Mark Tomlinson
@marktomlinson.dev
Web dev. Building tools for better design-development workflows.
Currently building @sugarcube.sh
There is another world, but it's in this one.
🌐 marktomlinson.dev
🍃 loanwords.leaflet.pub
Currently building @sugarcube.sh
There is another world, but it's in this one.
🌐 marktomlinson.dev
🍃 loanwords.leaflet.pub
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Mark Tomlinson
@marktomlinson.dev
· Oct 30
It's not every day you see someone else get THIS excited about the Design Tokens Specification.
To celebrate, here's a screenshot of some WIP landing page copy I'm working on for sugarcube - a toolkit for building DTCG-token-powered websites.
Actual nice-looking website coming soon 😅
To celebrate, here's a screenshot of some WIP landing page copy I'm working on for sugarcube - a toolkit for building DTCG-token-powered websites.
Actual nice-looking website coming soon 😅
Gave marktomlinson.dev a tiny refresh for the first time this...*checks logs*...decade 😬
I've met some really nice people on Bluesky this year. I thought refreshing the site might be a way to show a bit more about me personally. Thanks if you check it out!
I've met some really nice people on Bluesky this year. I thought refreshing the site might be a way to show a bit more about me personally. Thanks if you check it out!
Mark Tomlinson
Melbourne-based software engineer & creator of sugarcube.
marktomlinson.dev
December 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Gave marktomlinson.dev a tiny refresh for the first time this...*checks logs*...decade 😬
I've met some really nice people on Bluesky this year. I thought refreshing the site might be a way to show a bit more about me personally. Thanks if you check it out!
I've met some really nice people on Bluesky this year. I thought refreshing the site might be a way to show a bit more about me personally. Thanks if you check it out!
Website with a sticky footer reveal: sous les pavés, la plage.
December 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Website with a sticky footer reveal: sous les pavés, la plage.
This has been a constant companion the last five years and is a steal at that price.
You can fundamentally rewire your brain to properly understand CSS layout... for $34.50. Can’t say fairer than that! One day left.
Oh I forgot to mention on here, Every Layout is doing the annual 50% discount too! every-layout.dev
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This has been a constant companion the last five years and is a steal at that price.
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I’ve been working on something quietly for a while. Today it steps into the open. It’s called Faro, a space where I’m sharing ideas that shaped my work across brand, design, content, engineering, and systems thinking.
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I’ve been working on something quietly for a while. Today it steps into the open. It’s called Faro, a space where I’m sharing ideas that shaped my work across brand, design, content, engineering, and systems thinking.
Obsessively polishing the DX for my 0 users. They have all told me they are very appreciative.
Seriously though, this actually might change soon! Someone randomly messaged the other day asking if they could try sugarcube for a client project. I almost cried.
Seriously though, this actually might change soon! Someone randomly messaged the other day asking if they could try sugarcube for a client project. I almost cried.
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Obsessively polishing the DX for my 0 users. They have all told me they are very appreciative.
Seriously though, this actually might change soon! Someone randomly messaged the other day asking if they could try sugarcube for a client project. I almost cried.
Seriously though, this actually might change soon! Someone randomly messaged the other day asking if they could try sugarcube for a client project. I almost cried.
Just got per-token-collection virtual modules to resolve and load correctly and this will mean absolutely nothing to anyone but I'm so relieved I'm posting regardless.
December 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Just got per-token-collection virtual modules to resolve and load correctly and this will mean absolutely nothing to anyone but I'm so relieved I'm posting regardless.
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Normalize the dismantling of intrusive, nonconsensual surveillance technologies
December 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Normalize the dismantling of intrusive, nonconsensual surveillance technologies
Had this idea to go film something in the countryside but Melbourne traffic at all times is such that I cannot ever under any circumstances leave my house.
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Had this idea to go film something in the countryside but Melbourne traffic at all times is such that I cannot ever under any circumstances leave my house.
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Do you actually like designing systems or do you just have anxiety?
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Do you actually like designing systems or do you just have anxiety?
The benefits of learning CSS well are underplayed in the industry. I’ve seen clients as well as teams suffer, all because the foundations weren’t there.
What you’ll learn in Andy’s CSS course - or working with Set directly - is the best antidote to that I know.
What you’ll learn in Andy’s CSS course - or working with Set directly - is the best antidote to that I know.
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 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The benefits of learning CSS well are underplayed in the industry. I’ve seen clients as well as teams suffer, all because the foundations weren’t there.
What you’ll learn in Andy’s CSS course - or working with Set directly - is the best antidote to that I know.
What you’ll learn in Andy’s CSS course - or working with Set directly - is the best antidote to that I know.
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Mindful Design is here!
You get the exact same deal as our Black Friday deal, so if you buy Mindful Design for £189, you can get JavaScript for Everyone or Complete CSS for only £124.50
That's a massive £184.50 saving off their full price for 2 premium courses!
piccalilli.link/md-launch-so...
You get the exact same deal as our Black Friday deal, so if you buy Mindful Design for £189, you can get JavaScript for Everyone or Complete CSS for only £124.50
That's a massive £184.50 saving off their full price for 2 premium courses!
piccalilli.link/md-launch-so...
Mindful Design
A high quality, expansive video course that will elevate your design skills to a level you never thought was achievable.
piccalilli.link
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Mindful Design is here!
You get the exact same deal as our Black Friday deal, so if you buy Mindful Design for £189, you can get JavaScript for Everyone or Complete CSS for only £124.50
That's a massive £184.50 saving off their full price for 2 premium courses!
piccalilli.link/md-launch-so...
You get the exact same deal as our Black Friday deal, so if you buy Mindful Design for £189, you can get JavaScript for Everyone or Complete CSS for only £124.50
That's a massive £184.50 saving off their full price for 2 premium courses!
piccalilli.link/md-launch-so...
What are some recent sites you've seen and liked that incorporate 3D elements?
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
What are some recent sites you've seen and liked that incorporate 3D elements?
What a super lovely shoutout. Leaflet crew clearly as nice as what they’re building
shout out to @marktomlinson.bsky.social for landing a few nice little fixes / improvements for @leaflet.pub lately, much appreciated!
we've got a few more tagged 'good-first-issue' here: tangled.org/leaflet.pub/... (trying to gradually become more tangled-first but PRs on github fine too haha)
we've got a few more tagged 'good-first-issue' here: tangled.org/leaflet.pub/... (trying to gradually become more tangled-first but PRs on github fine too haha)
issues
a tool for shared writing and social publishing
tangled.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:02 AM
What a super lovely shoutout. Leaflet crew clearly as nice as what they’re building
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Sharing the ASCII link hover ripple from my tiny folio. Plain JS, minimal CSS, layout‑safe for long labels.
Demo: codepen.io/erevan/pen/M...
Demo: codepen.io/erevan/pen/M...
October 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Sharing the ASCII link hover ripple from my tiny folio. Plain JS, minimal CSS, layout‑safe for long labels.
Demo: codepen.io/erevan/pen/M...
Demo: codepen.io/erevan/pen/M...
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Now I know there’s some great engineers out there who would love to work on storybook, but did yall know they’re hiring? www.chromatic.com/company/care...
Chromatic • We're hiring!
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www.chromatic.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Now I know there’s some great engineers out there who would love to work on storybook, but did yall know they’re hiring? www.chromatic.com/company/care...
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Our Black Friday deals are simple this year: save £60 on *all courses* and everyone who buys a course during this period will be given a coupon code that they can use to get a 50% discount off future course purchases at any time.
Deals start on November 25 and run for 2 weeks!
Deals start on November 25 and run for 2 weeks!
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Our Black Friday deals are simple this year: save £60 on *all courses* and everyone who buys a course during this period will be given a coupon code that they can use to get a 50% discount off future course purchases at any time.
Deals start on November 25 and run for 2 weeks!
Deals start on November 25 and run for 2 weeks!
AI startups compete not on innovation or value to society but on the subtlety of their bg surface tints
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
AI startups compete not on innovation or value to society but on the subtlety of their bg surface tints
Hey man what have you been up to the last six months?
Oh, you know, styling form controls just normal stuff.
Oh, you know, styling form controls just normal stuff.
November 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Hey man what have you been up to the last six months?
Oh, you know, styling form controls just normal stuff.
Oh, you know, styling form controls just normal stuff.
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My first advice to junior contributors is to STOP using vibe coding for PRs. OSS is always about people more than about code. We don't need more code generated by LLM, we need more people who care.
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
My first advice to junior contributors is to STOP using vibe coding for PRs. OSS is always about people more than about code. We don't need more code generated by LLM, we need more people who care.
Lost an entire 12 hours to what turned out to be a chrome regression. I'm going to bed.
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Lost an entire 12 hours to what turned out to be a chrome regression. I'm going to bed.
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Breakthrough 🤯 You're seeing
- ALL my @leaflet.pub articles 📄
- from ALL my Leaflet publications 📚
on my 🚧 new site (in dev) 🙀 that's
- version-controlled w/ @tangled.org 😳
- (soon) hosted w/ @nekomimi.pet's wisp.place 😱
EVERY PART is stored in my #PDS 🫠
#ATproto is the future!!! WTF 💙
- ALL my @leaflet.pub articles 📄
- from ALL my Leaflet publications 📚
on my 🚧 new site (in dev) 🙀 that's
- version-controlled w/ @tangled.org 😳
- (soon) hosted w/ @nekomimi.pet's wisp.place 😱
EVERY PART is stored in my #PDS 🫠
#ATproto is the future!!! WTF 💙
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Breakthrough 🤯 You're seeing
- ALL my @leaflet.pub articles 📄
- from ALL my Leaflet publications 📚
on my 🚧 new site (in dev) 🙀 that's
- version-controlled w/ @tangled.org 😳
- (soon) hosted w/ @nekomimi.pet's wisp.place 😱
EVERY PART is stored in my #PDS 🫠
#ATproto is the future!!! WTF 💙
- ALL my @leaflet.pub articles 📄
- from ALL my Leaflet publications 📚
on my 🚧 new site (in dev) 🙀 that's
- version-controlled w/ @tangled.org 😳
- (soon) hosted w/ @nekomimi.pet's wisp.place 😱
EVERY PART is stored in my #PDS 🫠
#ATproto is the future!!! WTF 💙
This by the ed.studio crew is such tidy dev/design work:
ausify.com.au
Just wish I were young enough to know some of the bands.
ausify.com.au
Just wish I were young enough to know some of the bands.
Ausify Your Algo | Search. Listen. Defy. #Ausify
Your destination for searching and discovering Australian music. Find new Aussie artists, bands, and homegrown talent from Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and beyond. Ausify your algo.
ausify.com.au
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This by the ed.studio crew is such tidy dev/design work:
ausify.com.au
Just wish I were young enough to know some of the bands.
ausify.com.au
Just wish I were young enough to know some of the bands.
Did some Framer plugin development for a client thing recently.
First time looking at Framer in detail and wow the costs for anything that's not a toy project seem insane.
First time looking at Framer in detail and wow the costs for anything that's not a toy project seem insane.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Did some Framer plugin development for a client thing recently.
First time looking at Framer in detail and wow the costs for anything that's not a toy project seem insane.
First time looking at Framer in detail and wow the costs for anything that's not a toy project seem insane.
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Back in March, @pedropeguerojr.com and I hosted our first meetup for @3-3.fyi. Our next meetup will be the first time that we *don't* have someone give a presentation.
I want to highlight the great presentations we got this year because they have been *really* fucking good.
🧵 1/?
I want to highlight the great presentations we got this year because they have been *really* fucking good.
🧵 1/?
November 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Back in March, @pedropeguerojr.com and I hosted our first meetup for @3-3.fyi. Our next meetup will be the first time that we *don't* have someone give a presentation.
I want to highlight the great presentations we got this year because they have been *really* fucking good.
🧵 1/?
I want to highlight the great presentations we got this year because they have been *really* fucking good.
🧵 1/?
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Now that the @designtokens.org format specification has reached its first, *stable* version, I decided to have a look back at my own journey of getting involved in the DTCG and contributing to that spec...
cirrus.twiddles.com/blog/2025/10...
#DesignTokens #DesignSystems #standards
cirrus.twiddles.com/blog/2025/10...
#DesignTokens #DesignSystems #standards
My DTCG journey
A look back at how I got involved with the DTCG and played a small part shaping the format specification
cirrus.twiddles.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Now that the @designtokens.org format specification has reached its first, *stable* version, I decided to have a look back at my own journey of getting involved in the DTCG and contributing to that spec...
cirrus.twiddles.com/blog/2025/10...
#DesignTokens #DesignSystems #standards
cirrus.twiddles.com/blog/2025/10...
#DesignTokens #DesignSystems #standards