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💻 Design Systems + a11y @ Rocket Money 🌱 Growing a Backyard Habitat in Portland, OR 🔗 heidiolsen.com
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If you are in or near LA, or if you simply want to find ways to help through donations, this spreadsheet has a lot of detail. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

What does the title #DesignEngineer mean to you? I'm putting together an article and I'd love to hear what your thoughts are, especially in relation to #DesignSystems. Boost for reach? 💜

submitted 61 days ago • 43 comments

I spend my week playing with digital LEGO bricks, so naturally I spend my weekends with the originals. Pictured: LEGO Icon Kingfisher set. It was a rad build, highly recommended.

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

At a previous job, we would add a camp emoji (🏕️) to the commit message to signal a QOL improvement or "leaving the code better than we found it". I appreciate the encouragement instead of adding a ticket to the backlog. Granted these are low risk/low effort updates, like returning your bin!

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

It's that time again: I'm fundraising for the port-a-potties at George Floyd Square! Because everybody needs a place to go 💛🤎 CA: $ iancoldwater V: @ Ian-Coldwater PP dot me /coldwater Please help support if you can and boost for reach! Thank you! 🤗

submitted 100 days ago • 7 comments

Syntax highlighting? This app is amazing 💜

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

PITCH FOR ONION HEADLINE: Echo Chamber Fucking Awesome

submitted 103 days ago • 96 comments

Design System folks: Do you conduct experiments on your components to validate decisions? If so, what kinds of experiments have you implemented, and how are these experiments integrated into the Design System?

submitted 104 days ago • 8 comments

You can also disable videos and GIFs from playing automatically🤘

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

I've put together an article for anyone you know who wants to join in on the #DesignSystems community on @bsky.app

submitted 106 days ago • 2 comments

This is an excellent example of leading with results over a list of components, something that @danmall.bsky.social proposed in Design That Scales and what I'm hoping more DS doc sites move to 💜

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

44 #DesignSystems experts and counting!

submitted 113 days ago • 25 comments

Before your mental health suffers, read (and bookmark) this post about how to keep your mental health afloat in the next 4+ years of constant bullshit. open.substack.com/pub/thespite...

submitted 110 days ago • 93 comments