Design staff & Robot shepherd @obvious ex. @automattic @github @algolia

Joined October 2025
Writing a part II of my Config talk to talk about how poorly this idea aged.
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My aha moment with Instinct.
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Odd time to find out this wasn't an original song by Dwight
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What brings me joy recently. With a special mention of @CharlesPattson and @adrianmg and the late Dolly Parton for contributing to that joy: Move that bus secretlivesofcomponents.subs…
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I use the marble reward system to build habits. I'm not building the habits as well as I'd like to but I am designing marble renders to build an app for that.
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These marbles are going to look AWESOME
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Things are happening
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finally figured out how to get work done while napping
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I'll say it again. Good design specs are meditation.
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There. I said it.
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So. many. trinkets.
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Today I'm experimenting with moats and principles as design context for the robots. Context as it is today, context in the prompt and context in the agents / design / repo files. Let's see what comes of it. moat → principle → “true when” → the design decisions that apply
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Sitting at a hotel lobby waiting for my food and decompressing from the work day with a glass of champagne. All I can think about is how we’re penguins. 🥂
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Codifying discernment for the robots feels deeply introspective but also very extroverted and confident. Feels like, (and I misquote Dolly Parton) You be you, and I’ll be me and together we’ll be me.
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Hey all 15 of my gorgeous followers. Do you know any really good icon designers? And if not could you like this or RT so I can find one please? 🌸🙏❤️
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I opened my DMs. Feel free to send links to your work there 🙏
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Finished this wonder 🌸
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