Jack McDade
@jackmcdade.bsky.social
Creator of Statamic ⚡️ Building the CMS I always wished existed… and the habits that let me outlast devs half my age.
Here's a quick demo of Statamic Sidecar seamlessly editing LaraDocs and Jigsaw sites. It's been a productive weekend! www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9mQ...
Introducing Sidecar – Manage Jigsaw & Laradocs sites with Statamic
YouTube video by Statamic
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If anyone is looking for someone to help with your video work, may I suggest my brother Joseph? Full on editing, sound/music/light motion design for long form, short/social, you name it. He's gotten so stinkin' good. https://josephmcdade.com/
Alongside Statamic 6, we also shipped SEO Pro 7 — with a whole pile of new features: 🚀 Structured Data/JSON-LD 🚀 Search Engine/OG Image Card previews 🚀 Improved reports 🚀 Localizable site defaults 🚀 Support for URL trailing slashes
Statamic 6 is here! 🚀 A redesigned Control Panel, a modern Vue 3 + Inertia foundation, a new UI component library, a long list of architectural & performance improvements, and that's just scratching the surface. This is a new beginning, ready for what comes next. ❤️
I tinkered with a personal site redesign all Christmas break and never really got anywhere. Go figure — as soon as I get back to work the inspiration struck. Ain't that just how it works? Even got to resurrect Kyle Steed's "Steedicons" for this one.
For 2026 I'm going (more) analog. I'm making effort to do things by hand when I can. Paper, pens, scotch tape. I even set up a second, "offline desk" (a tip from @austinkleon) to make it easier. I'm gonna spend money on art supplies instead of SaaS apps. It's gonna get weird up in here. 🤘
I still love and use Photoshop almost every single day. AMA
I got rid of my expensive, ergonomic office chair & now use this basic kitchen chair I bought off Marketplace. It's firm & doesn't encourage me to slouch give into crappy posture. When my butt is tired, I get up and walk around. It's the perfect desk chair. Rage against comfort.
Years of sitting, coding, shipping, scrolling, and pixel peeping destroyed my body. I honestly thought I was DYING. It took me 4 years and 22 specialists to figure out what was ACTUALLY happening and how to fix it. Now I'm sharing everything I learned & more in my new podcast — recoverymode.fm
Pursuing recovery from a mind & body damaged by tech. | Recovery Mode
Pursuing recovery from a mind & body damaged by tech. A podcast hosted by Jack McDade & Marce K.
recoverymode.fm
I've been on a really long journey with my health and decided that it's time to share a bit more. I've learned so much (and have so much left to learn) and want to put this out there in case it helps anyone dealing with something similar.
Just made some updates to my Radical Design course today — added some resources, refreshed the hero area to better explain what the course is REALLY about. It's every bit as useful as the day I launched it 1 year ago and I'm still freakin proud of it. radicaldesigncourse.com/
Radical Design – A Rebellious Web Design Course by Jack McDade
Radical Design is a rebellious, potentially life-changing design course by Jack McDade
radicaldesigncourse.com
Sketch just dropped a massive update in beta. Time to play around! www.sketch.com/beta/
See the future of Sketch! Download the latest Beta
Get hands on with our latest and greatest features and improvements first. Download the latest beta for the Sketch Mac app here.
sketch.com
Is this an acceptable cross-client email newsletter solution?
Okay this might be the most fun site I've seen in ages. @JoshWComeau is a master at his delightful craft! Be sure to play around with the tray of tools in the top-right 😊 whimsy.joshwcomeau.com/
Whimsical Animations
Learn how to create charming interactions and delightful touches using the magic of CSS, JavaScript, SVG, and Canvas. I’m sharing all my tricks in this one!
whimsy.joshwcomeau.com
Dang @tailwindcss 4 is so good. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about the configs in CSS but hot dawg – it is The Way™.
For a long time my goal with Statamic was to make it the best Flat File CMS. ✅ We did that. Then I wanted to make it the best @laravelphp CMS. ✅ I think we've done that too. My new goal is to make Statamic the best CMS, period. 😈 Come along for the ride.
Back from my social media break. Boy oh boy was that nice. 😊
Still can't get over how great this redesign is I've been using Statamic since v2 and this is the best version of the site yet (not the the previous ones weren't great too) My favourite part is the British toucan Well played, gentlemen, well played 🎩
Jack McDade@jackmcdade.bsky.social · 2y agoDesigned a thing. Again. 😊 statamic.com
