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Ariel Salminen
@arielsalminen.com
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Independent Design Systems Architect • Author of various open source tools • Working on Kesko Design System • Into HTML, CSS, Vanilla JavaScript, Web Components & the Web Platform. 📮 https://arielsalminen.com 📍 Helsinki, Finland 👩🏻‍🦰 She/her
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · Mar 25
New website launch day! 📮

I handcrafted a super simple new site for myself to better showcase what I do and have a future home for experiments I may want to tinker with.

Designed in the browser using HTML, CSS, and a tiny bit of plain JavaScript. Powered by @11ty.dev as usual:

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Ariel Salminen
Hello, I’m Ariel Salminen, a Design Systems Architect from Helsinki, Finland with 20 years of experience helping companies build tools for the web platform.
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 13h
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 13h
My thoughts as well after visiting there this summer
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 1d
Feels especially nice to wrap up the user research and planning phases for the current client I’m working with just before a holiday in Hamburg, Germany next week (visiting family with my boyfriend) 🥹
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 1d
“I have not been working on planning [a design systems infrastructure] this week.”
A screenshot of a slide deck with 108 slides on how to develop a successful design systems infrastructure.
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 7d
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Cory LaViska @cory.laviska.com · 17d
So much for a soft launch…the cat's out of the bag. I just hope it doesn't get my mascot. 😅

quietui.org 🐭

Built from scratch, I've released my personal creative outlet under a source-available license for folks to use and learn from.

I’d love to hear what you think!
Quiet UI
A UI library for the Web with a focus on accessibility, longevity, performance, and simplicity.
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 19d
Same, but I dread so much posting anything to LinkedIn 😂
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eva (scary) @eva.town · 20d
half of tech is people mindlessly going "ooh shiny object" at tech stacks and visual design without stopping to ask what actual problem is being solved (or created)
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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth.dev · 20d
The arbiter of good taste
A screenshot of a tweet from Vercel CEO saying “The US President builds with @nextjs — what are you waiting for?” along with a screenshot of a tweet mentioning how trumpcard.gov is built using Next.js
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 20d
My favorite movie 😍
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 20d
Nice. I recently deleted FB, IG & finally also my X account that I hadn’t used in years.
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 20d
Needs to go out for a ride!!
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 20d
Also I’ve noticed the same thing with Mastodon. Seems even more quiet 😅
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 20d
I stopped peeking into Twitter after realizing how full of hate it is. Used to do that tho 😅
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 20d
Oh, I would not either, just wondering. Deleted my X account permanently about a month back. Not sure what else one would even do when the owner of that platform declares he wants to lock us into a mental institution. 🤷‍♀️
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 20d
Seems like I have not been the only one cancelling my disney subscription over the past week 🥲
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 21d
Vote with your dollars.
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 20d
Does not feel half though tbh. Overall feels much more refined and better device than my previous pro.
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 20d
I’ve done a couple of calls now with speaker on and did not actually notice a difference. But you’ll notice a difference if you aim to listen to music through it. Still don’t think it matters much though because the speakers will anyway suck on any phone, even if there’s more of them (imho 😅)
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 20d
I rarely use the speaker myself, so don’t care personally. Good for watching YouTube videos and such though, don’t see a problem there
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 20d
Charged the Air on Friday when I was setting it up and still at 56%. Way better than I was expecting. At this pace I might be getting ~3 days of usage with one charge. But let’s see 😅
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 22d
Feels really good so far.
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 22d
This thing arrived today.
My daughter touching a “sky blue” iPhone Air sitting in its original box, waiting to be set up.
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 23d
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 23d
Worked here as well, thanks for sharing!
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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 23d
Focus rings! Plural! I wrote for @piccalil.li about how to create a branded double ring focus effect that is dynamically generated based on the interactive element's text color. piccalil.li/blog/taking-...
Taking a shot at the double focus ring problem using modern CSS
A double focus ring is really useful in general but especially so with complex, themed systems. Eric Bailey shows us how to develop a really smart system, using modern CSS.
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 23d
Fixed in 26.0.1 out today 😅
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