Artem Sapegin
@sapegin.me
A coffee first frontend engineer at Stage+, creator of React Styleguidist, and award-losing photographer. Author of Washing your code: https://sapegin.me/book/. Learning to cook at https://tacohuaco.co.
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Artem Sapegin
@sapegin.me
· Nov 20
After five years of writing, I’ve finally finished my book! It took a lot of energy (and coffee!) to complete, but it’s finally done, and I’m really happy with the result.
sapegin.me/book/
sapegin.me/book/
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Curious how many people have looked up "turn off Liquid Glass"
I want to be able to quickly glance at the time, finding it harder to read. Who wants a see-through clock?
I want to be able to quickly glance at the time, finding it harder to read. Who wants a see-through clock?
How to (Mostly) Get Rid of Liquid Glass
Not everyone likes Apple’s springy, jiggly, see-through Liquid Glass interface. If you’re not a fan, tweaking these settings will make your iPhone, iPad, or Mac a lot less bubbly.
www.wired.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Curious how many people have looked up "turn off Liquid Glass"
I want to be able to quickly glance at the time, finding it harder to read. Who wants a see-through clock?
I want to be able to quickly glance at the time, finding it harder to read. Who wants a see-through clock?
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Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever?
This is a really interesting talk from a UX expert directed at programmers.
Linux design is overly eager to throw the baby out with the bathwater. desktop UX regressed in the past 15 years
Browser UX is stuck too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZT...
This is a really interesting talk from a UX expert directed at programmers.
Linux design is overly eager to throw the baby out with the bathwater. desktop UX regressed in the past 15 years
Browser UX is stuck too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZT...
Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever? | Ubuntu Summit 25.10
YouTube video by Canonical Ubuntu
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever?
This is a really interesting talk from a UX expert directed at programmers.
Linux design is overly eager to throw the baby out with the bathwater. desktop UX regressed in the past 15 years
Browser UX is stuck too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZT...
This is a really interesting talk from a UX expert directed at programmers.
Linux design is overly eager to throw the baby out with the bathwater. desktop UX regressed in the past 15 years
Browser UX is stuck too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZT...
I feel this is the unfortunate trend in modern software, to bend users to the only correct way to use their software and punish those users who want or need some adjustments; and they refuse to accept that some user _do need_ accommodations.
This is already a bit weird; isn’t the whole sales pitch with Claude Code that we *don’t* need to use an IDE anymore? If I’m gonna write the prompt in Cursor, why don’t I just use Cursor’s agent mode?
But anyway, I press the shortcut and a new Cursor file opens:
But anyway, I press the shortcut and a new Cursor file opens:
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I feel this is the unfortunate trend in modern software, to bend users to the only correct way to use their software and punish those users who want or need some adjustments; and they refuse to accept that some user _do need_ accommodations.
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Apple could surprise remove Liquid Glass the same way it surprise added U2 to everyone's devices and I'd be first in line to call things even.
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Apple could surprise remove Liquid Glass the same way it surprise added U2 to everyone's devices and I'd be first in line to call things even.
I really wanted to like Cursor, but I just can’t. The UX always felt like a vibe-coded version of Visual Studio Code, but with two recent updates it became unusable for me...
December 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I really wanted to like Cursor, but I just can’t. The UX always felt like a vibe-coded version of Visual Studio Code, but with two recent updates it became unusable for me...
@polypane.app Could you please add an option to hide the project selector? It's way too much in my face now ;-/
Also, I think it should have a light header to match the system light theme. Now it's too much contrast for a part of the UI that should stay in the background.
Also, I think it should have a light header to match the system light theme. Now it's too much contrast for a part of the UI that should stay in the background.
December 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
@polypane.app Could you please add an option to hide the project selector? It's way too much in my face now ;-/
Also, I think it should have a light header to match the system light theme. Now it's too much contrast for a part of the UI that should stay in the background.
Also, I think it should have a light header to match the system light theme. Now it's too much contrast for a part of the UI that should stay in the background.
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Announcing Oxfmt Alpha! 🚀
We’re excited to announce the alpha release of Oxfmt, our Rust-powered formatter.
We designed Oxfmt to be easily adoptable, especially for existing Prettier users
More below and in our announcement post voidzero.dev/posts/announ...
We’re excited to announce the alpha release of Oxfmt, our Rust-powered formatter.
We designed Oxfmt to be easily adoptable, especially for existing Prettier users
More below and in our announcement post voidzero.dev/posts/announ...
Announcing Oxfmt Alpha
Oxfmt is a fast Rust-based formatter that is available now in alpha stage and supports JavaScript and TypeScript files. It is 30x faster than Prettier while having >95% compatibility.
voidzero.dev
December 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Announcing Oxfmt Alpha! 🚀
We’re excited to announce the alpha release of Oxfmt, our Rust-powered formatter.
We designed Oxfmt to be easily adoptable, especially for existing Prettier users
More below and in our announcement post voidzero.dev/posts/announ...
We’re excited to announce the alpha release of Oxfmt, our Rust-powered formatter.
We designed Oxfmt to be easily adoptable, especially for existing Prettier users
More below and in our announcement post voidzero.dev/posts/announ...
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Okay, this is fun, and brings me back to some neumorphism nostalgia: a fun color palette generator, that lets you play with different color spaces, and build different palettes type
colorpalette.pro/?color=lab%2...
colorpalette.pro/?color=lab%2...
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Okay, this is fun, and brings me back to some neumorphism nostalgia: a fun color palette generator, that lets you play with different color spaces, and build different palettes type
colorpalette.pro/?color=lab%2...
colorpalette.pro/?color=lab%2...
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The Polypane Black Friday sale is live! 🏷️
Get *22% off* on yearly plans.
Whether you're a freelancer or leading a frontend team, Polypane pays for itself by saving you hours of responsive design work every month.
Grab the deal before it’s gone 👉
polypane.app/black-friday/
Get *22% off* on yearly plans.
Whether you're a freelancer or leading a frontend team, Polypane pays for itself by saving you hours of responsive design work every month.
Grab the deal before it’s gone 👉
polypane.app/black-friday/
Polypane Black Friday | Polypane
Get the browser for devs who care for 22% during our Black Friday sale. Available until December 1st.
polypane.app
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Polypane Black Friday sale is live! 🏷️
Get *22% off* on yearly plans.
Whether you're a freelancer or leading a frontend team, Polypane pays for itself by saving you hours of responsive design work every month.
Grab the deal before it’s gone 👉
polypane.app/black-friday/
Get *22% off* on yearly plans.
Whether you're a freelancer or leading a frontend team, Polypane pays for itself by saving you hours of responsive design work every month.
Grab the deal before it’s gone 👉
polypane.app/black-friday/
Get my book on clean code for frontenders with 50% off until the end of this week (also, a retweet/share will make me very happy): sapegin.me/book/
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Get my book on clean code for frontenders with 50% off until the end of this week (also, a retweet/share will make me very happy): sapegin.me/book/
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You can now convert your Notion pages and databases to durable, private, local files.
Your data, offline, forever, for free.
Your data, offline, forever, for free.
November 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
You can now convert your Notion pages and databases to durable, private, local files.
Your data, offline, forever, for free.
Your data, offline, forever, for free.
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🌱 Made some updates to my little Grid Paper app
🆕 Dual Hex grids are ready to roll for initiative!
🖨️ Printing should work now without futzing with settings
💾 Settings now stored in the URL for sharing or bookmarking
grid-paper.daverupert.com?gridtype=dua...
🆕 Dual Hex grids are ready to roll for initiative!
🖨️ Printing should work now without futzing with settings
💾 Settings now stored in the URL for sharing or bookmarking
grid-paper.daverupert.com?gridtype=dua...
Grid Paper
grid-paper.daverupert.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
🌱 Made some updates to my little Grid Paper app
🆕 Dual Hex grids are ready to roll for initiative!
🖨️ Printing should work now without futzing with settings
💾 Settings now stored in the URL for sharing or bookmarking
grid-paper.daverupert.com?gridtype=dua...
🆕 Dual Hex grids are ready to roll for initiative!
🖨️ Printing should work now without futzing with settings
💾 Settings now stored in the URL for sharing or bookmarking
grid-paper.daverupert.com?gridtype=dua...
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color-mix() has now been supported in all major browsers for more than 2 years.
It's a really useful way to create a bunch of colors from just one color.
Now is time to take a look and use it in your projects!
Docs: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
Demo: patrickbrosset.com/lab/2024-02-...
It's a really useful way to create a bunch of colors from just one color.
Now is time to take a look and use it in your projects!
Docs: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
Demo: patrickbrosset.com/lab/2024-02-...
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
color-mix() has now been supported in all major browsers for more than 2 years.
It's a really useful way to create a bunch of colors from just one color.
Now is time to take a look and use it in your projects!
Docs: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
Demo: patrickbrosset.com/lab/2024-02-...
It's a really useful way to create a bunch of colors from just one color.
Now is time to take a look and use it in your projects!
Docs: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
Demo: patrickbrosset.com/lab/2024-02-...
File over app by @stephango.com: stephango.com/file-over-app
File over app
If you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retrieve and read. Use tools that give you...
stephango.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
File over app by @stephango.com: stephango.com/file-over-app
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Call for guests:
Looking for people to interview for @devtools.fm
Requirements:
- we haven’t talked (or it’s been a long time)
- you build a tool for devs
Looking for people to interview for @devtools.fm
Requirements:
- we haven’t talked (or it’s been a long time)
- you build a tool for devs
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Call for guests:
Looking for people to interview for @devtools.fm
Requirements:
- we haven’t talked (or it’s been a long time)
- you build a tool for devs
Looking for people to interview for @devtools.fm
Requirements:
- we haven’t talked (or it’s been a long time)
- you build a tool for devs
Tooltip Components Should Not Exist by @tkdodo.eu: tkdodo.eu/blog/tooltip...
Tooltip Components Should Not Exist
A look at why tooltip components are often the wrong abstraction in design systems, leading to accessibility issues, misuse, and inconsistent user experiences.
tkdodo.eu
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Tooltip Components Should Not Exist by @tkdodo.eu: tkdodo.eu/blog/tooltip...
I haven’t updated a list of Mac apps I use, and there’s been many changes: most notably fewer subscriptions.
github.com/sapegin/dotf...
github.com/sapegin/dotf...
OS X Apps
My macOS environment: zsh, Git, Visual Studio Code, etc. - sapegin/dotfiles
github.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I haven’t updated a list of Mac apps I use, and there’s been many changes: most notably fewer subscriptions.
github.com/sapegin/dotf...
github.com/sapegin/dotf...
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Call for Speakers for @codemotion.bsky.social Madrid 2026 is open and I've just submitted 3 sessions!
(2 talks and 1 workshop)
sessionize.com/codemotion-m...
#CodeMotion
(2 talks and 1 workshop)
sessionize.com/codemotion-m...
#CodeMotion
Codemotion Madrid 2026: Call for Speakers
The Codemotion Conference is a must-attend gathering for savvy devs and IT professionals craving for insights on the latest technologies, inspirationa...
sessionize.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Call for Speakers for @codemotion.bsky.social Madrid 2026 is open and I've just submitted 3 sessions!
(2 talks and 1 workshop)
sessionize.com/codemotion-m...
#CodeMotion
(2 talks and 1 workshop)
sessionize.com/codemotion-m...
#CodeMotion
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I just updated my interactive blog post on CSS Grid! It now includes explanations for the `span` keyword, as well as a brief look at `grid-auto-flow`:
An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid • Josh W. Comeau
CSS Grid is an incredibly powerful tool for building layouts on the web, but like all powerful tools, there's a significant learning curve. In this tutorial, we'll build a mental model for how CSS Gri...
www.joshwcomeau.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I just updated my interactive blog post on CSS Grid! It now includes explanations for the `span` keyword, as well as a brief look at `grid-auto-flow`:
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How I use Obsidian
stephango.com/vault
stephango.com/vault
How I use Obsidian
My personal Obsidian vault template. A bottom-up approach to note-taking and organizing things I am interested in.
stephango.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
How I use Obsidian
stephango.com/vault
stephango.com/vault
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My first advice to junior contributors is to STOP using vibe coding for PRs. OSS is always about people more than about code. We don't need more code generated by LLM, we need more people who care.
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
My first advice to junior contributors is to STOP using vibe coding for PRs. OSS is always about people more than about code. We don't need more code generated by LLM, we need more people who care.
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✨ markdown-exit is finally out!
A TypeScript rewrite of markdown-it with built-in types, async rendering and more. ⚡️
Drop-in ready and works with markdown-it plugins. 🔌
#typescript #markdown #web
Give it a try and share your thoughts! 💭
github.com/serkodev/mar...
A TypeScript rewrite of markdown-it with built-in types, async rendering and more. ⚡️
Drop-in ready and works with markdown-it plugins. 🔌
#typescript #markdown #web
Give it a try and share your thoughts! 💭
github.com/serkodev/mar...
GitHub - serkodev/markdown-exit: Fast, customizable Markdown parser and renderer with full CommonMark support. TypeScript rewrite of markdown-it with enhancements.
Fast, customizable Markdown parser and renderer with full CommonMark support. TypeScript rewrite of markdown-it with enhancements. - serkodev/markdown-exit
github.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:17 AM
✨ markdown-exit is finally out!
A TypeScript rewrite of markdown-it with built-in types, async rendering and more. ⚡️
Drop-in ready and works with markdown-it plugins. 🔌
#typescript #markdown #web
Give it a try and share your thoughts! 💭
github.com/serkodev/mar...
A TypeScript rewrite of markdown-it with built-in types, async rendering and more. ⚡️
Drop-in ready and works with markdown-it plugins. 🔌
#typescript #markdown #web
Give it a try and share your thoughts! 💭
github.com/serkodev/mar...
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Ductts Build Log
I built Ductts, an app for tracking how often you cry. Here's how!
cassidoo.co
August 22, 2025 at 4:44 AM
One very annoying habit of Claude Code 4.5 model is that it tries to replace `foo === false` with `!foo` and claim that it's (a) not the same; and (b) will fix any issue I complain about.
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
One very annoying habit of Claude Code 4.5 model is that it tries to replace `foo === false` with `!foo` and claim that it's (a) not the same; and (b) will fix any issue I complain about.
It’s incredible how many things AI agents do right, and it’s incredible how often they can’t solve a certain issue at all. Here’s just a little gem from Copilot.
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
It’s incredible how many things AI agents do right, and it’s incredible how often they can’t solve a certain issue at all. Here’s just a little gem from Copilot.