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Home of the devvy Kjörndogs. Buckle up, get comfortable. We’ll be pushing automated updates from any major developments on our core application, while publishing technology insights, code related findings, and general dev musings.
Home of the devvy Kjörndogs. Buckle up, get comfortable. We’ll be pushing automated updates from any major developments on our core application, while publishing technology insights, code related findings, and general dev musings.
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I had a great time talking Design Systems & AI with my pals at @storybook.js.org last week: bradfrost.com/blog/post/ag...
I'm excited to see how these new tools can create more collaborative workflows, allowing everyone to "mouth code" to dream up new products/features built using DS components.
I'm excited to see how these new tools can create more collaborative workflows, allowing everyone to "mouth code" to dream up new products/features built using DS components.
December 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I had a great time talking Design Systems & AI with my pals at @storybook.js.org last week: bradfrost.com/blog/post/ag...
I'm excited to see how these new tools can create more collaborative workflows, allowing everyone to "mouth code" to dream up new products/features built using DS components.
I'm excited to see how these new tools can create more collaborative workflows, allowing everyone to "mouth code" to dream up new products/features built using DS components.
Annd to test out the system I 𝘍𝘐𝘕𝘈𝘓𝘓𝘠 have the copy paste code block.
Been a long time coming.
Been a long time coming.
December 17, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Annd to test out the system I 𝘍𝘐𝘕𝘈𝘓𝘓𝘠 have the copy paste code block.
Been a long time coming.
Been a long time coming.
And now with the refactored component dispatcher setup it is going to be MUCH EASIER to add in dynamic elements into this here ol bag of bolts after the ol' refactor.
Nice to have functionality back online.
Nice to have functionality back online.
December 17, 2025 at 6:21 AM
And now with the refactored component dispatcher setup it is going to be MUCH EASIER to add in dynamic elements into this here ol bag of bolts after the ol' refactor.
Nice to have functionality back online.
Nice to have functionality back online.
The update component dispatcher logic is working now. As is the bluesky embed... but!
In classic dev form we appear to have the *best* sizing issue we have encountered to date.
In classic dev form we appear to have the *best* sizing issue we have encountered to date.
December 17, 2025 at 5:55 AM
The update component dispatcher logic is working now. As is the bluesky embed... but!
In classic dev form we appear to have the *best* sizing issue we have encountered to date.
In classic dev form we appear to have the *best* sizing issue we have encountered to date.
Finally getting to the good bits
December 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Finally getting to the good bits
🤔
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December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🤔
And now with type enhanced ability it’s
OVER TO DESIGN
To check on the rudimentary state of the integrations, and ensure we maintain (… even enhance 🤨) type bound and schema defined data models as we shift from architecting information…
🪄 to composing with it.
*football spike*
🏈 REFACTORING 💥
OVER TO DESIGN
To check on the rudimentary state of the integrations, and ensure we maintain (… even enhance 🤨) type bound and schema defined data models as we shift from architecting information…
🪄 to composing with it.
*football spike*
🏈 REFACTORING 💥
December 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
And now with type enhanced ability it’s
OVER TO DESIGN
To check on the rudimentary state of the integrations, and ensure we maintain (… even enhance 🤨) type bound and schema defined data models as we shift from architecting information…
🪄 to composing with it.
*football spike*
🏈 REFACTORING 💥
OVER TO DESIGN
To check on the rudimentary state of the integrations, and ensure we maintain (… even enhance 🤨) type bound and schema defined data models as we shift from architecting information…
🪄 to composing with it.
*football spike*
🏈 REFACTORING 💥
The is one of the most important interstitial states for synthetic thought consolidation processes on multi-parameter lookups.
December 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The is one of the most important interstitial states for synthetic thought consolidation processes on multi-parameter lookups.
A shimmy before, after, or during a flibbertigibberator...
🤨 which sequence is RAM optimal and which one balances the load of presentational prowess with tactical functionality...
🤨 which sequence is RAM optimal and which one balances the load of presentational prowess with tactical functionality...
December 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
A shimmy before, after, or during a flibbertigibberator...
🤨 which sequence is RAM optimal and which one balances the load of presentational prowess with tactical functionality...
🤨 which sequence is RAM optimal and which one balances the load of presentational prowess with tactical functionality...
Why oh why do we talk relentlessly about interstitatial state management on here?
Well.. dev minions. THIS IS BECAUSE when it's executed well it's immaculate.
And while our little Claudey Show pony is having their time in the star shine and doesn't need the hat tip this
Is well executed.
Well.. dev minions. THIS IS BECAUSE when it's executed well it's immaculate.
And while our little Claudey Show pony is having their time in the star shine and doesn't need the hat tip this
Is well executed.
December 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Why oh why do we talk relentlessly about interstitatial state management on here?
Well.. dev minions. THIS IS BECAUSE when it's executed well it's immaculate.
And while our little Claudey Show pony is having their time in the star shine and doesn't need the hat tip this
Is well executed.
Well.. dev minions. THIS IS BECAUSE when it's executed well it's immaculate.
And while our little Claudey Show pony is having their time in the star shine and doesn't need the hat tip this
Is well executed.
🥸 That feeling when you need to trust that test coverage is sufficient to handle a type based change from a boolean into a string based format, in order to be able to run auth and public functionalities based on the given state of a document.
December 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🥸 That feeling when you need to trust that test coverage is sufficient to handle a type based change from a boolean into a string based format, in order to be able to run auth and public functionalities based on the given state of a document.
A lot of this becomes an number of permutations around a chicken or an egg problem.
One the one hand we could previsualize with our designs. Then we tried to build prototypes in an administrative styleguide. But!
In starting to draft that I learned it was easier to work w Claude to actually
One the one hand we could previsualize with our designs. Then we tried to build prototypes in an administrative styleguide. But!
In starting to draft that I learned it was easier to work w Claude to actually
December 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A lot of this becomes an number of permutations around a chicken or an egg problem.
One the one hand we could previsualize with our designs. Then we tried to build prototypes in an administrative styleguide. But!
In starting to draft that I learned it was easier to work w Claude to actually
One the one hand we could previsualize with our designs. Then we tried to build prototypes in an administrative styleguide. But!
In starting to draft that I learned it was easier to work w Claude to actually
Is it, perhaps, slightly bizarre to read an inline comment that says
"We are importing Zod from the schema file, as it is the source of truth now"
1) at 3 in the morning
2) as a sweaty meatball while
3) then recognizing you are having a conversation with synthetic intelligence?
Perhaps.
"We are importing Zod from the schema file, as it is the source of truth now"
1) at 3 in the morning
2) as a sweaty meatball while
3) then recognizing you are having a conversation with synthetic intelligence?
Perhaps.
a man is wrapped in bubble wrap and has a fandango movieclips logo on the bottom
Alt: a man is wrapped in bubble wrap and has a fandango movieclips logo on the bottom
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Is it, perhaps, slightly bizarre to read an inline comment that says
"We are importing Zod from the schema file, as it is the source of truth now"
1) at 3 in the morning
2) as a sweaty meatball while
3) then recognizing you are having a conversation with synthetic intelligence?
Perhaps.
"We are importing Zod from the schema file, as it is the source of truth now"
1) at 3 in the morning
2) as a sweaty meatball while
3) then recognizing you are having a conversation with synthetic intelligence?
Perhaps.
Refactor update:
Preface, being it's been a whack-a-doodle. Now that we have performance paradigms ironed out and the shape/system for our db providers, it's been really fun to then (in refactoring to TS) use Zod as our schema source of truth to (then) apply Claude Code to scale implementation.
Preface, being it's been a whack-a-doodle. Now that we have performance paradigms ironed out and the shape/system for our db providers, it's been really fun to then (in refactoring to TS) use Zod as our schema source of truth to (then) apply Claude Code to scale implementation.
GitHub - colinhacks/zod: TypeScript-first schema validation with static type inference
TypeScript-first schema validation with static type inference - colinhacks/zod
github.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Refactor update:
Preface, being it's been a whack-a-doodle. Now that we have performance paradigms ironed out and the shape/system for our db providers, it's been really fun to then (in refactoring to TS) use Zod as our schema source of truth to (then) apply Claude Code to scale implementation.
Preface, being it's been a whack-a-doodle. Now that we have performance paradigms ironed out and the shape/system for our db providers, it's been really fun to then (in refactoring to TS) use Zod as our schema source of truth to (then) apply Claude Code to scale implementation.
The culprit was styled components building on the server and then eating the minute remnants of both
1) will and
2) valour
without... a substantive logging event to explain the bundle size.
This has since been rectified.
1) will and
2) valour
without... a substantive logging event to explain the bundle size.
This has since been rectified.
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The culprit was styled components building on the server and then eating the minute remnants of both
1) will and
2) valour
without... a substantive logging event to explain the bundle size.
This has since been rectified.
1) will and
2) valour
without... a substantive logging event to explain the bundle size.
This has since been rectified.
The big moment is here. Having bingo bangoed our way through new team member formulations, legacy code combing, general process ironing, and the clean up of test cases and test plans..
🦾WE ARE OFF THE ASSIGNMENT OF UNIT AND INTEGRATION TESTS FROM A FORMAL FRAMEWORK
🦾WE ARE OFF THE ASSIGNMENT OF UNIT AND INTEGRATION TESTS FROM A FORMAL FRAMEWORK
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November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The big moment is here. Having bingo bangoed our way through new team member formulations, legacy code combing, general process ironing, and the clean up of test cases and test plans..
🦾WE ARE OFF THE ASSIGNMENT OF UNIT AND INTEGRATION TESTS FROM A FORMAL FRAMEWORK
🦾WE ARE OFF THE ASSIGNMENT OF UNIT AND INTEGRATION TESTS FROM A FORMAL FRAMEWORK
🤔
⏱️ ✨ How You Got into Performance ✨ in 100s
What's the link between the Louvre and latency? Amrik Malhans of Yottaa recounts during our last SPDY STREAM how his path into performance was paved by having to "steal" a distant neighbour's bad Wi-Fi. 😂
✨ SPDY STREAM 016 ✨ goes live next week.
What's the link between the Louvre and latency? Amrik Malhans of Yottaa recounts during our last SPDY STREAM how his path into performance was paved by having to "steal" a distant neighbour's bad Wi-Fi. 😂
✨ SPDY STREAM 016 ✨ goes live next week.
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🤔
Who are even to be
-chat-
Without this necessary layer on the proverbial technology stack
(I doth inquireith)
-chat-
Without this necessary layer on the proverbial technology stack
(I doth inquireith)
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Who are even to be
-chat-
Without this necessary layer on the proverbial technology stack
(I doth inquireith)
-chat-
Without this necessary layer on the proverbial technology stack
(I doth inquireith)
Our designer, no stranger themselves to banter, and yet less nuanced in the contextually informed varietals that help us all to pass the time ...
👀 has taken a swing...
-
It's messy fencing on the best of days, where boundary conditions and limitations are a one way ticket to the ol' HR.
👀 has taken a swing...
-
It's messy fencing on the best of days, where boundary conditions and limitations are a one way ticket to the ol' HR.
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Our designer, no stranger themselves to banter, and yet less nuanced in the contextually informed varietals that help us all to pass the time ...
👀 has taken a swing...
-
It's messy fencing on the best of days, where boundary conditions and limitations are a one way ticket to the ol' HR.
👀 has taken a swing...
-
It's messy fencing on the best of days, where boundary conditions and limitations are a one way ticket to the ol' HR.
Using our branch-based refactor, our PRs are continuing to bolster insights for our QA, enabling us to build out programmatic test coverage, which is certainly not an overnight feat.
To use appropriate corporate terminology our initial quote Fuddle Duddle now has bolster application awareness...
To use appropriate corporate terminology our initial quote Fuddle Duddle now has bolster application awareness...
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Using our branch-based refactor, our PRs are continuing to bolster insights for our QA, enabling us to build out programmatic test coverage, which is certainly not an overnight feat.
To use appropriate corporate terminology our initial quote Fuddle Duddle now has bolster application awareness...
To use appropriate corporate terminology our initial quote Fuddle Duddle now has bolster application awareness...
Getting somewhere now. As in cooking with ethically sourced and sustainable low C02 biofuels.
(The kind of cadence that doesn't cry foul over oat almond milk, if you know what I mean)
Having one to several pages in a state of refactor means we can move on to integration strategies now.
(The kind of cadence that doesn't cry foul over oat almond milk, if you know what I mean)
Having one to several pages in a state of refactor means we can move on to integration strategies now.
![A flow diagram showing the Services Contact Form process on the Acorn website. The flow begins at START and moves to a Services Single page (default). Users encounter a form asking "Want to chat more about [service]?" with mandatory fields (First name, Last name, Email) and Message field. After form submission, there are two paths:
Success path (green): Leads to Services Single page (success state), sends verification email to inbox, then reaches END
Error path (red): If validation fails for mandatory fields, returns user to the form to correct entries
The diagram includes mockup thumbnails of the services page interface at the bottom. A note references the Figma mockups at the provided URL.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n3xrtzprp3blxeqiid5abew3/bafkreielzrh3tihvrnh7hulyqctkmi527mysilcucnjc6qqvqer7iatgre@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Getting somewhere now. As in cooking with ethically sourced and sustainable low C02 biofuels.
(The kind of cadence that doesn't cry foul over oat almond milk, if you know what I mean)
Having one to several pages in a state of refactor means we can move on to integration strategies now.
(The kind of cadence that doesn't cry foul over oat almond milk, if you know what I mean)
Having one to several pages in a state of refactor means we can move on to integration strategies now.
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Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart.
medium.com/nightingale/...
medium.com/nightingale/...
Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization
How do you write text that conveys the whole meaning of a visualization? You probably can’t. But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart.
medium.com/nightingale/...
medium.com/nightingale/...
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⚡POWER + WASHING ⚡
⚡POWER + WASHING ⚡
a plane is being sprayed with water and the number 2 is on the wing
Alt: a plane is being sprayed with water and the number 2 is on the wing
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October 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
AND NOW FOR YOUR TRANSITORY CHANGE OF TOPIC VIEWING PLEASURE
⚡POWER + WASHING ⚡
⚡POWER + WASHING ⚡