I wanted my personal site to feel alive β but never noisy.
So I treated it like a product:
structured on the surface, layered underneath, with easter eggs, subtle sound, careful motion, and respect for accessibility. Threadπ§΅
@mattstromawn I like the argument for designing closer to the live product. But Iβd push back on the architect frame.
Good architects donβt design from the outside only. They work with structure, materials, constraints, and how people inhabit the space.
The issue is blueprint-only thinking.
@schmittdev The content-visibility: auto property has a significant impact on how animations behave, primarily by controlling when the browser executes the rendering work necessary for those animations to run.
Things rarely break inside a discipline. They break in the handoffs.
Thatβs where products lose coherence:
between design, engineering, and product β when each sees the system differently.
I wrote about why that happens:
https://t.co/6AiFdstjqX
New guide: implement each animation from the video with React <π πππ ππππππππππ> in Next.js.
https://t.co/wg2tvWOqNh
New agent skill: πππππ-ππππ -πππππππππππ
Add React <π πππ ππππππππππ> animations to any React app. Also covers how Next.js can natively integrate them.
β’ Animate elements across navigations
β’ Slide pages forward and back
β’ Smooth loading transitions
β’ Composition and accessibility handled
Part One was about how an engineering path led me toward design.
Part Two is about what happened next.
What changes when you already know how things are built β and start designing them instead.
https://t.co/aYbOi9bp57
InterfaceKit is a design tool to make real time visual edits to your app then copy a prompt for your agent to ship the changes.
Just pushed the alpha to Interface Craft members; available to everyone soon.
Fun to jam with @willdphan on this one οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½
Before product design, there was construction engineering.
Different materials, same obsession: how things are built, how systems hold together, and how ideas on paper survive reality.
That mindset still shapes how I design.
https://t.co/EbLvKZS3uE
@smailelazizi@buffer@pqoqubbw Love this.
Iβve been using lucide-animated on my site β motion really changes how icons feel in an interface.
Being able to visually tweak timing and easing without touching the code β thatβs the missing piece.
If you want to take a look:
https://t.co/dPtaBwmyA4
And Iβm curious:
whatβs one detail on someoneβs site or product that instantly tells you they really cared?
I wanted my personal site to feel alive β but never noisy.
So I treated it like a product:
structured on the surface, layered underneath, with easter eggs, subtle sound, careful motion, and respect for accessibility. Threadπ§΅
In the end, the site is less about βlook what I madeβ and more about βthis is how I work.β
I care about systems.
I care about implementation.
I care about accessibility.
And I care about details people may not consciously notice, but still feel.