If you're new to my work — An ongoing thread of Webflow sites I've built, designed, or both. 📀

a super el nino has formed and youre excited about generating a styleguide

Designers and developers should have to adhere to some sort of Hippocratic oath that forbids them from creating things that harm humanity.

that writing you're 'doing' everyone knows it's ai, it reads like it, it's shaped like it, and it isn't pleasant to digest

musk ain’t getting pics of me as a kid

Every recruiter reaching out to me wants someone in-office for 4-5 days a week to 'collaborate'. I have shipped 30+ websites per year for years completely remotely in my back office. What could in-person possibly offer me that is better than my dog, my wife, and afternoon walks.

Brands optimized for efficiency and accidentally optimized against trust.

Aside from being absolutely disgusting, did you know that the aliens.gov site is using the X-Files theme and I'm pretty sure it's not cleared. It's clear that they're both stupid and incompetent. whitehouse.gov/wp-content/up…

Price go up? Webflow go down.

Meet Devin Fountain, Head of Development at NOOON. Devin leads and oversees every site we ship. He's the architect of our custom Webflow framework. Lightweight, semantic, accessible foundation that makes our sites load almost instantly. Devin was a product designer for years before he was a developer. He understands design intent at a deeper level than most engineers ever do. When he builds, he doesn't just translate Figma files into code. He sees what the design is trying to do and builds in a way that protects the intent. We've also worked together long enough that it shows. We co-founded footer.design together back when it was a side project. He's the first person I want in the room when a build gets complicated. He also mentors and leads across the full team and goes the extra mile, even when he doesn't need to. If you've ever wondered why our sites perform the way they do, you're looking at the reason.

I've seen way too many footers lately with an outdated copyright year, let's fix that. 1.) Copy paste to the end of </body>. 2.) Wrap the year in a span with class 'copyright-year' <script>document.querySelector('.copyright-year').textContent = new Date().getFullYear();</script>

You can vote for the site on Awwwards and see the live site here awwwards.com/sites/bevel-hea…

that's my goat

New work for Knaq. Hardware + dashboard that monitors elevators and escalators in airports, malls, and big institutions. Sensors track usage and uptime so the equipment gets serviced before it breaks down. Not a flashy tech product. Built for people who run critical infrastructure.

The new @mercury site has to be hurting new user acquisition. Videos and images are low resolution, vertical rhythm is broken, negative space is cramped, and the layouts are z-shape whiplash. The first thing you see is AI-gen and does the opposite of instill confidence.

RT @effthealgorithm: Search is full of ads and wrong answers. Every other email is an ad. Prime Video charges you and shows ads. Paramount?…

When I tell companies I want good merch, this is what I'm referring to.

AI design-gen right now is just picking between keke and bouba and tweeting about how it cooked