After over 4.5 years I've taken a voluntary redundancy and completed my last day at GitLab. Being at GitLab was the best job I have ever had, and where I've done some of the best work. I wrote some of my reflections, it changed how I think about work, forever. danmh.xyz/gitlab/

gitlab.com/danmh (2022–2026)

Senior Designer on the design systems team.

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Love this, liquid glass physics with flat plastic materials

garrison@garrison.corporate.fm · 2w ago

great news everyone, the future of ui has arrived jelly-ui.com

I find myself choosing to use software that is more beautiful or fun but less capable over 'better' alternatives more and more often

So lush to hear @donnie.damato.design and @bencallahan.com be so vulnerable on wireframe.ds.house tonight. Very generous people who serve the design systems space so well (in very different flavours 😅)

Wireframe Live weekdays @ 5pm ET

Transparent Design Talk

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Designer toxic trait: Spending more time picking OTF character variant combinations than the words themselves

I am terrified for people who are not aware of how AI is designed, in how it manipulates people, preys on insecurities and fears and isolates us. Since regulations will take too long, the second best thing to do is protect ourselves and our families with awareness. joinreboot.org/p/ai-psychosis

Surviving AI Psychosis

"I should have been more informed about the psychological dangers of AI chatbots than the average person. I was not."

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Spent some time last week trying to get AI assistants to do stuff for me as a design system designer in Figma. The results were mixed, but did lead to some actionable suggestions for what to do about it youtu.be/5aNg3M7hnGY?...

Spike: AI assistant + Figma MCP for code-to-Figma workflows — walkthrough

YouTube video by GitLab Unfiltered

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Beautiful storytelling. Lots of bonus parallels to successful design system maintainer <> consumer relationships. Proud to be a generalist. nearzero.software/p/warranty-v...

Warranty Void If Regenerated

Tom Hartmann had not planned to become a Software Mechanic.

nearzero.software

@oyabun.bsky.social love what you’re cooking with TUIStudio!

Mini eggs > caramel eggs > crème eggs

Alternative caption: what if your UI elements behaved like cats

RM@moldandyeast.bsky.social · 6mo ago

what if your canvas labels had a gravitational pull.

… of course they did The UK paid £4.1 million for a bookmarks site mahadk.com/posts/ai-ski...

The UK paid £4.1 million for a bookmarks site

Or, as they like to call it, the 'AI Skills Hub'. Which was built by PwC because of course it was

mahadk.com

Oh wow

Hacker News Hot 100@hot.hn · 7mo ago

📰 Astro Joining Cloudflare 🔗 https://astro.build/blog/joining-cloudflare/ 💬 Discuss on HN

Never gets old seeing a designer make their first code change, it update in the browser before their own eyes, and them instantly realise that their practice will never be the same again 🥰

2025 complete. Worked on great things with quality people. I end the year convinced — more than ever — that the best future is one where those who design and build work closer together. And using shared languages, tools, and incentives. danmh.xyz/wrapped-2025/

Design is $this. Design is $that. Blah blah blah

Converge 10/10 No notes

Such a pertinent talk. I think this is one that will be referenced and built on for years to come. Can’t wait to get stuck into the content again

John Voss@jovo.design · 9mo ago

Converge, if you missed the URL at the end of my talk, here it is. A fairly thorough list of books, podcasts, and quotables that informed it: jovo.design/framing

Our report on transforming public services for a modern Wales launches this Friday! 🙌 But we need help to get it to decision-makers, campaigners, community leaders, and journalists. Can you support and share our Crowdfunder to make this happen? 🙏 Diolch, thank you!

Transform Wales@transform.wales · 10mo ago

Digital isn’t just about tech. It’s how we fix broken systems and services. Our new report (published this Friday) shows how – but we need your help to get it in front of decision-makers before the 2026 election. Support our Crowdfunder: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/transform-...

Love to see a physical release in 2025 Huge congrats to the team at @immichapp.bsky.social immich.store/en-gbp/produ...

Always so frustrating hearing about household names not paying their freelance creative on time

Yo design system losers - there's under 40 tickets left for Converge. You heard it here first. Get in before it sells out. And yes, agenda is out next week. converge.zeroheight.com

A one-day in-person design systems conference that brings the community together

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Ynys Y Barri ☀️

Always exciting to see more designers committing code for the first time

So what’s everyone using for a css normalise these days?

I have been back and forth over the span of 5 years about whether to publish this article. All opinions and experiences in this post are my own, or from people I personally know, backed up with recent reports and statistics.

Why Women in Tech isn't enough

Women in Tech spaces help, but fall short in the long run. Real progress needs systemic change and active involvement from men in positions of power.

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Is the there a design equivalent of code smell? ‘Design smell’ has some smell of its own 😅

There’s this weird myth about how UX or UI or whatever software design is called isn’t a big deal anymore. But here I am, still staring at a screen trying to solve problems with no cut and paste solutions. And that rocks

Stacking beds

Matthew@enragedodin.bsky.social · 2y ago

Confess your crimes to me

Figma going public means new industry tooling coming because they will slow down, focus on 1/4 by 1/4 numbers before eventually being swallowed by a PE firm or sold for little to Adobe who will rename it. Be on your toes design folk. Now is the time to try everything and use what works.