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Caroline Horn

@curiouschaos.com
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Designing in browser, aka designer-engineer dedicated to design systems and mostly nerding out on CSS and documentation. Formerly @ Ramp, @ Elastic 🔗 curiouschaos.com 🌎 DMV

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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 30/09/2026
Cross posting here. Will have news on where I'm going next in a couple weeks. www.linkedin.com/posts/curiou...
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Well, the cat's out of the bag — I'm leaving Ramp. After a challenging (in the best way) and deeply rewarding four years, I'm excited to say I'll be doing it all again, just with a new...
Well, the cat's out of the bag — I'm leaving Ramp. After a challenging (in the best way) and deeply rewarding four years, I'm excited to say I'll be doing it all again, just with a new set of challeng...
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 15/09/2026
A leg bag?!? What is this?
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 15/09/2026
I let my husband borrow my sling purse for his travels. He finally gets it. 😄
Text message reads: Also. I’m loving this purse. It holds way more than my pockets, it doesn’t pull my pants down, and if I want to take my coat off… bam coat rack. So versatile!!!
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 04/09/2026
I tried arguing the same point... (albeit tersley) bsky.app/profile/curi...
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 18/08/2026
But I think, then, im also confused by what your OP was suggesting if not a move away from a toggle (if not a developer)?
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 18/08/2026
Yeah, I meant on mobile though more specifically.
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 18/08/2026
I generally agree for desktops. But my guess is, mobile heavily skews dark. But we certainly dont need a toggle, just adhere to system prefs.
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 13/08/2026
Maybe not if they're typing the name of a custom variable?
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Ben Callahan @bencallahan.com · 20/07/2026
Episode 078 of The Question is live! Kacey Wood joins me to dig into the psychology of #designsystems work: reactance, pushback, and how you convince people without triggering their defenses. Answer before Wed 5pm ET and join Thursday's deep dive: bit.ly/answerTheQue...
Title card for The Question: Design System Deep Dives, Episode 078 — "The Psychology of Design Systems," July 23, 2026. Black-and-white headshots of co-host Kacey Wood (left) and host Ben Callahan (right) flank a large slash graphic.
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 09/07/2026
Same goes for tailwind. Learn CSS first!
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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 02/07/2026
How do you teach craft? Where does it come from? I asked this to @curiouschaos.com at the end of Wireframe Live yesterday and here's her answer: "The foundational piece ... is that the person cares." 💡 What a great insight. I truly believe this is the thing that is separating us from the LLMs.
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 02/07/2026
Chatting with @donnie.damato.design is the ultimate systems geek out session. I honestly loved this. Even though my "passion hives" were showing.
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Place of Craft w/ Caroline Horn | Wireframe Live
YouTube video by Design Systems House
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 30/06/2026
Excited to sit down and chat with *the* @donnie.damato.design tomorrow! Get ready for strong opinions and cynical views. 😂
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 30/06/2026
@curiouschaos.com !! 😉
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 12/06/2026
My current vibes have become more and more just "own your own shit". Like, are you asking for permission or a scapegoat?
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Nick Williams @wicky.nillia.ms · 09/06/2026
Hot take: collapsible UI sections should mostly be reserved for things which are initially collapsed. Collapsing to avoid scrolling is slower than scrolling
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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 29/05/2026
A huge archive of old websites from the older days that would have otherwise vanished or been taken over by ads. theuselessweb.com/sites-we-lost/
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The Sites We Lost
A memorial to the weird little corners of the internet that lived on The Useless Web.
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Keith Cirkel @keithamus.social · 01/04/2026
Rather than the same old boring internet pranks, I thought I'd build something more fun this April Fools. CSS or BS. Can you tell your CSS properties names from BS? www.keithcirkel.co.uk/css-or-bs
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CSS or BS?
Think you know CSS? Real property or made-up nonsense? 20 rounds. No mercy.
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 23/02/2026
Scoop, scoop ba-doop Scoop ba-doop Scoop ba-doop, ba-doop, ba-doop
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 22/02/2026
Ugh! Im so tired of watching men pressuring women about having children by saying "you'd be a great mother". She wasnt arguing that! And like... no shit! But you missed the flipping point.
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 16/02/2026
I finally updated my website to something at least somewhat pleasing. curiouschaos.com (Still vanilla HTML, no frameworks)
Website footer that says @ 2026 Caroline L. Horn - Design Engineering. All rights reserved.
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 30/01/2026
Try SuperWhisper
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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · 20/01/2026
Would you like to work with me? 👋🏻 I’m currently helping to strengthen the existing design systems team at Kesko and we’re looking for a nice & talented designer/developer to join us. arielsalminen.com/2026/hiring-...
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Hiring a Design Engineer for Kesko Design System
Hi 👋🏻, I’m Arielle, a Design Systems Architect working with Kesko. I’m currently helping to strengthen the existing design systems team in the organization and we’re looking for an experienced Design ...
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 13/01/2026
This is definitely a feature, not a bug
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 09/01/2026
Robocalls now starting off by "clearing their throat". I still ain't buyin it!
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 08/01/2026
Well we actually tend to agree woth the popcorn score (not the critics) and they def dont always align
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 08/01/2026
I do love that plex pulls in the tomato and popcorn scores.
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 17/12/2025
She found the line to the heater
Black cat sits on a stool facing away but head turned to look back towards the camera. In front of her is a small space heater pointed in the same direction
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 11/12/2025
Design systems are so much more than tokens! (and components)
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 21/11/2025
My toxic trait is thinking that every compliment and congratulation is disingenuous or condescending
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 21/11/2025
Not a blog post, but demo is just as good. codepen.io/clhorn99/pen...
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CSS Container Queries with Height
Demo showing how you can query for height changes using CSS container queries....
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 21/11/2025
Not a blog post, but demo is just as good. codepen.io/clhorn99/pen...
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CSS Container Queries with Height
Demo showing how you can query for height changes using CSS container queries....
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 20/11/2025
I'm having my very own @nerdy.dev moment by beating CSS at its own game.... Yes, you can use container queries with auto height elements! I gotta write this down...
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 05/11/2025
Seriously though, its not as big of a story as NYC, but Virginia flipped 15! seats yesterday including the Governor, Lt Gov, and AG. We went from barely holding a 51 majority in the state house to 63! Take note!
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 05/11/2025
Way to turn out VA!!
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 29/10/2025
Everyone sees the problem with this, right? .... Right!?
The 3 different colors if the recently announced NEO home robot in cream, light blue and black against a stark white background.
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 28/09/2025
Lol, likely a fox? We have a neighborhood one that loves to steal shoes and leave them on other people's doorsteps
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 12/09/2025
Them: What's the standard for this? Me: This Them: I don't like the standard, can we change it? Me: For what? Them: For this custom thing Me: We dont have a standard for that custom thing Them: Then what should be standard for this custom thing? Me: Its custom, go talk to who made it! #designsystems
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 10/09/2025
Im calling it. It's officially cider season! 🍎
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a group of people toasting with mason jars of apple cider .
Alt: a group of people toasting with mason jars of apple cider .
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Dave Snider @davesnider.com · 08/09/2025
Here here! If there's anything 25 years of coding CSS has taught me is that the road to the present is filled with ways to write CSS that no longer exist and have died off. Regular ol' CSS is a constant that will always work, and will always be the most valuable skill. Hell, it's never been better.
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 08/09/2025
And it just keeps getting better!
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 08/09/2025
I know tailwind already gets so much flak, but here's some more... It's failing our young developers. They're not actually learning CSS. CSS is transferable. Tailwind is not. This is my hill.
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 05/09/2025
Thank you for this!
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 03/09/2025
Welcome to... "everything aches"!
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 03/09/2025
Sigh... i feel like even in the "ass..." example, folks will try to convince by saying "just don't truncate in the middle of words". I feel like I just need to ask, "As a consumer of products, when were you ever delighted that something was truncated?" 😄
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 02/09/2025
Tooltips only work some of the time and have usability issues of their own.
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 02/09/2025
How do folks handle education around the topic of truncation? I find this is the fallback for designers who want "prettier" layouts and engineers implementing "responsive" design. How do you show them how terrible the UX of it is? Or force them to think through how users access the full content?
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UXISTENTIALISM @pegahahmadi.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Hi 👋 Finally joined Bluesky! I know some of the design systems folks are here. Would love to connect and swap ideas. #designsystems
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 31/08/2025
Hi! @sturobson.com Made this helpful start pack. go.bsky.app/MR3D82R
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Caroline Horn @curiouschaos.com · 29/08/2025
My pull requests these days
Double Spiderman meme of two Spiderman pointing at each other but one with a Graphite logo over the head and the other with a Claude code logo
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