Dan
@pizzaboyboyboy.bsky.social
Creative Studio Owner | South Coast UK
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I've been running my design studio for a year now, but I barely talk about the work we do and how we do it
But moving into 2026, that's changing
You will see the same amount of memes, but more design and business stuff
Get ready
But moving into 2026, that's changing
You will see the same amount of memes, but more design and business stuff
Get ready
December 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I've been running my design studio for a year now, but I barely talk about the work we do and how we do it
But moving into 2026, that's changing
You will see the same amount of memes, but more design and business stuff
Get ready
But moving into 2026, that's changing
You will see the same amount of memes, but more design and business stuff
Get ready
An important lesson that is best learnt early is not too get too attached to your concepts.
We've spent weeks working on logo and brand concepts just for a client to tear it to pieces in 5 minutes.
Take our current project for example:
> Spent a whole refining a presenting a single concept
We've spent weeks working on logo and brand concepts just for a client to tear it to pieces in 5 minutes.
Take our current project for example:
> Spent a whole refining a presenting a single concept
December 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
An important lesson that is best learnt early is not too get too attached to your concepts.
We've spent weeks working on logo and brand concepts just for a client to tear it to pieces in 5 minutes.
Take our current project for example:
> Spent a whole refining a presenting a single concept
We've spent weeks working on logo and brand concepts just for a client to tear it to pieces in 5 minutes.
Take our current project for example:
> Spent a whole refining a presenting a single concept
The final logo vs The concepts
December 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The final logo vs The concepts
Signed a new client, YC-funded SF company
The founder and I are in the same network that organises meetups, but we'd never actually met, just knew of each other
I got a Cal notification a few days ago, and it seemed like a familiar name
The founder and I are in the same network that organises meetups, but we'd never actually met, just knew of each other
I got a Cal notification a few days ago, and it seemed like a familiar name
December 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Signed a new client, YC-funded SF company
The founder and I are in the same network that organises meetups, but we'd never actually met, just knew of each other
I got a Cal notification a few days ago, and it seemed like a familiar name
The founder and I are in the same network that organises meetups, but we'd never actually met, just knew of each other
I got a Cal notification a few days ago, and it seemed like a familiar name
Old CodeRabbit logo to new CodeRabbit logo!
Yes it’s intentionally poor quality because I enjoy the line boils 😂
Also I’m practicing hiding the transitions in the speed I.e there’s no “in-between” frame!
Yes it’s intentionally poor quality because I enjoy the line boils 😂
Also I’m practicing hiding the transitions in the speed I.e there’s no “in-between” frame!
September 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Old CodeRabbit logo to new CodeRabbit logo!
Yes it’s intentionally poor quality because I enjoy the line boils 😂
Also I’m practicing hiding the transitions in the speed I.e there’s no “in-between” frame!
Yes it’s intentionally poor quality because I enjoy the line boils 😂
Also I’m practicing hiding the transitions in the speed I.e there’s no “in-between” frame!
When your product is complex, the first job of the brand is to reduce perceived risk.
Which risk are you reducing right now?
Time, cost, or security?
Which risk are you reducing right now?
Time, cost, or security?
August 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
When your product is complex, the first job of the brand is to reduce perceived risk.
Which risk are you reducing right now?
Time, cost, or security?
Which risk are you reducing right now?
Time, cost, or security?
Here's a small win for your homepage:
Add one technical trust signal to it (a benchmark, short testimonial, or a small schema).
Credibility goes far.
Add one technical trust signal to it (a benchmark, short testimonial, or a small schema).
Credibility goes far.
August 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Here's a small win for your homepage:
Add one technical trust signal to it (a benchmark, short testimonial, or a small schema).
Credibility goes far.
Add one technical trust signal to it (a benchmark, short testimonial, or a small schema).
Credibility goes far.
Make your homepage a map
problem → proof → next steps.
Visitors should never wonder where to go next.
problem → proof → next steps.
Visitors should never wonder where to go next.
August 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Make your homepage a map
problem → proof → next steps.
Visitors should never wonder where to go next.
problem → proof → next steps.
Visitors should never wonder where to go next.
Two-week sprint idea for you: headline + hero variants + one trust block + 50 user checks.
Low-risk, practical way to improve conversion.
Low-risk, practical way to improve conversion.
August 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Two-week sprint idea for you: headline + hero variants + one trust block + 50 user checks.
Low-risk, practical way to improve conversion.
Low-risk, practical way to improve conversion.
If your website forces visitors to hunt for value, you’ve already failed the first meeting.
Give them the one line; do the rest inside the demo.
Give them the one line; do the rest inside the demo.
August 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If your website forces visitors to hunt for value, you’ve already failed the first meeting.
Give them the one line; do the rest inside the demo.
Give them the one line; do the rest inside the demo.
Heres a template you can have for free:
For [audience] who [problem], our [product] helps [benefit].
Use it on your homepage and in your pitch.
(You're welcome)
For [audience] who [problem], our [product] helps [benefit].
Use it on your homepage and in your pitch.
(You're welcome)
August 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Heres a template you can have for free:
For [audience] who [problem], our [product] helps [benefit].
Use it on your homepage and in your pitch.
(You're welcome)
For [audience] who [problem], our [product] helps [benefit].
Use it on your homepage and in your pitch.
(You're welcome)
“If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit, join our club!”
August 23, 2025 at 6:20 AM
“If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit, join our club!”
Do you send post-project gifts to your clients?
Is it too much?
Is it weird?
Well, we're going to start doing it.
Is it too much?
Is it weird?
Well, we're going to start doing it.
August 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Do you send post-project gifts to your clients?
Is it too much?
Is it weird?
Well, we're going to start doing it.
Is it too much?
Is it weird?
Well, we're going to start doing it.
You don’t need a giant rebrand.
You need three repeatable decisions: headline formula, one proof block, and a demo frame.
Make your brand operable.
You need three repeatable decisions: headline formula, one proof block, and a demo frame.
Make your brand operable.
August 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
You don’t need a giant rebrand.
You need three repeatable decisions: headline formula, one proof block, and a demo frame.
Make your brand operable.
You need three repeatable decisions: headline formula, one proof block, and a demo frame.
Make your brand operable.
Tiny experiment time:
Swap your generic hero headline for a value sentence for 7 days and track CTA clicks.
Small test, fast learning.
Swap your generic hero headline for a value sentence for 7 days and track CTA clicks.
Small test, fast learning.
August 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Tiny experiment time:
Swap your generic hero headline for a value sentence for 7 days and track CTA clicks.
Small test, fast learning.
Swap your generic hero headline for a value sentence for 7 days and track CTA clicks.
Small test, fast learning.
You built something complex.
Now make it explainable.
Simplicity increases trust but not at the expense of accuracy.
Now make it explainable.
Simplicity increases trust but not at the expense of accuracy.
August 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
You built something complex.
Now make it explainable.
Simplicity increases trust but not at the expense of accuracy.
Now make it explainable.
Simplicity increases trust but not at the expense of accuracy.
What kind of vibe does this palette give to you?
August 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
What kind of vibe does this palette give to you?
High quality mockups for a current branding client 👒
August 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
High quality mockups for a current branding client 👒
Reposted by Dan
In Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, crouch-walking against a switch will make Mario vibrate extremely rapidly while emitting a barrage of "ha", "hoo", and "hmm" soundbites.
July 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
In Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, crouch-walking against a switch will make Mario vibrate extremely rapidly while emitting a barrage of "ha", "hoo", and "hmm" soundbites.
Coderabbit sporting a clean new Logo that I designed as well as this animation that I created ❤️
CodeRabbit just hit 12M PR's, 70k installs, and climbed to the first page on GitHub Marketplace 🎉
Huge thanks to every developer making us a part of their workflow! 🫂
Huge thanks to every developer making us a part of their workflow! 🫂
July 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Coderabbit sporting a clean new Logo that I designed as well as this animation that I created ❤️
Reposted by Dan
Hear @danielroe.dev, Nuxt Project Lead at @vercel.com, discuss the recent acquisition of @nuxtlabs.com by Vercel and its implications for the @nuxt.com framework, @unjs.io, & @nitro.build on @redmonk.com's MonkCast redmonk.com/blog/2025/07...
July 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Hear @danielroe.dev, Nuxt Project Lead at @vercel.com, discuss the recent acquisition of @nuxtlabs.com by Vercel and its implications for the @nuxt.com framework, @unjs.io, & @nitro.build on @redmonk.com's MonkCast redmonk.com/blog/2025/07...
Just picked this up for my journey home, hopefully I can incorporate something from it next week.
I like to work week to week
If I don’t feel a week went very well, then I’ll reset over the weekend and hit the next one different
✌️
I like to work week to week
If I don’t feel a week went very well, then I’ll reset over the weekend and hit the next one different
✌️
June 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Just picked this up for my journey home, hopefully I can incorporate something from it next week.
I like to work week to week
If I don’t feel a week went very well, then I’ll reset over the weekend and hit the next one different
✌️
I like to work week to week
If I don’t feel a week went very well, then I’ll reset over the weekend and hit the next one different
✌️
Reposted by Dan
Pattern fill is still pretty unknown and utilised in @figma.com so here’s a fast little explainer!
June 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Pattern fill is still pretty unknown and utilised in @figma.com so here’s a fast little explainer!
Figma launched their MCP server in beta yesterday so I gave it a try ✌️
June 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Figma launched their MCP server in beta yesterday so I gave it a try ✌️