Ben Walsh
@benwalsh.bsky.social
🌱 Growth Product Designer and developer building design systems and Figma plugins. Bit of an Emo Pop Punk Metalhead (he/him)
Working on another Figma plugin for important metrics in your file. I've done some weird things on design system projects to show value in the past.
Like showing you get 1000s more variations vs variants thanks to properties.
What info do you typically report?
Would auditing checks help?
Like showing you get 1000s more variations vs variants thanks to properties.
What info do you typically report?
Would auditing checks help?
October 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Working on another Figma plugin for important metrics in your file. I've done some weird things on design system projects to show value in the past.
Like showing you get 1000s more variations vs variants thanks to properties.
What info do you typically report?
Would auditing checks help?
Like showing you get 1000s more variations vs variants thanks to properties.
What info do you typically report?
Would auditing checks help?
Reposted by Ben Walsh
Have you ever tried to remove margins from content with `:first-child { margin-block-start: 0; } :last-child { margin-block-end: 0; }` only to feel icky, knowing the code is fragile, just waiting for the layout to break with different HTML?
Try `margin-trim` instead.
webkit.org/blog/16854/m...
Try `margin-trim` instead.
webkit.org/blog/16854/m...
Easier layout with margin-trim
If you write a lot of CSS, you are familiar with those moments when you aren’t quite sure how to accomplish what you want to accomplish.
webkit.org
May 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Have you ever tried to remove margins from content with `:first-child { margin-block-start: 0; } :last-child { margin-block-end: 0; }` only to feel icky, knowing the code is fragile, just waiting for the layout to break with different HTML?
Try `margin-trim` instead.
webkit.org/blog/16854/m...
Try `margin-trim` instead.
webkit.org/blog/16854/m...
Reposted by Ben Walsh
😍 PSA: ident() is an upcoming CSS feature I’m incredibly excited about and you're about to be too.
It will allow you to compose CSS variables from other variables, making code like this possible. 😍
Spec: drafts.csswg.org/css-values-5...
Proposal (by @bram.us ): github.com/w3c/csswg-dr...
It will allow you to compose CSS variables from other variables, making code like this possible. 😍
Spec: drafts.csswg.org/css-values-5...
Proposal (by @bram.us ): github.com/w3c/csswg-dr...
January 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
😍 PSA: ident() is an upcoming CSS feature I’m incredibly excited about and you're about to be too.
It will allow you to compose CSS variables from other variables, making code like this possible. 😍
Spec: drafts.csswg.org/css-values-5...
Proposal (by @bram.us ): github.com/w3c/csswg-dr...
It will allow you to compose CSS variables from other variables, making code like this possible. 😍
Spec: drafts.csswg.org/css-values-5...
Proposal (by @bram.us ): github.com/w3c/csswg-dr...
Today I applied to the @figma.com creator fund to build something I’ve needed many times maintaining design system accessibility.
Hope they like the idea!
Hope they like the idea!
January 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Today I applied to the @figma.com creator fund to build something I’ve needed many times maintaining design system accessibility.
Hope they like the idea!
Hope they like the idea!
Oooof 😂
I am "accomplishing-border-radius-with-4-gifs" years old.
December 12, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Oooof 😂
Reposted by Ben Walsh
We don't need more remakes of old movies. We need more MUPPETS remakes of old movies.
December 2, 2024 at 2:08 AM
We don't need more remakes of old movies. We need more MUPPETS remakes of old movies.
I feel seen
December 1, 2024 at 3:41 PM
I feel seen
One of my favourite things about the web 🫀
Legos, never changed or updated their shapes, everything from day one still works with stuff in 2024. So nice.
Sound familiar?
Yeah, the web is like that too.
Sound familiar?
Yeah, the web is like that too.
November 27, 2024 at 3:08 PM
One of my favourite things about the web 🫀
Reposted by Ben Walsh
Some great tips for creating content for people who speak English as a foreign language which can probably even help people who speak it as their first language. Plain language ftw!
design.homeoffice.gov.uk/content-styl...
design.homeoffice.gov.uk/content-styl...
Limited English
Designing for people with limited English
design.homeoffice.gov.uk
November 19, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Some great tips for creating content for people who speak English as a foreign language which can probably even help people who speak it as their first language. Plain language ftw!
design.homeoffice.gov.uk/content-styl...
design.homeoffice.gov.uk/content-styl...