David Demaree
@demar.ee
Information artist. Owner & principal @bitsandletters.com, a design & product consultancy. Nerdy about fonts, design systems, coffee, and keyboards. Alum of Google, Adobe, Stripe, Webflow.
[presses buzzer] What are giant, annoying enterprise CMS options?
Wordpress and Adobe
Insects and Whales
The main question is what’s the total addressable market (TAM)
(I am in a hotel bar with @eaton.fyi, a happy place)
Insects and Whales
The main question is what’s the total addressable market (TAM)
(I am in a hotel bar with @eaton.fyi, a happy place)
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
[presses buzzer] What are giant, annoying enterprise CMS options?
I’m experimenting with desktop Linux and I’m kinda shocked that there aren’t better open source browser options
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I’m experimenting with desktop Linux and I’m kinda shocked that there aren’t better open source browser options
But otoh calling them “forward deployed” lets mediocre execs pretend they’re goddamned warfighters
I think the trend of deploying engineers to customer sites with the hope that they will magically discover rich veins of product ideas is ultimately one that will not succeed for most companies
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
But otoh calling them “forward deployed” lets mediocre execs pretend they’re goddamned warfighters
Brb getting myself banned from WordPress dot org
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Brb getting myself banned from WordPress dot org
My main take on this show yet is that — in a good way — it has tons of cards yet to play and even so is taking time to make the audience consider the implications of its wacky premise both literally and as satire, before dealing yet another card that broadens/deepens the whole mess
Re Pluribus:
It’s kinda hard to engage with a show whose main character is so needlessly miserable and kind of dumb. Deeply incurious. Like, no interest in what these others are doing, etc. Solipsistic and self involved.
What am I missing?
It’s kinda hard to engage with a show whose main character is so needlessly miserable and kind of dumb. Deeply incurious. Like, no interest in what these others are doing, etc. Solipsistic and self involved.
What am I missing?
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My main take on this show yet is that — in a good way — it has tons of cards yet to play and even so is taking time to make the audience consider the implications of its wacky premise both literally and as satire, before dealing yet another card that broadens/deepens the whole mess
Here is where my most and least woke opinions converge:
Universal, state run healthcare is *incredibly efficient* and *fantastic for business.*
The only capitalist entities that benefit from our current system are insurance companies and private equity-owned medical conglomerates.
Universal, state run healthcare is *incredibly efficient* and *fantastic for business.*
The only capitalist entities that benefit from our current system are insurance companies and private equity-owned medical conglomerates.
all health care should be easily accessible and absolutely free. no insurance. no co pays. no fucking deductibles. free.
and that includes brains, teeth, and eyes too.
and that includes brains, teeth, and eyes too.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Here is where my most and least woke opinions converge:
Universal, state run healthcare is *incredibly efficient* and *fantastic for business.*
The only capitalist entities that benefit from our current system are insurance companies and private equity-owned medical conglomerates.
Universal, state run healthcare is *incredibly efficient* and *fantastic for business.*
The only capitalist entities that benefit from our current system are insurance companies and private equity-owned medical conglomerates.
I see what you did there
📍Senator Fetterman had a VFIB—the leading cause of cardiac arrest—he almost died if not for his implanted defibrillator, which can cost $34,000 to over $51,000. Days ago, he also just voted with GOP to gut health insurance tax credits for millions. Hope he has a change of heart.
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I see what you did there
Now that I’m an actual CEO, I can confirm every single thing written about middle-tier corporate product managers being “CEOs of the product” is complete and utter bullshit
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Now that I’m an actual CEO, I can confirm every single thing written about middle-tier corporate product managers being “CEOs of the product” is complete and utter bullshit
As a CEO I too want a cubicle farm full of workers toiling away for me 996, except I want mine to be miniature sized and full of adorable Guinea pigs
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
As a CEO I too want a cubicle farm full of workers toiling away for me 996, except I want mine to be miniature sized and full of adorable Guinea pigs
My take is that there is NO productivity difference between a 4 day week and 996, that 996 (or even having to be seen at a desk M-F 9-5) is entirely performative and “productivity” and “collaboration” are fictions we let bosses get away with spinning so they can have their lil’ cubicle farms
Hard to believe that a few years ago there was genuine mainstream discourse about tech companies shifting to 4-day work weeks while today companies are bragging about “AI productivity gains” yet it’s all about 996.
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
My take is that there is NO productivity difference between a 4 day week and 996, that 996 (or even having to be seen at a desk M-F 9-5) is entirely performative and “productivity” and “collaboration” are fictions we let bosses get away with spinning so they can have their lil’ cubicle farms
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IT'S '6-7', COOPER. A GENERATION ALPHA TREND. WHAT THEY CALL A 'MAY-MAY'. IT'S AN ORPHANED SIGNIFIER, NO SIGNS ATTACHED. ONE COULD CALL IT DADAIST, BUT SOMME SAY IT'S TOO STUPID TO BE DADA. IT'S ANTI-MEANING, ANTI-HUMOUR, BUT DAMN IF THOSE KIDS DON'T FIND IT A CRACK-UP.
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
IT'S '6-7', COOPER. A GENERATION ALPHA TREND. WHAT THEY CALL A 'MAY-MAY'. IT'S AN ORPHANED SIGNIFIER, NO SIGNS ATTACHED. ONE COULD CALL IT DADAIST, BUT SOMME SAY IT'S TOO STUPID TO BE DADA. IT'S ANTI-MEANING, ANTI-HUMOUR, BUT DAMN IF THOSE KIDS DON'T FIND IT A CRACK-UP.
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IM AT THE COMBINATION JIRA TICKET MIRO BOARD
it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
IM AT THE COMBINATION JIRA TICKET MIRO BOARD
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I want to very gently say something, and I hope nobody will be mad: If somebody on the internet says something that is NOT about politics and NOT about how terrible everything is, it’s a kindness not to reflexively make a comment (in jest or not) that brings it back to those things.
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I want to very gently say something, and I hope nobody will be mad: If somebody on the internet says something that is NOT about politics and NOT about how terrible everything is, it’s a kindness not to reflexively make a comment (in jest or not) that brings it back to those things.
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When people use Agile and yet the project is not what users want nor did it get delivered on time.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
When people use Agile and yet the project is not what users want nor did it get delivered on time.
Love y'all @sanity.io but — and IDK if this is a skill issue or because I'm not an Enterprise™ — 1-2 sec of latency isn't what I'd call "real time updates" on their "live" content API share.cleanshot.com/wkxhNPS4
CleanShot 2025-11-08 at 16.02.02
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November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Love y'all @sanity.io but — and IDK if this is a skill issue or because I'm not an Enterprise™ — 1-2 sec of latency isn't what I'd call "real time updates" on their "live" content API share.cleanshot.com/wkxhNPS4
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Another option: Chinese disruption in the form of significant competition, attracting investors or somehow making the OpenAI/Nvidia/MS trifecta untenable.
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Another option: Chinese disruption in the form of significant competition, attracting investors or somehow making the OpenAI/Nvidia/MS trifecta untenable.
Apropos of nothing, if the AI bubble were to blow up into a 2008-style economic crisis—or at least the mother of all market corrections—what would be the trigger?
• A major system shock (security, legal, financial) caused by an LLM fuckup
• OpenAI filing Chapter 11
• NVIDIA having a down quarter
• A major system shock (security, legal, financial) caused by an LLM fuckup
• OpenAI filing Chapter 11
• NVIDIA having a down quarter
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Apropos of nothing, if the AI bubble were to blow up into a 2008-style economic crisis—or at least the mother of all market corrections—what would be the trigger?
• A major system shock (security, legal, financial) caused by an LLM fuckup
• OpenAI filing Chapter 11
• NVIDIA having a down quarter
• A major system shock (security, legal, financial) caused by an LLM fuckup
• OpenAI filing Chapter 11
• NVIDIA having a down quarter
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Best Picture 2025
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Best Picture 2025
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guys I’m sorry but have you looked through Getty images for yesterday 💀
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
guys I’m sorry but have you looked through Getty images for yesterday 💀
What’s truly remarkable about Wonder is that (as explained well in this podcast) they started with a truly bad idea — overpriced *on demand* food trucks in the _suburbs_ — and keep finding ways to make it even worse, while raising VC to give horrible food better distribution youtu.be/YbYu_W9SnQk
Wonder YT clip
YouTube video by Good Noticings
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
What’s truly remarkable about Wonder is that (as explained well in this podcast) they started with a truly bad idea — overpriced *on demand* food trucks in the _suburbs_ — and keep finding ways to make it even worse, while raising VC to give horrible food better distribution youtu.be/YbYu_W9SnQk
Me: this seems like just a normal corner Chinese place, what’s so great about your food
Them:
Them:
November 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Me: this seems like just a normal corner Chinese place, what’s so great about your food
Them:
Them:
NJ voting sticker: simple, elegant, patriotic
NYC voting sticker: same but IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
NYC voting sticker: same but IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
November 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
NJ voting sticker: simple, elegant, patriotic
NYC voting sticker: same but IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
NYC voting sticker: same but IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
I’m writing on a project for a major tech brand via another agency, and I can tell which page of the Figma file came straight from the client because the fonts and colors for this 100% internal diagram are *perfectly* on brand.
November 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I’m writing on a project for a major tech brand via another agency, and I can tell which page of the Figma file came straight from the client because the fonts and colors for this 100% internal diagram are *perfectly* on brand.
Bluesky: website where everyone complains about horrible people
X: website where everyone celebrates horrible people
LinkedIn: website where everyone is excited to share they’ve been laid off by AI
Mastodon: look, the thing you have to understand about kerning is
X: website where everyone celebrates horrible people
LinkedIn: website where everyone is excited to share they’ve been laid off by AI
Mastodon: look, the thing you have to understand about kerning is
November 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Bluesky: website where everyone complains about horrible people
X: website where everyone celebrates horrible people
LinkedIn: website where everyone is excited to share they’ve been laid off by AI
Mastodon: look, the thing you have to understand about kerning is
X: website where everyone celebrates horrible people
LinkedIn: website where everyone is excited to share they’ve been laid off by AI
Mastodon: look, the thing you have to understand about kerning is
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Best diagram of the AI bubble I've seen so far 😁
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Best diagram of the AI bubble I've seen so far 😁