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Alan B Smith
@alanbsmith.bsky.social
👨‍💻 Principal Design System Engineer
🥃 Carb & cocktail fan account
🏔️ Boulder, CO
🅰️ Arsenal FC
⚽️ Il calcio é della gente
A Fall classic: the Flannel Shirt.
October 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
We wrapped up our soccer season today. I coach because I love it, but these gifts are nice too. 🥰
October 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
#NWSL teams are always a little subversive, and it’s awesome. 💊😂
September 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The genius of classic cocktails are the simple components which are thoughtfully composed.
September 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I carved some ice cubes today to celebrate the release. Cheers to design system maintainers. 🥃 🧊
September 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Made some pies. 🍕
September 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A nice personal milestone for learning Italian. ~50 hours / 130 lessons for 100 days. I’m also supplementing with audiobooks and podcasts which are helpful. 🇮🇹
September 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Carved a batch of ice cubes this week. Pretty happy with the result. Love how the cube disappears.
August 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Amazing color! 😍

I didn’t do any of the work for these, but I’m glad I get to enjoy them.
August 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Made a Boulevardier. This one goes out to the CPB and viewers like you. ❤️
August 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Kind of stormy this afternoon. A Black Manhattan felt appropriate. Enjoying this as the thundering clouds roll over.

Cheers, friends. Good Friday. 🍸
July 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
If you’re looking for a couple goof-around summer reads, these are fun.
July 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The timeline is tense. Coping a bit by making apple pie and vanilla ice cream (not pictured).
July 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Espresso forte e un pó gelato alla limone. 🍋
June 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Made some sorbet and cones. Not a bad Father’s Day.
June 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I discovered the ice cream machine is also proficient at making frozen sangria. It’s going to be a frozen cocktail summer.

Cheers, friends! Happy Friday!
June 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Canvas, our design system, turned eight years old today, so we threw a little party for it. I’ve been working on this system for over five years now, and in a lot of ways it feels like we’ve grown up together.

Cheers Canvas. I’ve learned a lot from you. 🥂🍾
June 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Not too bad.
June 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Continuing with my ice cream hobby by learning to make cones.
June 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Busy day.
Constant context switching.
Came home and made pasta.
Refreshed.
June 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Enjoying a mojito and Marissa’s flowers. 🍹💐
June 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We made it through another one. Hanging out with this goofball.

Cheers, friends! 🥃
May 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Doing some important research to compare my strawberry sorbet and gelato.
May 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Pistachio gelato turned out well. 🍨
May 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This lil guy accidentally hopped into our window well and got stuck. It was jumping up while I was on a call. I eventually convinced it to scurry into a dough tub and set him free. 😍
May 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM