyone else doing?
How's everyone else doing?
November 7, 2024 at 6:06 PM
My phone just auto corrected "trauma dumping" to "trauma dumpling," so I painted this in case anyone would like a visual of my mental state.
How's everyone else doing?
How's everyone else doing?