🚀 Today’s the day! I reunited with my friends at Stripe to build the website for joinopenstandard.com This one has a *ton* of little details (and easter eggs! 🥚) and I had a blast working with the folks on Stripe’s brand & web teams.
Jonnie Hallman
@jonnie.com
Independent Design Engineer. Ex-Stripe. Freelancing at destroytoday.com. Building ball.app and cushionapp.com. Owner of jonnie.com. Co-mayor of designtown.nyc. Doing too much.
Couldn’t help myself from adding the Larry O'Brien trophy in my 🏀.app for the Knicks theme 😏💅
Just realized that one of my favorite easter eggs I made while at Stripe is still on the /jobs page… The monitor in the photo mimics everything you do on the page itself. 🥚💅 (only visible on Firefox because it uses an experimental feature)
Long overdue to get @cushionapp.com on here! Follow along if you’re into #buildinpublic bsky.app/profile/cush...
Cushion@cushionapp.com · 2mo ago👋🦋 Hello Bluesky! I’m cushionapp.com, an app that brings peace of mind to freelancers. If you’re a freelancer—riding the ups-and-downs of the freelance life—I’d love to help you get on track! Built by fellow freelancer, @jonnie.com
Haven’t shared much online about a new 🏀-related side project, but I gotta start sharing these fun little details… Ahead of the NBA Finals, I added Conference Finals trophies to player avatars with Knicks/Spurs themes. 🏆
✏️ New blog post about establishing a weekly user interview routine for cushionapp.com destroytoday.com/blog/establi...
Establishing a weekly user interview routine - Jonnie Hallman (@destroytoday)
For the first time in years, I start performing user interviews again, and remember how valuable they can be.
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Now that I’m actively working on cushionapp.com again, I’m making sure to blog every feature launch, like I used to. Feels so good to bring closure to a launch and celebrate it, but also provides extra marketing content for new users exploring the features. Check it out here: cushionapp.com/blog
I wrote a new process post about building a feature I’ve always wanted, then hearing from other users that they’ve always wanted it, too—they just didn’t think to ask for it. destroytoday.com/blog/buildin...
Building for myself and delighting others - Jonnie Hallman (@destroytoday)
After building a feature I’ve always wanted, I hear from users that they’ve always wanted it, too—they just didn’t think to ask for it.
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@esb.lol I don’t follow college ball closely, but seemed like ya’ll needed more than that one guy dribbling around while everyone else waited around at the 3-point line
I spoke at the Kinference design conference last fall about a randomly available domain name that was so good that I felt obligated to start a new passion project. No spoilers, but it’s a real rollercoaster ride of a talk… 🏀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um0x...
Jonnie Hallman - Ball is Life - Kinference '25
YouTube video by Kinference
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🚀 It’s live! For the past couple months, I’ve been jamming with @devin.bsky.social & @narrowd.bsky.social on a website for NBA All Star Luka Dončić: 77x.world. The 3D was all Nick & Devin while I tackled the UI and user flows. I had a ton of fun matching the glitchiness in the UI, if you notice it…
I recently wrapped up a project for @larvalabs.com, animating their “Quine” generative art series, and I wrote about the process: destroytoday.com/blog/animati...
me, wanting to work on my personal site vs all my other priorities
Already had a great plumber and a great electrician. Finally found a great drywall guy.
I just discovered that HBO has 24 seasons of “How It’s Made” 💆♂️ www.hbomax.com/shows/how-it...
Watch How It's Made | HBO Max
Watch How It's Made on HBO Max. Plans start at $10.99/month. Explore the fascinating world of how everyday items are manufactured and produced. From aluminum foil to contact lenses, discover how many ...
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i'm hiring a 'growth engineer' to work side-by-side with me at val.town in brooklyn we're a small team on a mission to spread the joy of programming we're looking for someone self-directed, loves talking to users, write english & typescript, and own projects end-to-end if this is you, reach out!!
If anyone’s had to deal with disputes before, this is one of the most practical and useful applications of AI I’ve seen.
Happy NIN Tron soundtrack release day for those who celebrate! open.spotify.com/album/47pjW3...
TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Two somewhat contradictory beliefs I hold: 1. You should absolutely overengineer your personal homepage/blog/projects. Experiment with as many things as you can as quickly as possible. 2. If you _really_ wanted to write that blog post, you'd figure it out with a .txt file. Don't overcomplicate it.
Had a blast sharing a new side project at the AIR Show & Tell last night at Index Space. (and love seeing all the smiles after the fact since it was tunnel vision for me during the talk 😅)
