Henry Wilkinson
@wilkinson.graphics
Designer who knows some things about web archives, OpenStreetMap enthusiast, occasional maker of music.
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This pattern isn't unique to auth at Amazon though. Every time I buy something I also need to carefully read through and click specifically worded buttons so I don't accidentally sign up for Amazon Prime.
This is the type of interaction that has destroyed the public trust in big tech.
This is the type of interaction that has destroyed the public trust in big tech.
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This pattern isn't unique to auth at Amazon though. Every time I buy something I also need to carefully read through and click specifically worded buttons so I don't accidentally sign up for Amazon Prime.
This is the type of interaction that has destroyed the public trust in big tech.
This is the type of interaction that has destroyed the public trust in big tech.
FWIW I also haven't adopted Passkeys yet and Amazon is the worst example of this that comes to my mind as well.
Eventually I'll probably use KeypassXC's implementation of them.
Eventually I'll probably use KeypassXC's implementation of them.
December 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
FWIW I also haven't adopted Passkeys yet and Amazon is the worst example of this that comes to my mind as well.
Eventually I'll probably use KeypassXC's implementation of them.
Eventually I'll probably use KeypassXC's implementation of them.
Rankin Bass stop motion Christmas movies!
December 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Rankin Bass stop motion Christmas movies!
I recently learned this trick for getting images out of a Google Doc, so I wanted to share in case it's useful.
File -> Download -> Web Page. Then unzip, and you've got a nice folder of images!
File -> Download -> Web Page. Then unzip, and you've got a nice folder of images!
December 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I promise you the blog post is on my todo list, though it might come out after my look at the Wikireader — but also sure? Happy to chat. Contact info is on the about page of my site
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I promise you the blog post is on my todo list, though it might come out after my look at the Wikireader — but also sure? Happy to chat. Contact info is on the about page of my site
Leaflet is very cool but I already have a blog haha!
Thanks for the validation though, I’ve actually been thinking about writing some of this up more formally — will see about getting that done over the next few weeks.
Thanks for the validation though, I’ve actually been thinking about writing some of this up more formally — will see about getting that done over the next few weeks.
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Leaflet is very cool but I already have a blog haha!
Thanks for the validation though, I’ve actually been thinking about writing some of this up more formally — will see about getting that done over the next few weeks.
Thanks for the validation though, I’ve actually been thinking about writing some of this up more formally — will see about getting that done over the next few weeks.
lol I have only ever heard bad things about it
December 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
lol I have only ever heard bad things about it
I’ll also note, to the credit of my former colleagues, that I was pretty resistant to switch away from Figma initially. Now I love not having to worry about mockup styling going out of date. It’s all just scribble lines! The component library code is the source of truth!
December 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I’ll also note, to the credit of my former colleagues, that I was pretty resistant to switch away from Figma initially. Now I love not having to worry about mockup styling going out of date. It’s all just scribble lines! The component library code is the source of truth!
Hence the current system: Mockups in Excalidraw, design tokenize all colours, I can easily push component style changes with JSON & CSS
All the product decisions happen with low-fi mockups and all the style decisions happen in code!
This probably won’t scale, but it’s working for me for now!
All the product decisions happen with low-fi mockups and all the style decisions happen in code!
This probably won’t scale, but it’s working for me for now!
December 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Hence the current system: Mockups in Excalidraw, design tokenize all colours, I can easily push component style changes with JSON & CSS
All the product decisions happen with low-fi mockups and all the style decisions happen in code!
This probably won’t scale, but it’s working for me for now!
All the product decisions happen with low-fi mockups and all the style decisions happen in code!
This probably won’t scale, but it’s working for me for now!
Now I still care about how things look of course, but I design a lot of business SaaS. Most of that is taken care of by having a good component library, and that’s something I can work closely with one front-end engineer to achieve apparently.
December 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Now I still care about how things look of course, but I design a lot of business SaaS. Most of that is taken care of by having a good component library, and that’s something I can work closely with one front-end engineer to achieve apparently.
They found the styling distracting and we were often talking past each other in product meetings because the way things looked and how they worked were both on screen, but we really needed to be on the same page about how it worked. How it looked was very much a secondary concern.
December 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
They found the styling distracting and we were often talking past each other in product meetings because the way things looked and how they worked were both on screen, but we really needed to be on the same page about how it worked. How it looked was very much a secondary concern.
I still think that the high fidelity mockup process was very helpful for me there to figure out the long term product direction in the beginning though.
About half way through, some of the developers explicitly asked me to switch to lower fidelity mockups…
About half way through, some of the developers explicitly asked me to switch to lower fidelity mockups…
December 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I still think that the high fidelity mockup process was very helpful for me there to figure out the long term product direction in the beginning though.
About half way through, some of the developers explicitly asked me to switch to lower fidelity mockups…
About half way through, some of the developers explicitly asked me to switch to lower fidelity mockups…
At my previous job I invested a bunch of time into a Figma component library that mirrored our front end. It was pretty good, but when I made changes to it, the priorities of the day took place over component style changes and I didn’t have the understanding of our codebase to fix it myself…
December 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
At my previous job I invested a bunch of time into a Figma component library that mirrored our front end. It was pretty good, but when I made changes to it, the priorities of the day took place over component style changes and I didn’t have the understanding of our codebase to fix it myself…
Sole designer, I work with a bunch of engineers.
I haven't even done high fidelity mockups on this job, only excalidraw and component library work. All of the actual styling and theming I do with design tokens & CSS.
I haven't even done high fidelity mockups on this job, only excalidraw and component library work. All of the actual styling and theming I do with design tokens & CSS.
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Sole designer, I work with a bunch of engineers.
I haven't even done high fidelity mockups on this job, only excalidraw and component library work. All of the actual styling and theming I do with design tokens & CSS.
I haven't even done high fidelity mockups on this job, only excalidraw and component library work. All of the actual styling and theming I do with design tokens & CSS.
I’ve been doing most of my UI / UX work with code and Excalidraw for more than a year now. Polished mockups can be handy sometimes, but the component library is a lot of up front investment and work to maintain.
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I’ve been doing most of my UI / UX work with code and Excalidraw for more than a year now. Polished mockups can be handy sometimes, but the component library is a lot of up front investment and work to maintain.
Better support than most companies! <3
Looks like the actual track rel = False default was added here in 2006! github.com/phw/picard/c...
Looks like the actual track rel = False default was added here in 2006! github.com/phw/picard/c...
Options to load release-level and/or track-level relations. · phw/picard@6b478a5
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December 4, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Better support than most companies! <3
Looks like the actual track rel = False default was added here in 2006! github.com/phw/picard/c...
Looks like the actual track rel = False default was added here in 2006! github.com/phw/picard/c...
What do I look like to you??? An AMATEUR metadata enjoyer?!
December 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
What do I look like to you??? An AMATEUR metadata enjoyer?!
Yeah should have specified “by default” sorry.
But also, why isn’t that the default??? 🤔
But also, why isn’t that the default??? 🤔
December 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yeah should have specified “by default” sorry.
But also, why isn’t that the default??? 🤔
But also, why isn’t that the default??? 🤔
Have you checked out Navidrome? It’s available on runtipi!
December 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Have you checked out Navidrome? It’s available on runtipi!
FWIW if this is user error then hey, it's on me, but the fact that the IDs are all written to the file is the real win here either way :)
December 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
FWIW if this is user error then hey, it's on me, but the fact that the IDs are all written to the file is the real win here either way :)
Yeah, if it's toggled on in the metadata settings, which track relationships don't seem to be by default?
Either that or I erroniously toggled it off on both my Windows machine and MacBook... If you'd like I'll test it later but I'd rather not wipe my settings at this point heh
Either that or I erroniously toggled it off on both my Windows machine and MacBook... If you'd like I'll test it later but I'd rather not wipe my settings at this point heh
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Yeah, if it's toggled on in the metadata settings, which track relationships don't seem to be by default?
Either that or I erroniously toggled it off on both my Windows machine and MacBook... If you'd like I'll test it later but I'd rather not wipe my settings at this point heh
Either that or I erroniously toggled it off on both my Windows machine and MacBook... If you'd like I'll test it later but I'd rather not wipe my settings at this point heh
Right? It's been pretty cool to see all the City of Toronto accounts pop up on here over the last few days, all verified by the city both as a trusted verifier on the platform, and with their domain.
I feel like Canadian municipalities have been generally ahead of the curve here which is neat?
I feel like Canadian municipalities have been generally ahead of the curve here which is neat?
December 3, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Right? It's been pretty cool to see all the City of Toronto accounts pop up on here over the last few days, all verified by the city both as a trusted verifier on the platform, and with their domain.
I feel like Canadian municipalities have been generally ahead of the curve here which is neat?
I feel like Canadian municipalities have been generally ahead of the curve here which is neat?