I almost couldn’t do this talk at #CascadiaJS.
I persisted through absolute weariness and exhaustion to make it to this stage.
To all the kind folks who said such wonderful things afterwards:
Thank you, it really means so much and makes it all worthwhile. ❤️
a week ago, i wrote about how taste & judgement fit in design system agentic workflows
since then, top design system and ui infra teams reached out 🤯 we’re exploring roles mixing AI + craft + scale + design + engineering 🚀
check out the piece & dm me! https://t.co/7oyQEFsd1V
This talk on compostable APIs by @darius_cepulis absolutely captivated me!
Choosing the right abstraction is often challenging, but I agree that composition is a powerful and effective strategy. Darius described this incredibly well across different examples.
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The most practical CSS talk on color tokens, theming, and color functions by @jdsteinbach for us at @CascadiaJS!
I have some refactoring to do to simplify my CSS now. 👏
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Great examples: Netlify’s CLI worked well for devs, but broke down for agents trying to pipe bash commands into the interactive wizard/workflow.
Just adding one line of instruction - how to perform the desired action in a single shell command - fixed the agent experience.
“Developers are going to be more needed in the future, not less.”
@biilmann not just saying what we want to hear, but backing it up with a slick breakdown of Agent Experience (AX) design.
Devs are needed to build this, creating good AX alongside traditional DX.
Fascinating talk by @biilmann, starting with what AI enables us to do differently.
At Netlify, they built tools instead of buying them, which created budget to hire more devs & continue the cycle.
I’m a big fan of building bespoke tools that fit our unique processes. 🔥
On my way to my first conference of 2026!
I needed to take the last six months off but it’s good to be back.
This will be my sixth time visiting the Pacific Northwest for #CascadiaJS. Looking forward to seeing so many people again.✌🏽
Safia and Adam from @warpdotdev have brought us one of the most creative and engaging group activities to open @CascadiaJS!
Also low key a great intro to what Warp been cooking, it’s way beyond just a terminal! 🔥
I have to share this with anyone that shops at @amazon before they make the same mistake.
My order for a $5,100 mower 7 weeks ago was NOT delivered - their order status claims it was while FedEx confirmed otherwise - and after weeks of calls to Amazon, they promised a refund was being issued two weeks ago.
Today, their executive customer service walked that back and said they are unable to issue a refund. They asked for documentation which I already provided from FedEx.
Lesson: be careful what you order from Amazon. Small stuff is easy to return but if it’s a freight package, you may be rolling the dice.
I don’t know what else to do. 😣
Actually trying out Vercel to see what the gold standard in DX deployments is about.
Next.js isn't my cup of tea but I will dabble.
Also rolled with Tailwind on this project - I won't touch it, but what's what LLM-assisted coding is for.