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David Darnes

@darn.es

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Senior Engineer working on Polaris at Shopify Previously: @zeroheight.com, Nord Design System, @ghost.org. Clients: Google, @buffer.com and @netlify.com. [he/him] darn.es designsystems.wtf #DesignSystems, #WebComponents & #Frontend

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David Darnes @darn.es · 04/09/2026

Homer in bed but wide awake

David Darnes @darn.es · 28/08/2026

Highly recommend the FC_HEADER_TEXT, delicious

Apple Watch notification from the McDonald’s app:
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David Darnes @darn.es · 17/08/2026

God damn it Google (from @jess.darn.es )

David Darnes @darn.es · 06/08/2026

Haters

3 illustrated knights on a bevelled UI button

David Darnes @darn.es · 31/07/2026

Good morning

Moana action figure laying face down on the floor

David Darnes @darn.es · 09/07/2026

Piers Morgan famously saying “I want to die” on Twitter in 2012

David Darnes @darn.es · 01/07/2026

When the Trading 212 ad says “trade natural gas” 💨

SpongeBob smirking

David Darnes @darn.es · 23/06/2026

British people rn

Cliff Curtis sat looking at the sun in Sunshine

David Darnes @darn.es · 21/06/2026

Hearing the AI narrator voice kick in

José Mourinho taking his headphones off with disgust

David Darnes @darn.es · 21/06/2026

I promise you this was not staged

A card opened but with sick on it that reads:

To Daddy
Thank you so much for all you do everyday. We’re so grateful for you, proud of you, and pleased to call you daddy every day.
Happy Father’s Day
Love you so much from…

David Darnes @darn.es · 13/06/2026

When you hear “fucking wanker” dropped on live tv and you’ve barely started your shift

Thierry Henry looking gobsmacked

David Darnes @darn.es · 12/06/2026

Unbelievable, not even a single call for my opinion www.channel5.com/britain-s-be...

Britain's Best
Service Station
45 min • Entertainment
JB Gill explores the UKs best service stations and crowns the best pitstop.

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David Darnes @darn.es · 07/06/2026

Lisa Simpson presentation meme: All coffee shops should serve batch brew

David Darnes @darn.es · 04/06/2026

How me and @jess.darn.es look in front of the tv after the girls are finally up to bed

Taxidermy’d fox looking tired while sitting on a chair

David Darnes @darn.es · 29/05/2026

David Darnes @darn.es · 26/05/2026

Me looking at this from the southwest

Paranoid expression while looking at their phone and smoking

David Darnes @darn.es · 25/05/2026

British people when you ask them why they use bricks

Shrugging guy meme

David Darnes @darn.es · 22/05/2026

What I hope to become after this bank holiday weekend ☀️

Person glowing at a diner table

David Darnes @darn.es · 16/05/2026

Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point

David Darnes @darn.es · 30/04/2026

You’re using Tailwind?

Entire party looking at you confused

David Darnes @darn.es · 29/04/2026

Kid doing a selfie on Snapchat with the caption “feel like pure shit just want them back”

David Darnes @darn.es · 23/04/2026

Fun to follow big companies on their official YouTube channels because you get to see behind their workflows sometimes

“20CTC017 YTVOD Caleb 4k Rough v02”
20th Century Studios

David Darnes @darn.es · 19/04/2026

GTA 6 map has been leaked

Island of Sodor

David Darnes @darn.es · 01/04/2026

I need him, because reasons

Lego Tahu cosplay minifig

David Darnes @darn.es · 01/04/2026

Barely an hour into the day and I have had it with the AI generated April Fools

David Darnes @darn.es · 24/02/2026

Timeline cleanse

David Darnes @darn.es · 23/02/2026

Truncation strikes again

YouTube shorts preview card with the title “Bob Hamilton and his cool old Willys cam…”

David Darnes @darn.es · 02/02/2026

NINTENDO BUILT THIS THING IN 1996… WITH 4MB OF RAM

Obadiah Stane yelling at a scientist in Iron-Man

David Darnes @darn.es · 23/01/2026

Matilda, Dead Metal and Sir Killalot will return in Avengers: Doomsday

Matilda, Dead Metal and Sir Killalot from Robot Wars

David Darnes @darn.es · 17/01/2026

How’s your weekend going?

Google search, “can i jet wash a baby car seat”

David Darnes @darn.es · 15/01/2026

*Heavy breathing*

iOS number pad showing red lined on either side to reveal the number buttons are not aligned centrally

David Darnes @darn.es · 10/01/2026

New IKEA Matter purchase: Spotlights to test out. £7 each, multicolour support. I think these bulbs are typically named GU10? Keen to see how well they work with HomeKit

3 of the said bulbs in their boxes

David Darnes @darn.es · 07/01/2026

Pegman from Google Maps will return for Avengers: Doomsday

David Darnes @darn.es · 05/01/2026

Me looking at all the leftovers in the fridge

Carl flicking through their photo album in ‘Up’

David Darnes @darn.es · 03/01/2026

Mighty fine selection of stickers from @rknight.me 💜

Assorted custom stickers from Robb with a little message

David Darnes @darn.es · 28/12/2025

Great to see Bower alive and well

David Darnes @darn.es · 27/12/2025

IKEA have started doing Matter enabled devices at an incredibly cheap price. Bought all of this (3 motion sensors, 3 door sensors and a button) for £49

Said devices in their boxes

David Darnes @darn.es · 27/12/2025

Dads calculating the best way to use leftovers

David Darnes @darn.es · 25/12/2025

David Darnes @darn.es · 25/12/2025

Me threatening leftovers with a knife

David Darnes @darn.es · 22/12/2025

Me getting ready for the Christmas big shop

David Darnes @darn.es · 22/12/2025

Thanks! Bit of a mix on this shelf, including custom Lego models I built as a child

Gundams, custom Lego mechs and Lego speed champion sets

David Darnes @darn.es · 22/12/2025

Office refresh, finally mounted the sticker desk top onto a set of standing desk legs

Home office setup including standing desk with stickers on the desk top itself

David Darnes @darn.es · 17/12/2025

I guess my biggest apology goes to @james.claims

Visualisation of the people I talk with most on Bluesky

David Darnes @darn.es · 09/12/2025

You will be visited by three spirits.

The gold aliens at the start of The Fifth Element

David Darnes @darn.es · 03/12/2025

Me pouring a large bottle of “coffee shop recommendations” on you

David Darnes @darn.es · 22/11/2025

Biblically accurate Belgian

Belgian bun acting as a head for a headless gingerbread man

David Darnes @darn.es · 22/11/2025

Getting myself “Bog Body” ready for winter

BBC Global: The mystery of Europe's most famous bog bodies

David Darnes @darn.es · 21/11/2025

Me when my friends post a single photo of a coffee shop

Famous Geoguesser Rainbolt

David Darnes @darn.es · 20/11/2025

Apple Music uses #WebComponents

Apple Music web interface via a web app with the inspector open, showing Web Components powering the song lyrics