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Danny Banks

@dbanks.design
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Principal Design Technologist. Design Systems. Design tokens. AWS Amplify. Style dictionary. Cats. (He/him)

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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 28/09/2026
If your kid's favorite paw patrol pup is chase we can't be friends
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 26/09/2026
You got me there
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 23/09/2026
Butter flexing
Photo of the little fancy shelf at the top of the refrigerator door that people keep butter, but it's like jam packed with butter including Kirkland grass fed butter
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Elly Loel @elly.lol · 20/09/2026
STOP OMARCHY: Boycott Tech's Far-Right Backers 🔖 stopomarchy.neocities.org/#ref61 🔗 ellyloel.com/stop-omarchy-boycott-t… #Bookmarks #Fascism #Tech
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STOP OMARCHY: Boycott Tech's Far-Right Backers
Protest against the Omarchy/Omacom Foundation and the tech companies and executives funding far-right open source.
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danielroe @danielroe.dev · 19/09/2026
don't be nice.
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Don't be nice
Sometimes, it's more important to be good than it is to be nice.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/09/2026
Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? By Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI theonion.com/anyone-else-...
Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? By Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 08/09/2026
I've been using Vega/Vega-lite at my work a lot. It's very customizable and it is the only one that is spec based (you write a json object to describe the chart). It also is plain JS so that would work well for astro/markdown
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 24/08/2026
The darker the bean, the sweeter the juice
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Hazel Weakly @hazelweakly.me · 24/12/2025
The two hardest problems in Computer Science are 1. Human communication 2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important
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Annie Sexton @anniesexton.com · 11/08/2026
This is the coolest article I've ever written. Genuinely. All of you should read it.
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 08/08/2026
Those cars are almost as ugly as cyber trucks. So embarrassing to get caught driving one of those
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 08/08/2026
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Jimmy Jr
Alt: Jimmy Jr dancing and really feeling himself
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Agustin Capeletto @lowpoly.gg · 06/08/2026
I'm recreating classic screensavers in 3D #CSS, without WebGL. First up: pipes! 🧪 try it: css.graphics/pipes fork it: github.com/layoutit/css...
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 01/08/2026
You mean the most historically accurate Robin hood???
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 28/07/2026
What chapter in parenting books do I learn how to deal with our 6yo boy and 4yo girl kissing on the mouth because they want to be married? Asking for a friend
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Andrew Lisowski 💻 @hipstersmoothie.com · 24/07/2026
Wanna come work with me? We're hiring on the design system team!
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Snowflake hiring Staff Design Engineer in Menlo Park, CA | LinkedIn
Posted 11:57:27 AM. At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 23/07/2026
Danny go has bangers. Heartbreaking about his kid though
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 19/07/2026
Taco Bell proving it is the best fast food in the game.
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 19/07/2026
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Why Would You Say Something So Controversial Yet So Brave
Alt: Why Would You Say Something So Controversial Yet So Brave
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Marielle Hellraiser 💀 @mags.colvett.online · 16/07/2026
Raffi you’re so right
Threads post from raffi_music:
stay creative. after Baby Beluga, I didn't worry about how can I top that.. just kept growing as a person and musically. 14 years later, Bananaphone!
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 14/07/2026
Do I know anyone at NPM that can help with a squatter and reclaiming an organization with a trademark?
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Election results:
Everyone gets a Puppy: 49.9%
Diarrhea Forever: 50.1%
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 10/07/2026
You will guess what this person looks like and you'd be wrong.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 08/07/2026
the final reckoning between AI hype and reality is upon us. buckle up.
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The AI Hype Reckoning Is Upon Us
The massive chasm between AI hype and reality is finally reaching the breaking point.
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Connie Chen 陳穎慈 @conniechiiiwa.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Still unemployed & it’s been hard catching up with finances. In need of help with rent, bills, & medications. If you can help financially or share this post, I’d really appreciate it. Thank you.💛 - paypal.me/conniechiiiwa - venmo.com/u/conniechii... - buymeacoffee.com/conniechiiiwa
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sophie alpert @sophiebits.com · 25/06/2026
got frustrated recently at work about people writing using AI instead of using their brains! here's my take on it: sophiebits.com/2026/06/25/t...
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There are no lossless transformations of natural-language text
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 15/06/2026
Plus that is the business model that Uber, Amazon, and a lot of other companies did. They subsidize cost with VC money to kill competition and get everyone hooked on something until they need to turn a profit and then change the cost to squeeze customers
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Amy Hupe @amyhupe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Hi BlueSky pals 📣 Having just completed a fun project with the folks at Clearleft, I’m on the lookout for my next project. I’m open to part-time or full-time contracts outside IR35 and I can help you with: - design systems consultancy & management - content design - design systems documentation
amyhupe.co.uk
Testimonials
Content design and design systems consultant
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Eric Portis @ericportis.com · 29/05/2026
CSS functions. CSS... functions? CSS functions! frontendmasters.com/blog/the-fun... by @janeori.propjockey.io
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The Fundamentals and Dev Experience of CSS @function
There are quite a few
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 28/05/2026
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Captain America: I Understood That Reference
Alt: Captain America: I Understood That Reference
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 23/05/2026
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Cute Kitten Raises Paw
Alt: Cute Kitten Raises Paw
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Orangetronic @orangetronic.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
watching the tech industry burn out all the people i know who actually care about delivering things that aren’t perpetually broken, all at the altar of infinite velocity, is making me utterly utterly furious.
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Overcommitted Podcast @overcommitted.dev · 19/05/2026
New overcommitted is out 🎧 Adam Argyle (@nerdy.dev) on going from seven years at google chrome to staff design engineer at shopify, why llms suck at css, and why he thinks "the finishers", design engineers, are one of the most ai-proof roles in tech right now overcommitted.dev/design-engin...
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Design Engineering, Interviews & Job Search | Career Growth with Adam Argyle - Overcommitted | Software Engineering and Tech Careers Insights - Episode 60
Summary Software engineering career moves don't have to be a lottery. In this episode, Adam Argyle breaks down why the technical interview process is fundamentally broken, how design engineering skil...
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 19/05/2026
"Why did you make this change?" "Oh I dunno I didn't look at the code." Excuse me while I go walk into the ocean
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John Voss @jovo.design · 18/05/2026
Just read "MCPs are dead," and I think we need to reflect on why we, as an industry, are so obsessed with things dying right now. Like, seriously. Psychologically. Are we okay? (No.)
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This is peak AI mania: identify a task that has long been well- and cheaply-handled by human beings, pay to use an LLM (which is ill-suited for the task), and be completely shocked when it goes disastrously.
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 14/05/2026
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Bart Simpson's Mealtime Reaction
Alt: Bart Simpson's saying "testify" and dancing
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 13/05/2026
It removes the friction of the product process, but people don't realize that friction is what leads to good products. AI operates in an uncanny valley of tricking people into thinking they made something, but in reality it is just slop.
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comiCSS @comicss.art · 27/04/2026
New comic: Beware of CSS! comicss.art/comics/248/ Best practices don't actually work, so use our library with new best practices that don't actually work either… so use our extension with even newer best practices that also don’t actually work... so use our... #css #comic #webdev
comic with 4 panels in a 2x2 grid. One character is typing CSS on a computer, another one interrupts and says 'You should stop using CSS! It's bad for your website! It says it here on this company's website! ...It also says that CSS is dead, best practices are bad, recommends tables and floats for layout, and...' The first character retakes writing CSS and interrupts 'And let me guess... the solution is their style library?' The second character is surprised 'Wait... How did you know?'
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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 27/04/2026
🎉 Registration is now open for my latest course, Whimsical Animations! This course will teach you everything you need to know to design and build stunning, creative animations and interactions. It’s time to make the web less generic and boring! 😄
whimsy.joshwcomeau.com
Whimsical Animations
Learn how to create charming interactions and delightful touches using the magic of CSS, JavaScript, SVG, and Canvas. I’m sharing all my tricks in this one!
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 23/04/2026
I think I finally fully understood the Monty hall problem and have a simple way of explaining it now.
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Neurotica @schwarzgerat.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
slop is something that takes more human effort to consume than it took to produce. When my coworker sends me raw Gemini output he’s not expressing his freedom to create, he’s disrespecting the value of my time
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 21/03/2026
Def better!
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 19/03/2026
"here I asked AI to generate a doc for you to read and review" Can we please stop doing this.
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Open Source Pledge ⇌ @opensourcepledge.com · 03/03/2026
Congratulations to the @npmx.dev team on their launch day! 🎉❤️ Here's @vlad.website on how npmx's success shows us why Open Source collaboration itself is so special.
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npmx: A Lesson in Open Source's Collaboration Feedback Loops | Open Source Pledge
npmx's success is reminding us why Open Source is such a special social phenomenon.
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 24/02/2026
"Does 200 lines of Python code understand anything? My siblings in Christ I hope it’s clear how utterly bizarre this question is."
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Ky @ky.fyi · 17/02/2026
when you have 16,000 new lines of code which must be maintained indefinitely, and neither the author (who used AI) nor the reviewers (who used AI) has any knowledge about what that code *actually* does… that’s a perfect recipe for the erosion of institutional knowledge
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 04/02/2026
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a man in a suit and bow tie is sitting at a table in front of a microphone holding a pencil .
Alt: Why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?
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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The violent occupation of Minneapolis started with a vlog. I've wanted to find a framework to describe Nick Shirley & others like him: "Influencer" is too quaint. "Journalist" is obviously wrong. I landed on "slopagandist." Gift link (open in a web browser) www.theverge.com/news/869824/...
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What is Nick Shirley?
Slop doesn’t need to be AI-generated
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Danny Banks @dbanks.design · 03/01/2026
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a man with a beard is pointing and saying " i give it to ya you got me there "
Alt: a man with a beard is pointing and saying " i give it to ya you got me there "
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