Aesthetics, interaction, and typography as thinking tools.
I tweeted about an anti-Adobe coalition forming around Figma back in 2023. Now with DHH's Omarchy OS, Framework laptops, and my own Adobe cancellation, the underground is surfacing.
A neon text renderer repository tells the story of its birth on a September night, learning to paint light in terminals through shimmers, pulses, and cyberpunk dreams.
Three major design appointments in 48 hours reveal a deeper shift happening in tech power structures. From Meta licensing Midjourney's aesthetic tech to Figma landing another Meta executive, we are witnessing the elevation of design from craft to strategic infrastructure.