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Mindaugas Rudokas
@mindaugasrudokas.com
Explorer–ideator, designer, coder, illustrator. Feeding endless curiosity.

Previously Pixelmator, Flinto. Currently indie, building iOS apps at @codulis.com
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Have been designing with 'Hardened Glass' since iOS 3 thank you very much.
And plastic.
And fabric.
And metal.
And paper.
And light.

#UIDesign #Skeuomorphism
If only he had found this quote like 2 years ago, and would have been inspired by it. visionOS was indeed pretty good. He could have moved on to build the bright future of the Metaverse. Instead we are now sitting in a pile of 💩.
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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December 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“Inconvenience”

iPad, Paper app, 2014.

#Illustration #Drawing
December 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Nice movie.

Although the main topic is the turmoil in Ireland, there is a lot of nostalgia-inducing views and events.

www.imdb.com/title/tt1278...
Belfast (2021) ⭐ 7.2 | Biography, Drama
1h 38m | PG-13
www.imdb.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Audio UIs are like the seed vault for the Skeuomorphism.

There will be draughts, but eventually the rain season comes and it springs back to life.

colorpalette.pro by @ryanfeigenbaum.com

#UIDesign
Color Palette Pro — A Synthesizer for Color Palettes
Generate customizable color palettes in advanced color spaces that can be easily shared, downloaded, or exported.
colorpalette.pro
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Black Friday deals for Premium tiers of all my indie apps.

✸ Disco Timer – glanceable timer.
✸ Disco Steps – pedometer.
✸ Weight Stats – weight loss tracker.
✸ Blood Pressure – yes, one more tracker.

Individual info/links in 🧵…

#BlackFriday #IndieDev #iOSDev
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“Liquid Glass is a design cancer.”
— Dustin Curtis

x.com/dcurtis/stat...
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Reposted by Mindaugas Rudokas
From cut, notched, perforated, and layered pieces of metallic-coated paper, artist Michael Velliquette conceives of these alluring geometric motifs.

www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/mich...
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
What a great logo! 😍

(the new Renault Twingo)

#Logo
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In the early days we did flock to Apple’s platform for great design.

Over the years we got locked into the platform.

Now we are hostages to the degrading design.

mastodon.social/@daringfireb...
Daring Fireball (@daringfireball@mastodon.social)
Tahoe’s Terrible Icons https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/11/07/tahoes-terrible-icons
mastodon.social
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Jeez, even in these handpicked Liquid Glass examples, I literally prefer the earlier versions for *every single one* of them. Good times…

developer.apple.com/design/new-d...

#LiquidGlass
Discover how apps are using the new design and Liquid Glass - Design - Apple Developer
Discover how leading apps are embracing Liquid Glass to create immersive, dynamic experiences that feel natural and responsive across Apple platforms.
developer.apple.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Mac App Store, home page, topmost banner illustration.

“Attention to detail.”
November 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
“Rehallucinate”

A quote from the #AdobeMAX keynote.

I don’t think I have heard this word before. With 're-' prefix that is.

I mean – technically correct in the context of images. But it caries all the dirt of text-gen fact fabrication.
November 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Adobe announces “Project Graph”.

In two days Figma announces “Weave”.

Node-based editors are going mainstream.

(Although seems mainly pushed by gen-AI use cases. I hope procedural/math functionality doesn’t get ignored.)

x.com/figma/status...
Figma on X: "We just acquired @weavy_ai, soon to be known as Figma Weave. With Weavy, you’ll get more models, more tools, more ways to create within the canvas. More to come https://t.co/PXUYabLEdp" / X
We just acquired @weavy_ai, soon to be known as Figma Weave. With Weavy, you’ll get more models, more tools, more ways to create within the canvas. More to come https://t.co/PXUYabLEdp
x.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
So 2 more days to go, and we will know if there is one “Freedom” or multiple kinds of it.

#Affinity #Blender
October 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Some impressive shots here.

Nikon Small World
2025 Photomicrography Competition

www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...

#Photography
October 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It’s called “the division of labor”.

Apple makes and ships OS prototypes.

Testing and bug reporting is done by 3rd party developers and end users.

Design is being fixed by 3rd party designer critiques and user backlash.

What’s not to like here?!
October 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
When 300,000 lines of code compiles in 2 seconds and you are still not content with the performance of the compiler and plan for 10x speedup.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdpD...
Jonathan Blow - Jai Demo and Design Explanation (KEYNOTE) - Updated
YouTube video by LambdaConf
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
YouTube is in a hurry to catch up with Apple’s design trend disaster.
October 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
October 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
October 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
October 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“Decorations”

iPad, Paper app, 2014.

#Sketch
October 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Xcode hammer is healing from the glass infection.

#AppIconDesign
October 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM