Since Opus 4.8 is out and more and more designers are getting into Design Engineering, I thought I’d share some of the interaction patterns I use most often:
Use proximity, not just hover. When the cursor gets close, nearby elements can subtly scale and darken based on distance.
It makes interfaces feel more responsive, less binary, and way more alive
onpointermove = e =>
document.querySelectorAll(".dock>*").forEach(el => {
const r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
const t = Math.max(0, 1 - Math.abs(e.clientX - r.x - r.width/2) / 120);
el. style.scale = 1 + t * .5;
});
obsidian
the company hired its CEO from its own Discord server
and the founders publicly said they plan to never grow
past 10-12 people, never take VC, never collect
analytics
they literally don't know their own DAU because they refuse to track it
If you leave it close by on your desk chambered with the safety off you train your mental fortitude exponentially and if not you can just end it in a really quick motion without much time to think about texting your friends or family
this story is absolutely insane 🤯
> tech guy with zero biology background.
> his dog got terminal cancer.
> vets said 1 - 6 months left.
> bro said nah not on my watch.
> asked ChatGPT for a treatment plan.
> sequenced tumor DNA for $3k.
> used AlphaFold AI to model mutated proteins.
> designed world’s first personalized mRNA vaccine for a dog.
> partnered with universities to synthesize it.
> ethics approval took 3 months.
> vaccine design took 2 months.
> first injection December 2025.
> tumors shrank 75% within weeks.
> dog happy.
> universities confirmed it worked.
> now designing version 2 for remaining tumor.
AI + a guy determined to save his dog just outperformed the pharma industry 💀
the cure for cancer will be open source.
YOO HOW COME NOBODY TOLD ME ABOUT THIS
Fluorite, Toyota's brand new game engine (GitHub repo to be released)
- Integrated with Flutter
- Google Filament 3D renderer
- JoltPhysics (on the roadmap)
- ECS
- SDL3 Dart API
- Open Source
- Cross-platform
https://t.co/3oPvGsK4T4
You wake up at 25 yo. Make coffee. Go to work. Come home at 7. Too tired to do anything but scroll and sleep. Then Friday hits, maybe you go out, maybe you're too exhausted. Suddenly you realize: when did 15 become 10 years ago? You don't feel 25. You feel stuck in a loop you never signed up for. Here's what they don't tell you: this is by design. The 9-to-5 wasn't built for your dreams. It was built to drain you just enough to keep you compliant. You work, consume, repeat. No time to question. No energy to build. And before you know it, 25 becomes 35, then 45. The system needs you tired. Because tired people don't rebel. They just survive. So if you're 25 and feeling this, you're not broken. You're waking up. And that older version of you? They're not begging you to enjoy it. They're begging you to escape it