Sunny Thaper
sunnythaper.com
Sunny Thaper
@sunnythaper.com
I am a product designer and design team leader based in Phoenix, AZ. I specialize in leading product discovery, mentoring design teams, and building scalable design systems.

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this is the worst
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December 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Sometimes when you are alone in the house with your pet cat, you create some of the most embarrassing yet creative musical covers. My little guy was in his litterbox doing his thing and out of nowhere I bust out with "He's a poop box hero, he's got stars in his eyes". EP avail for presale soon.
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Advent of Design is a really fun adaptation of Advent of Code. The first challenge is up and I'm debating if I want to take the time to create a submission.

adventof.design

#design #figma
Advent of design
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December 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Dave Trott frames the story of author William Golding finding a title for "Lord of the Flies" as a strong case that we as creatives need to understand that our job is impact. If not Monteith's suggestion to change the title and Pringle's genius, the world would have ignored "Strangers from Within".
OUR JOB IS IMPACT - Dave Trott's Blog
In 1953, an unknown writer called William Golding wrote a novel. He sent it to around twenty publishers, one after the other, and one after the other it came back. The rejection letters said “absurd, ...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
What a wonderful walkthrough of Figma slots. The demo of expanding beyond the component and block level to a general layout level was mind-blowing. I'm starting to realize I was thinking of slots in a much more basic way than I should have been.

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#figma #design
Introducing Slots (new feature) | Schema by Figma 2025
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November 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Now that I have launched my personal portfolio again, it's been fun to update all of my social profiles with the link. I imagine everyone seeing my updates has had this reaction.
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I'm really loving @ghost.org but one challenge I'm having is setting up a simple contact form. I wish there was a native solution, as Ghost is already setup to work with Mailgun. My best attempt has been Fromspree, as it allows me to control my code. Anyone have a better solution?

#ghost #cms #form
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
For anyone thinking about launching their own Bluesky PDS, it's an incredibly easy process! I am happy to say that I was up and running within mere minutes after reading the documentation. It will be nice to own my Bluesky channel content through this direct integration.

#bluesky #pds
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM