Derek Lapp

Designer / Developer

[Derek Lapp @derek_lapp]

I really wish people would stop the UI pattern of separate screens for usernames and passwords. I just got locked out of an account because I was entering the OTP in the PW field because my PW manager auto filled the first screen.

[DESIGN THINKING! Comic @DT_comic]

Product Designers: The worst of all worlds?

[Sahil Lavingia @shl]

The secret to scaling: designers who code, engineers who design, marketers who write SQL, PMs who write copy, customer support folks who open PRs, leaders who do support.

The more skills overlap, the less people need to meet, the more gets shipped.

[Derek Lapp @derek_lapp]

I made it all the way to Jan 18th this year before my first `make the logo bigger` request.

[Derek Lapp @derek_lapp]

There are actual fans at the Panthers game and it still sounds faker than the fake noise used during the Canadian games.

[I Am Devloper @iamdevloper]

Switched to Signal for SMS. Now all the 2FA messages I get are more secure.

[Derek Lapp @derek_lapp]

I'm fairly certain half the code I've written this week has been checking if a property/element exists, because there is absolutely no structure to this API.

[John J. Custer @johnjcuster]

PSA:

Toast the bread when you make a PB&J.

[E @eaj]

The Marketing Website versus the Source Code:

[Jessica Rose @jesslynnrose]

The function of a system is its output.

If you have dog grooming machine that sometimes smashes puppies and you keep running it, you're in the dog smashing business.

If you work for a mass surveillance company that keeps enabling genocide and undermining democracy...

[Derek Lapp @derek_lapp]

Nothing gets in the way of finishing a task more than the `is there anything new yet?` interruption.

[Derek Lapp @derek_lapp]

Your casual reminder that `mobile-first` isn't just about how you write the css.

[Derek Lapp @derek_lapp]

I eagarly await the day I can use a 3rd party module and not have to write just as much code to decouple the forced aesthetic it ships with.

[Derek Lapp @derek_lapp]

The never-ending question: do I want a border-radius to my input fields and buttons?

[Curtis Einsmann @einsmanntech]

Regex is a pain.

Don't force people to learn it every time they read your code.

Here's how I regex with empathy:

[Miguel Piedrafita ✨ @m1guelpf]

🔥 You can submit forms from a button outside of the form tag by using the form attribute

[Ben Powell @_powellben]

You're designing a piece of software which will likely be revised and updated in a matter of months. Go easy, it's not worth losing sleep over.

[Derek Lapp @derek_lapp]

I can't believe the easiest way for me to get an SSL set up quick and dirty was to install a PHP library. :(

[Derek Lapp @derek_lapp]

me: what functions exists right now, at this moment, so I can design a cohesive flow from start to finish that you could realistically implement?

pm: here are some screenshots from a competitor's version that we like.

[Derek Lapp @derek_lapp]

@eaj Always name the primary HD Soundwave, and all the peripherals rotate some form of the cassette transformers.