Phillip Lovelace

Claude helping with merge conflicts is my favorite use of AI.

New side project: Design Systems Hub 🧩 Posts, articles, and releases from across the design systems community, all on one page and updated hourly. Know a person, blog, or system that belongs on it? Tell me! dshub.pixelflips.com

“We’re announcing the Official Elon Musk is a Sad Little Bitch with No Friends Monument Design Committee. For just $10, you can join a movement of like-minded people working together to force a moment of introspection upon the world’s richest, ugliest little bitch.” sadlittlebitchwithnofriends.com

Silicon Valley promises to make AI totally safe—but that may be technically impossible, @matteowong.bsky.social reports.

Go vote, and early if you can!

Now go sign up for Muse! qz.com/meta-new-mex...

THEY ARE NOT POWERLESS TO STOP HIM! Go back to Washington, stand on the steps of the Capitol and demand Johnson and Thune recall the House and Senate, and impeach him. THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THERE IS LITERALLY AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL! (It's called the Constitution.)

Just say no! www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Glad I deleted my accounts almost 2 years ago. 19thnews.org/2026/10/meta...

“The tech leaders who once hailed AI use as the key to unlocking every employee’s full potential are now changing their tune.” #leopards #ai fortune.com/2026/09/17/s...

"The W3C Team published a significant update to the W3C Website Design System at the end of September 2026." www.w3.org/blog/2026/wh...

Every engineer knows technical debt. I've been thinking about a different kind: skill debt. AI gets the ticket shipped. The learning is still on me. Here's how I'm paying it down, one ticket at a time. pixelflips.com/blog/paying-...

Breaking up with Google Analytics. What are you all running on your personal sites and blogs? Preferably free, privacy-friendly, and lightweight. TIA!

Perhaps the path to human-level AI being taken by AI companies is not to make more capable AI, but to drag humans down to the level of AI.

Surprised, said nobody. www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...

Every engineer knows technical debt. I've been thinking about a different kind: skill debt. AI gets the ticket shipped. The learning is still on me. Here's how I'm paying it down, one ticket at a time. pixelflips.com/blog/paying-...

AI coding agents generate more code, but not more software. arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/a...

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Uses What I use to design, build, and write. I'll keep this current as things change. Inspired by uses.tech. Hardware MacBook Pro 14" (M5). Does everything I need and stays quiet... https://pixelflips.com/uses

“Relying on agents, like Meta’s Muse, could degrade our functioning while these tools collect data about us.” www.wired.com/story/metas-...

"The question of AI readiness was never whether humans could be completely pulled out of the loop, but rather where in the loop we should remain." #designsystems seanvoisen.com/writing/desi...

"The team calls the Figma file the “source of truth,” but reality tells another story." sparkbox.com/foundry/find...

The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...

I’m not sure if we‘re in the hardest time for design systems, but we’re definitely in the weirdest.

"A generic, templated feel doesn’t just fail to stand out; it can quietly undercut trust. An interface that looks like it was assembled from the same kit as a dozen other tools can read as unfinished or even second-rate..." #designsystems sparkbox.com/foundry/desi...

“OpenAI’s chatbot fed the school shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre, our investigation reveals.” www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

setting up a new keyboard is always fun. #mechanical

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what are folks using instead of google analytics these days? working on moving away from google and looking for recommendations. TIA!

“These five paragraphs of Claude’s PR description could have been a sentence” is a the new “this meeting could have been an email”

“Calling the result “rogue AI” does more than sensationalize it. It allows those human decisions to disappear quietly from the story.” www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Never trust anyone who has to say trust me…

"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

Bitwarden or Proton Pass?

Fifteen years ago I helped popularise the meta viewport width=device-width,initial-scale=1. Today I found out the second bit is no longer necessary. A retrospective. quirksmode.org/quirksblog/2...

Why first impressions are often correct. Today’s jerk is tomorrow’s techno-fascist.... https://zeldman.com/2026/09/01/tales-o-tech-suffering-fools/

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Damn it, 1PW. #doBetter

Need more of this! techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/m...

Google's rule seems simple: whatever Trump wants, redraw the map.

Of course they did. newrepublic.com/post/214770/...

YES!

The world has lost a legend. There will never be another. Rest easy Dolly. 🕊️

President Trump has spent the morning on Truth Social trashing Canada and praising totalitarian dictator Kim Jong Un. Congrats, America!

“This is one of the most dangerous and irresponsible uses of AI…” paulfwalsh.substack.com/p/giving-cha...

This is horrible. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...

I was listening to news about the Meta court case & some gibbertarian from Trumpistan said "If they regulate social media, the internet might never be the same again". You mean: no more addictive, algorithm-fed bullshit that profiles people to sell them footwear, fear and fascism? Good. Bring it on.

Hubano 2.0 now available! I added two additional weights, some new glyphs and symbols, and lots of fixes and tweaks. Free update for those who purchased Hubano as well as Secret Club™ members. simplebits.com/n/an-update-...

Yasiin Bey Shares Video for The Ecstatic Classic “Priority” youtu.be/XyJ92qtFwP0?...