Kaelig
@kaelig.fr
Design systems at Intuit – Co-chair of the Design Tokens Community Group – Investor – Advisor – Author – Speaker – he/him
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Now that the @designtokens.org format specification has reached its first, *stable* version, I decided to have a look back at my own journey of getting involved in the DTCG and contributing to that spec...
cirrus.twiddles.com/blog/2025/10...
#DesignTokens #DesignSystems #standards
cirrus.twiddles.com/blog/2025/10...
#DesignTokens #DesignSystems #standards
My DTCG journey
A look back at how I got involved with the DTCG and played a small part shaping the format specification
cirrus.twiddles.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Now that the @designtokens.org format specification has reached its first, *stable* version, I decided to have a look back at my own journey of getting involved in the DTCG and contributing to that spec...
cirrus.twiddles.com/blog/2025/10...
#DesignTokens #DesignSystems #standards
cirrus.twiddles.com/blog/2025/10...
#DesignTokens #DesignSystems #standards
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A few years ago I designed the original logo for @designtokens.org. Recently they asked me to refresh it: simpler, more versatile, and blue (the original color of links). The new logo builds on the old one, keeping the connected core while refining it for any size or use.
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A few years ago I designed the original logo for @designtokens.org. Recently they asked me to refresh it: simpler, more versatile, and blue (the original color of links). The new logo builds on the old one, keeping the connected core while refining it for any size or use.
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Happening today with @bradfrost.com, @samiamdesigns.bsky.social, and @kaelig.fr. #designtokens
infa.ai/events/desig...
infa.ai/events/desig...
Craft Across: Design Tokens
Join us for a **LIVE deep-dive session** focused on one of the most foundational elements of modern design systems—**design tokens**.
Unlike our *Inspect & Reflect* series where we explore how design...
infa.ai
June 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Happening today with @bradfrost.com, @samiamdesigns.bsky.social, and @kaelig.fr. #designtokens
infa.ai/events/desig...
infa.ai/events/desig...
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Storybook 9 is here!
▶️ Interaction tests
♿ Accessibility tests
👁️ Visual tests
🛡️ Coverage reports
🚥 Test widget
🪶 48% Leaner
✍️ Story generation
🏷️ Tag-based organization
🌐 Story globals
🏗️ Major updates for Svelte, Next.js, React Native, and more!
Let’s dive in!
▶️ Interaction tests
♿ Accessibility tests
👁️ Visual tests
🛡️ Coverage reports
🚥 Test widget
🪶 48% Leaner
✍️ Story generation
🏷️ Tag-based organization
🌐 Story globals
🏗️ Major updates for Svelte, Next.js, React Native, and more!
Let’s dive in!
June 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Storybook 9 is here!
▶️ Interaction tests
♿ Accessibility tests
👁️ Visual tests
🛡️ Coverage reports
🚥 Test widget
🪶 48% Leaner
✍️ Story generation
🏷️ Tag-based organization
🌐 Story globals
🏗️ Major updates for Svelte, Next.js, React Native, and more!
Let’s dive in!
▶️ Interaction tests
♿ Accessibility tests
👁️ Visual tests
🛡️ Coverage reports
🚥 Test widget
🪶 48% Leaner
✍️ Story generation
🏷️ Tag-based organization
🌐 Story globals
🏗️ Major updates for Svelte, Next.js, React Native, and more!
Let’s dive in!
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Bookshop has free shipping today (US only), so if you haven't grabbed the print version of my book, today might be a good day to order it. bookshop.org/p/books/incl...
Inclusive Design Communities
Check out Inclusive Design Communities - <p>What does it mean to be a member of a community? And how do we ensure that our communities-from classrooms to workplaces to meetups-are welcoming to all who...
bookshop.org
April 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Bookshop has free shipping today (US only), so if you haven't grabbed the print version of my book, today might be a good day to order it. bookshop.org/p/books/incl...
Slack's down and I don't have a job to make the most out of the outage... 😞
February 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Slack's down and I don't have a job to make the most out of the outage... 😞
Unemployment is keeping me busy! Last week I attended my first @seattlejs.com event and TC39 workshop. This week: @conveyux.bsky.social, starting with Heidi Adkinson's talk about PKM for designers.
February 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Unemployment is keeping me busy! Last week I attended my first @seattlejs.com event and TC39 workshop. This week: @conveyux.bsky.social, starting with Heidi Adkinson's talk about PKM for designers.
Heading to my first @seattlejs.com meetup — can't wait to learn about Java and Scripting. Maybe it'll take off one day?!
February 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Heading to my first @seattlejs.com meetup — can't wait to learn about Java and Scripting. Maybe it'll take off one day?!
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Hope everyone’s new year is off to a good start!
🧵 A thread of some recent DTCG news:
🧵 A thread of some recent DTCG news:
January 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Hope everyone’s new year is off to a good start!
🧵 A thread of some recent DTCG news:
🧵 A thread of some recent DTCG news:
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I love design systems, but phew, design tokens used to *really* intimidate me. They vary by team and get complex fast! But after two years of working closely with engineers, I now see them as one of the best tools we have for bridging the gap between design & code and bringing teams together. 🎨🧑💻
January 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I love design systems, but phew, design tokens used to *really* intimidate me. They vary by team and get complex fast! But after two years of working closely with engineers, I now see them as one of the best tools we have for bridging the gap between design & code and bringing teams together. 🎨🧑💻
The team at @getdx.bsky.social is looking for a senior/staff design engineer: getdx.com/careers/desi...
Do not pass on this opportunity if you're passionate about developer productivity and happiness 👩🏻💻
Do not pass on this opportunity if you're passionate about developer productivity and happiness 👩🏻💻
Senior Design Engineer
Learn more about the Senior Design Engineer role at DX and apply.
getdx.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The team at @getdx.bsky.social is looking for a senior/staff design engineer: getdx.com/careers/desi...
Do not pass on this opportunity if you're passionate about developer productivity and happiness 👩🏻💻
Do not pass on this opportunity if you're passionate about developer productivity and happiness 👩🏻💻
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Follow up!
Just over a week ago I asked you all what the title #DesignEngineer meant to you, and *a lot* of you responded.
I took some time to collate these thoughts, chew on them and provide some resources y'all kindly shared:
Just over a week ago I asked you all what the title #DesignEngineer meant to you, and *a lot* of you responded.
I took some time to collate these thoughts, chew on them and provide some resources y'all kindly shared:
Is 2025 the Year of the ‘Design Engineer’?
What is a Design Engineer and is it the right name. Let's explore this role and it's contributions to Design Systems.
zeroheight.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Follow up!
Just over a week ago I asked you all what the title #DesignEngineer meant to you, and *a lot* of you responded.
I took some time to collate these thoughts, chew on them and provide some resources y'all kindly shared:
Just over a week ago I asked you all what the title #DesignEngineer meant to you, and *a lot* of you responded.
I took some time to collate these thoughts, chew on them and provide some resources y'all kindly shared:
Last week marked the end of my journey at @netlify.com. For the past two and a half years, I had the privilege of collaborating with top industry leaders who share my passion for the open web, open-source, and a diverse frontend ecosystem.
January 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Last week marked the end of my journey at @netlify.com. For the past two and a half years, I had the privilege of collaborating with top industry leaders who share my passion for the open web, open-source, and a diverse frontend ecosystem.
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📝 New post about design tokens daverupert.com/2024/12/ever...
Every token is a feature
I’m in the middle of a design tokens project and I thought I’d share something I’m learning that is probably obvious to everyone else; every design token is a feature.
daverupert.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:20 PM
📝 New post about design tokens daverupert.com/2024/12/ever...
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📣 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! I'm excited to announce that we're launching a new online course called Subatomic: The Complete Guide To Design Tokens: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOD2...
This deep-dive course will teach you all you need to master design tokens. Learn more and preorder here: designtokenscourse.com
This deep-dive course will teach you all you need to master design tokens. Learn more and preorder here: designtokenscourse.com
Subatomic: The Complete Guide To Design Tokens Course Trailer
YouTube video by Brad Frost
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2024 at 5:49 PM
📣 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! I'm excited to announce that we're launching a new online course called Subatomic: The Complete Guide To Design Tokens: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOD2...
This deep-dive course will teach you all you need to master design tokens. Learn more and preorder here: designtokenscourse.com
This deep-dive course will teach you all you need to master design tokens. Learn more and preorder here: designtokenscourse.com
Join the discussion on Hacker News: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4244...
December 18, 2024 at 6:45 AM
Join the discussion on Hacker News: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4244...
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NEW POST
Design tokens are fundamental design decisions represented as data. Andreas Kutschmann explains how they work and how to organize them to balance scalability, maintainability and developer experience.
martinfowler.com/articles/des...
Design tokens are fundamental design decisions represented as data. Andreas Kutschmann explains how they work and how to organize them to balance scalability, maintainability and developer experience.
martinfowler.com/articles/des...
Design Token-Based UI Architecture
Describing established patterns for organizing design tokens and practical approaches for automation
martinfowler.com
December 12, 2024 at 10:29 AM
NEW POST
Design tokens are fundamental design decisions represented as data. Andreas Kutschmann explains how they work and how to organize them to balance scalability, maintainability and developer experience.
martinfowler.com/articles/des...
Design tokens are fundamental design decisions represented as data. Andreas Kutschmann explains how they work and how to organize them to balance scalability, maintainability and developer experience.
martinfowler.com/articles/des...
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Love this post from @davidhoang.com on “small teams”
We had a team of 4 when we took Webflow Apps from 0 to 1. Of course we added a ton of people to help successfully launch but it wouldn’t have ever seen the light of day without the initial small team!
www.proofofconcept.pub/p/small-team...
We had a team of 4 when we took Webflow Apps from 0 to 1. Of course we added a ton of people to help successfully launch but it wouldn’t have ever seen the light of day without the initial small team!
www.proofofconcept.pub/p/small-team...
Small teams
Issue 224: Why the mentality of lean and small always wins
www.proofofconcept.pub
December 15, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Love this post from @davidhoang.com on “small teams”
We had a team of 4 when we took Webflow Apps from 0 to 1. Of course we added a ton of people to help successfully launch but it wouldn’t have ever seen the light of day without the initial small team!
www.proofofconcept.pub/p/small-team...
We had a team of 4 when we took Webflow Apps from 0 to 1. Of course we added a ton of people to help successfully launch but it wouldn’t have ever seen the light of day without the initial small team!
www.proofofconcept.pub/p/small-team...
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Some fun with the overflow:clip CSS property!
@ishadeed.com always has the best “deep dive into a CSS” tutorials. He explores the CSS overflow property, explains the issues with overflow-hidden, and where you can use overflow:clip for nice “out of the box” effects.
ishadeed.com/article/over...
@ishadeed.com always has the best “deep dive into a CSS” tutorials. He explores the CSS overflow property, explains the issues with overflow-hidden, and where you can use overflow:clip for nice “out of the box” effects.
ishadeed.com/article/over...
December 16, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Some fun with the overflow:clip CSS property!
@ishadeed.com always has the best “deep dive into a CSS” tutorials. He explores the CSS overflow property, explains the issues with overflow-hidden, and where you can use overflow:clip for nice “out of the box” effects.
ishadeed.com/article/over...
@ishadeed.com always has the best “deep dive into a CSS” tutorials. He explores the CSS overflow property, explains the issues with overflow-hidden, and where you can use overflow:clip for nice “out of the box” effects.
ishadeed.com/article/over...
You are:
- in the Seattle area
- working on design systems?
- free tomorrow night?
Come over, @jina.social and I are hosting a dinner at mine!
🏙️ Kirkland (near Juanita Beach)
🕰️ 6-9pm
Spots limited, RSVP at [email protected] or on the Design Systems Slack.
- in the Seattle area
- working on design systems?
- free tomorrow night?
Come over, @jina.social and I are hosting a dinner at mine!
🏙️ Kirkland (near Juanita Beach)
🕰️ 6-9pm
Spots limited, RSVP at [email protected] or on the Design Systems Slack.
December 10, 2024 at 7:31 PM
You are:
- in the Seattle area
- working on design systems?
- free tomorrow night?
Come over, @jina.social and I are hosting a dinner at mine!
🏙️ Kirkland (near Juanita Beach)
🕰️ 6-9pm
Spots limited, RSVP at [email protected] or on the Design Systems Slack.
- in the Seattle area
- working on design systems?
- free tomorrow night?
Come over, @jina.social and I are hosting a dinner at mine!
🏙️ Kirkland (near Juanita Beach)
🕰️ 6-9pm
Spots limited, RSVP at [email protected] or on the Design Systems Slack.
I've been using AI to accelerate frontend tasks I'm an expert on, and it's going so well that I've grown over confident in AI's coding
capabilities.
When I then used AI to solve a problem I'm very unfamiliar with, the code I submitted for review was embarrassingly sloppy 😓
Sorry, reviewers 😕
capabilities.
When I then used AI to solve a problem I'm very unfamiliar with, the code I submitted for review was embarrassingly sloppy 😓
Sorry, reviewers 😕
December 10, 2024 at 6:50 AM
I've been using AI to accelerate frontend tasks I'm an expert on, and it's going so well that I've grown over confident in AI's coding
capabilities.
When I then used AI to solve a problem I'm very unfamiliar with, the code I submitted for review was embarrassingly sloppy 😓
Sorry, reviewers 😕
capabilities.
When I then used AI to solve a problem I'm very unfamiliar with, the code I submitted for review was embarrassingly sloppy 😓
Sorry, reviewers 😕
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Over the last few days, we've released a three-part guide on advanced caching for e-commerce sites, building on @astro.build's Storefront template, and adding a @tur.so database.
This video shows the end result and introduces how all the pieces fit together.
youtu.be/MZsOPzQ7is8?...
This video shows the end result and introduces how all the pieces fit together.
youtu.be/MZsOPzQ7is8?...
Advanced caching with Astro + Turso
YouTube video by Netlify
youtu.be
December 6, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Over the last few days, we've released a three-part guide on advanced caching for e-commerce sites, building on @astro.build's Storefront template, and adding a @tur.so database.
This video shows the end result and introduces how all the pieces fit together.
youtu.be/MZsOPzQ7is8?...
This video shows the end result and introduces how all the pieces fit together.
youtu.be/MZsOPzQ7is8?...
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December 3, 2024 at 7:14 PM
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Lately I’ve been dropping JavaScript files onto ChatGPT and asking her to explain what the file does and how that gets rendered into the UI. Game changer for me.
December 2, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Lately I’ve been dropping JavaScript files onto ChatGPT and asking her to explain what the file does and how that gets rendered into the UI. Game changer for me.
Cuban jazz in New York City, with a Manhattan... ❤️🎶
November 24, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Cuban jazz in New York City, with a Manhattan... ❤️🎶