The first version an AI gives me can look finished enough that I start adjusting the spacing before asking whether I need the component at all. It’s easy to get caught up improving the wrong thing. karlkoch.me/writing/the-...
Karl K.
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Part of the “Cracked Photoshop & MySpace” generation. Design Engineer @duckduckgo. Creator of many things. Listener and maker of heavy music. Revived late 90’s Skateboarder. See more at: https://karlkoch.me
An icon can be perfectly centred and still look wrong. I’ve made a little play-button demo where you can turn on the outlines and see what the browser is actually aligning. karlkoch.me/writing/on-a...
I’ve updated hiring-manager-bar with more training examples and regression tests. I want it to give useful portfolio feedback without turning every project into the same long case study. karlkoch.me/writing/upda...
My Norse mythology sleeve connects me to my ancestors. Some of its symbols have also been appropriated by people whose beliefs I reject, and knowing why I chose them doesn’t make that any easier. karlkoch.me/writing/on-t...
I’m usually looking for something I can remove from an interface. But if a visible Save button explains what a hidden bookmark doesn’t, those few letters are doing useful work. I’ve worked through the interaction here: karlkoch.me/writing/on-w...
As always, the deepest of dives on keyboards. Marcin’s Shift Happens was a wild read, so glad I got it during the Kickstarter.
Marcin Wichary@aresluna.org · 4w agoThis might be intense (or, intensely boring), but I wrote down everything I know about differences between Mac and PC keyboards today. It might be useful for people who design cross-platform apps, especially web apps! unsung.aresluna.org/deeper-dive-...
Really agree with @jim-nielsen.com on making things we want to exist. Using KK Sans on my own site keeps giving me reasons to improve it; I'd like any money it made to help me keep doing that. karlkoch.me/writing/on-w...
I really agree with Sean Goedecke on reading code. Following how an interface actually works is a big reason I still think design engineers need coding fundamentals, especially when AI is writing the code. karlkoch.me/writing/on-k...
The Design Engineering work that looks best online is usually polish. I want us to show the end-to-end projects and the tools that helped a whole team too, because what we show affects when people think to involve us. karlkoch.me/writing/end-...
I’ve been hiring Design Engineers, and some portfolios make it surprisingly difficult to work out what the person did. The hiring manager is one of your users too; help them understand the work before asking them to explore it. karlkoch.me/writing/the-...
I've learnt a lot from opening my doors to people asking for help. I don't think they should have to pitch what's in it for me first. And if I can't help, I can say so kindly; it doesn't need to be pitchforks at dawn. karlkoch.me/writing/on-k...
On the right tool for the job. Karl Koch answers the question “how do you work”. Short version: it depends. I like the part about having to steer the tools a lot.
Karl Koch | On the right tool for the job
Choose the right tool for each project based on its requirements, not past preferences.
karlkoch.me
#Design #Approaches Why OKLCH · “Define colors perceptually, derive everything else.” ilo.im/16by9o by Karl Koch _____ #Colors #ColorSpaces #ColorPalettes #OKLCH #ProductDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign #Development #WebDev #Frontend
Karl Koch | On oklch
Site uses all-OKLCH palette for perceptual lightness, warm hues, tinted shadows, light-dark themes, and color-mix derivatives.
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Duckduckgo has a survey for pro/anti-AI and I cackled so hard at the (current) results https://voteyesornoai.com
Are you YES AI or NO AI? Vote now.
Big Tech doesn't care if you want AI or not. They should.
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my code is always perfect it’s the computer, text editor, language and browsers that are wrong
If you don’t put proper guardrails on your AI, this is what happens
404 Media@404media.co · 2y agoGoogle's AI overview tells adults to use 'magic wand' with kids 🔗 www.404media.co/google-ai-ov...
I’ve felt this way about him for years. His “genius” is all just bravado and arrogance.
Manik@manik.bsky.social · 2y agoThe key to all this:
Just wow. Looks like Zuck really is head-deep inside Trump’s a** now. He really is just another spineless billionaire. Shouldn’t have expected more of him. And won’t ever again.
The Halo Effect and Stick To Your Guns records dropped today. Stoked. Let’s go!
AI, in its current state, is essentially a rehashed version of QnA if we’re completely honest with ourselves.
It’s so sad to see what’s happening with all these skate shoe brands just selling out and pushing out all the skaters who helped grow and keep them relevant. I get they might have been losing money, but damn. People buy shoes to support the rider, or at least they used to…
Hard relate to this. This is how we role at DDG, and it takes very specific types of people to manage it, hence hiring is tough! www.seangoedecke.com/how-to-ship/
How I ship projects at big tech companies
What I think about when I'm lead engineer on a project
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A couple people are like “she’s actually barely lost any net worth” and that’s kind of the point: you can do an incredible amount of stuff and give away billions of dollars and not even notice it and 95% of rich people won’t even do that because they’re nihilist assholes
Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 2y agoThe contrast really is striking isn’t it
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It began with Jim Henson, child psychologists, PBS, and a Ford Foundation grant to use Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great American Cities to teach kids and model a diverse and kind community. It ends by getting canceled by Warner Bros and Zaslav. A history of American decline in one story.
𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖@sugarkat.bsky.social · 2y agoHBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio. Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
Schrödingers documentation: If there are docs, noone will read them. If there are no docs, everyone will complain.
I remember getting this and absolutely loving it. Best Christmas present ever back when it first dropped. Such a simple and minimal design, but it encouraged me to listen to songs without knowing what was coming next, so I’d typically avoid skipping them and just bask in the randomness.
