WDC2026 is tomorrow! @lurkmoophy.bsky.social and @alexolder.com are looking to see all you beautiful people in Bristol tomorrow! We have a great lineup of speakers who will be sharing their knowledge with us We will see you at the @wshed.bsky.social tomorrow! Doors open at 8:45! webdevconf.com

WDC2026 - October 9 2026, Watershed, Bristol, UK | Web Developers Conference

WDC is the web design and development conference based in Bristol, taking place in autumn each year.

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We're only a handful of tickets to making it bigger than last year (which was our biggest year since I can't remember when). BUY BUY BUY

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We're just over a week out for WDC2026! It's going to be another awesome event thanks to you! If you still haven't picked up your ticket yet there is still time! webdevconf.com

CONVERGE IS OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT! Wild that that's three years in a row that have sold out before the day. This year it sold out even quicker. Aim for next year: Bigger venue and sell out in January

Logged in to look at the stats on my Very Old Podcast 'DesignOps Island Discs' and slightly floored that it still gets 1000+ downloads per month, despite not having an update in 3 years. Time to bring it back?

Probably the closest I’ve got to agreeing with a news article about AI. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Stop shaming people for using AI. Start organizing to prevent our obsolescence | Garrison Lovely

The industry is engaged in a perverse quest to replace humans. We cannot cede the best tools available to the other side

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I think my son has it in for the butter dish. Three smashed in the last three months. All "by accident"

Have to say, I’m with Gen Z on this one. Part of a bigger thing in that performative ‘professionalism’ needs to die. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The great iced coffee debate: is it wrong to take a beverage into a job interview?

It might seem a perfectly natural thing to do. But, on TikTok, a recruiter has expressed her dismay at gen Zs showing up with a takeout drink – and it’s caused a ruckus

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This is true. I will be sad.

WDC@webdevconf.com · 3w ago

WDC2026 is just over 2 weeks away. We're looking forward to seeing you in Bristol on October 9th! If you don't have your ticket yet (why not @lurkmoophy.bsky.social will get very sad if they don't get to see your beautiful faces!) do it now! Tickets are just £99! webdevconf.com

This is my official call to retire Pumpkin Spice Lattes. We've had a good run of 23 years. Autumn should be all about the Apple Crumble.

@jem.fm Jem babe, is that foundations of sand article you wrote years ago still available anywhere online?

Built a little gig guide for the @nothingsoundsgood.bsky.social site and thought I'd do a quick run through of how it works in the hopes that somebody watches and tells me how to make it better 😅

I've got a proof of concept app that checks your ds documentation for how AI-readable it is. Anyone want to help give it a test run on your docs to give some feedback? At the moment it can connect to a public url, uploaded md, md in a github (public or private) or zeroheight styleguide (via OAuth)

Just putting it out there that there are only 28 tickets left for Converge. So if you've been thinking about it, now is the time to buy buy buy converge.zeroheight.com

Converge 2026 — Design systems conference | Newcastle, UK

Converge is zeroheight’s annual design systems conference. Join us on 22 October 2026 at The Glasshouse, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK — talks, community, and the afterparty.

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Updated the branding on indiefjord.com for 2027. Had some fun getting old photos from previous years and making a stupid vintage postcard-inspired logo

More waiting for tasks to run, so did a quick little musical figure. This time Amanda from Green Day...

Been waiting for a big test to run on my machine, so in the meantime, I did another musical figure. This time it's Boygenius' 'Emily, I'm Sorry'

We finally added the final speaker to @webdevconf.com yesterday! Genuinely can't wait for this dream lineup incl. @jesslynnrose.bsky.social @paavandesign.com @amyhupe.bsky.social @joshtumath.uk @hidde.blog @cjforms.bsky.social @duncanpetrie.com You got your ticket already, right? webdevconf.com

WDC2026 - October 9 2026, Watershed, Bristol, UK | Web Developers Conference

WDC is the web design and development conference based in Bristol, taking place in autumn each year.

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Are #designsystems dead? 💀 Well, at least design systems as we know them. In this talk from our June event, @lurkmoophy.bsky.social argues for positioning them as core product infrastructure rather than a separate, magical discipline. 👉 You can watch it now, for free: youtu.be/sa_IJRjPtJw

Design Systems are Dead. Long Live Design Systems – Luke Murphy | Pixel Pioneers 2026

YouTube video by Pixel Pioneers

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Have you registered for tomorrow’s DS Live webinar? Join accessibility expert Hidde de Vries as he shares practical strategies for baking accessibility into components, helping teams build more inclusive experiences by default. 📅 Weds 2nd Sept / 4pm BST Sign up ➡️ https://hubs.li/Q04tmWRp0

We announced this year's Brutallixmas gig at the weekend. Before we'd even announced it we'd already sold a bunch of tickets. SO if you want to come along, I'd suggest getting in early :D dice.fm/partner/tick...

Brutallixmas ft. Brutalligators, Fightmilk, Flinch Tickets | From £8 | 12 Dec @ The Victoria, London | DICE

Brutallixmas is back for 2026, with two of our favourite sad bands on the bill, London's Fightmilk and Glasgow's flinch.

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Another illustration this morning of musical figures. This time it's Blink 182's Josie, and specifically the 'I show up at 3 A.M., she's still up watching Vacation' line. Not as happy with this one, but good practice!

Thought I'd start a new little art project where I illustrate characters from songs... the first is Lump from Presidents of the USA.

Time to wheel out the word petrichor

Reminder that the big summer @brutalligators.bsky.social is happening tomorrow night at Victoria. Would love to see some folks I know there if you're about! Expect sweaty singalongs and three (or at least two) Very Good Bands. dice.fm/partner/tick...

Brutalligators // The Lonely Surf // Good Job Kid Tickets | From £8 | 25 Aug @ The Victoria, London | DICE

NOTHING SOUNDS GOOD TURNS ONE! To celebrate the first birthday of the vinyl subscription Nothing Sounds Good, we're putting on a night of merriment featurin...

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Right, who am I seeing at Hops & Props tonight? 😀

In this article, Ron Graham (Digital Product Manager for BT's #designsystem) argues that Figma can only ever be a representation, not the source of truth. The goal is not to make Figma mirror code perfectly. It's to help teams understand the system well enough to use it effectively.

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Are Figma components just another kind of design system documentation? Check out Ron’s take here 👇 https://hubs.li/Q04p0B6B0

Things I was surprised about (but also not surprised about): - A phone-free gig was actually pretty damn nice. Not getting the right photo/video, being forced to actually have conversations instead of doomscrolling, not actually being aware of the time. All quite lovely.

Fuck me, Phoebe Bridgers at Union Chapel last night was one of the most special gigs I've ever been to. She is one of the best natural performers I've ever seen, and having Christian Lee Hutson on stage with her just sitting there being his gorgeous self made it even better.

I love you and you are worthy (threatening)

Being in a band is cool, claims @lurkmoophy.bsky.social It also helps that it’s a really good one, like the @brutalligators.bsky.social

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It's not all mosh pits and crowdsurfing when Luke Murphy joins us to talk about nearly 20 years of band life. They talk about the sharp contrast between recording an album and the rush of performing i...

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