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Jeff Pelletier
@withinsight.bsky.social
Design Technologist, Design Systems

More about me: https://jeffpelletier.me
You need to diversify your microbiome, kid.
February 13, 2026 at 9:37 PM
To everyone complaining about the Super Bowl Halftime show:

You don’t have to understand a song’s lyrics to feel it.

That’s the beauty of music: it transcends culture, and therefore language.
February 13, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The irony of buying a vehicle from a showroom is it will never be that clean again.
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Today I visited my brother for his birthday, met my new nephew, and went to gymnastics with my niece, where I jumped off a trampoline onto a landing mattress twice, for the first time since having dual cervical disc replacement surgery last September.

‘‘Twas a good day.
February 8, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I’m changing my job title to Design Systems Homunculus.
February 7, 2026 at 1:07 PM
The movie Weapons is like a Warlock casting Command for an entire movie.
January 29, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Everyone should know Trump lies because his Truth Social posts contain all the same syntax errors present in basic phishing attacks.
January 26, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Bardcore is a pretty amazing work soundtrack.
January 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Scott Adams passed today. I read his book, Win Bigly, shortly following the 2106 election.

Truly eye opening, and has framed my perspective of 45/47 since I read it.
January 13, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Today’s the day I taught Claude that nested CSS is natively supported in browsers.
January 13, 2026 at 5:25 PM
“They assure federal agents that they can harm or even kill American citizens with impunity, and warn those who might be moved to protest Trump’s immigration policies of the same thing.“
"Administration officials’ indifference to facts, to due process, to the dignity of the deceased, and to basic human decency is remarkable."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
First the Shooting. Then the Lies.
The Trump administration has perfected the smear campaign.
www.theatlantic.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"It’s like rebuilding a wheel inside a wheel — except this one leaks memory and needs an npm update every week."

Kicking off 2026 with a healthy reality check.
CSS-in-JS: The Great Betrayal of Frontend Sanity
CSS-in-JS promised simplicity but delivered performance issues. Learn why ditching it for native CSS solutions leads to faster, more maintainable web apps.
thenewstack.io
January 5, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Paul F Tompkins as RFK Jr is the first time I’ve ever doubled over laughing listening to a podcast.

@pftompkins.bsky.social @scottaukerman.bsky.social @cbbworld.bsky.social
2025 Holiday Spectacular! (Jason Mantzoukas, Paul F. Tompkins, Lily Sullivan, Anna Bezahler, Isabella Escalante, Dan Lippert, Lauren Lapkus, Gil Ozeri)
Podcast Episode · Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast · 12/15/2025 · 2h 19m
podcasts.apple.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
December 30, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This website looks *awesome* on my vertical monitor. @bradfrost.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I think we need a new category of harassment: robot harassment
December 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
“I’ll admit it: I hate tests” — @bradfrost.com

Sometimes a singe offhand comment makes attending events 💯 percent worth it. Today was an instance of this.

Thank you for validating my inner monologue, Brad.
December 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
2025 was a psychedelic symphony.
December 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This seems like a graph employers may want to pay attention to.
November 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula…
October 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Just finished this visionary, long view of current trends.

Simultaneously highly optimistic and aware that our current trajectory is toward scarcity.
October 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Reposted by Jeff Pelletier
October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Bluesky has figured out I speak Portuguese and has started adding Portuguese posts to my feed. Meu Deus.
September 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I survived! Multi-level cervical disc replacement was a success!
September 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.
September 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM