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Dan Harlow

@danielkharlow.bsky.social
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I design stuff (or used to- hard to tell anymore!) danharlow.com

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Richard Troupe @richardtroupe.bsky.social · 20h
This is a fascinating read about how almost all critical web-based infrastructure is kept going by only a small handful of volunteers. We depend so much upon so few people. sheets.works/data-viz/hol...
sheets.works
The people holding up the internet
Four billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest.
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Dan Harlow @danielkharlow.bsky.social · 5h
I had a similar experience with the person that camped on danharlow.com forever. He would occasionally answer my purchase inquiries with absurd dollar amounts until he accidentally let the sucker lapse- I got it for the price of a burrito. Now my asking price is a million TO START.
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Dan Harlow @danielkharlow.bsky.social · 5h
Officially at the age where I should not consider eating anything past 9PM, lest my body betray me the following morning.
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"this browser version is no longer supported" is something you should tell your developer, not me, the innocent web surfer
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Dan Harlow @danielkharlow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
PHIL NO
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Dan Harlow @danielkharlow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The east coast needs to step up our doughnut game- the west coast has it locked up.
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Connie Chen 陳穎慈 @conniechiiiwa.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Donuts sounds so bomb right now. 🤤🍩
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Dan Harlow @danielkharlow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Design Isn’t Dead But It’s Killing Me: A Memoir
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Dan Harlow @danielkharlow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I bet D. Boon would’ve written something poignant about all of this shit.
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Dan Harlow @danielkharlow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’ve consumed countless articles, podcasts, and videos of AI and tech critique over the past few years...but seeing all those little drips and drops grouped and presented all in chronological order is really something.
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Ghost in the Machine | Full Documentary
YouTube video by PBS Documentaries
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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 09/09/2026
“A design system is like Lego…” Or is it?
zeroheight.com
Why LEGO was never the right metaphor for a design system - zeroheight
Guy Segal explores what the LEGO metaphor gets wrong about design systems, from governance and maintenance to adoption and trust.
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Dan Harlow @danielkharlow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Some dudes really make entire JavaScript frameworks so that they won’t have to write any CSS or HTML. Something something “commitment issues”
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Dan Harlow @danielkharlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Finally, my favorite time of the year: an entire month where I have an excuse to eat more candy and watch more horror movies than I already do 🎃🎃🎃🍫🍫🍫
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Heh. Remember when everyone was gonna make their own apps in Java? Good times.
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Dan Harlow @danielkharlow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Venting into the digital vortex: → I’ll find out this week if I either have a new job or if I’ll have to move back in with my parents. → Overwhelming paranoia tells me that discussing this more will jinx it. → The anxiety diarrhea will not stop. Thank you for your attention.
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Peter Lewis @peterlewis.design · 26/09/2026
anybody remember the job of the future, prompt engineer
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Vale @vale.rocks · 21/09/2026
This is an extremely odd article from WIRED. It almost seems to be trying to fabricate some sort of culture war around CSS? Bizarre.
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Dan Harlow @danielkharlow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’ve been seeing too many design/tech career pivot stories that all end with “and now I’m a career coach.”
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Dan Harlow @danielkharlow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Exactly! And then they throw their hands up when the importance of documentation gets brought up, as if its never been important before now.
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Dan Harlow @danielkharlow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The benefits of knowing basic frontend can’t be undersold. Entire coding and vibecoding tools have been made because some North Face vest bros are scared of CSS.
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Dan Harlow @danielkharlow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Epson WF-100. Perfect compact, little printer for apartment office setups when you only need to print once in a while- bought one over a decade ago and it’s still going strong.
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Dan Harlow @danielkharlow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Removed all my Spicy Design Takes™ so prospective jobs will know that I’m a good little boy 😊
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