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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 03/10/2026

Timeline cleanse. Handcrafted statue of Sonic the Hedgehog for the 35th anniversary. Up for auction later this month. Video of the process: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzCJ...

Handcrafted porcelain statue of Sonic the Hedgehog

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 29/09/2026

Coming this November, to a Civic Hall near Union Square NYC. In a world where AI claims to do it all, what are designers left to do? And fun fact, I don't mention AI once in the talk. Call it a palette cleanse. www.evolvedigital.com

Donnie D'Amato, Creativity within constraints at EvolveDigital November 19 & 20 2026

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 17/09/2026

Yesterday on Wireframe LIVE, @natebaldwin.bsky.social came on the show to talk about data in design. We chatted about our thoughts on the scalability problem of curating modes that are influenced by multiple dimensions. ☝️ If that made sense to you then watch below 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfi_...

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 10/09/2026

Yesterday @pjonori.com came on Wireframe LIVE. While we did speak about his work behind the new Design Systems Documentation Specification, we also touched upon areas in our creative work that we don't cross when using AI. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqTs...

PJ Onori and Donnie D'Amato on Wireframe LIVE with text "I'm not an expert"

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 07/09/2026

They see me rollin'. They hatin'

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 04/09/2026

Hey folks, I'll be speaking at EvolveDigital this November in NYC. Here's the link to the conference. Hope to see you there! www.evolvedigital.com/evolvedigita...

Speakers for the EvolveDigital event in November.

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 04/09/2026

I think in both the like and comment cases, it's pretty common to explain that you must login/signup to interact. Gothamist comments in the image 👇 While they do have a modal to do this, there isn't a technical reason why it couldn't redirect back to where you left off from a login/signup page.

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 31/08/2026

Hey, just reporting that I'm getting some weird rendering in the sidebar. Windows, using Edge v151.

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 26/08/2026

Literally at their office right now, I'll make a ticket.

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 23/07/2026

Hey @atmosphere.community, could I interest you in some CSS skills?

Screenshot of atmosphere.community with overlapping text

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 22/07/2026

Don't answer in the comments. Answer on August 3rd in New York with the rest of the group at Undefined. luma.com/undefined-20...

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 21/07/2026

Last weekend I had the opportunity to tour the Jim Henson's Creature Shop in Queens, NY. I have a longer post on LinkedIn about the experience. www.linkedin.com/posts/fauxse... Attached, a photo of me with my spirit animal where I am clearly not following instructions (very on brand).

Me with Oscar the Grouch and a sign that says "scram".

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 12/07/2026

Checking in for an Evening of Unnecessary Detail featuring @standupmaths.bsky.social

Bell House stage for an Evening of Unnecessary Detail.

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 07/07/2026

It's not your usual tech meetup. It's Undefined! Our next event is August 3rd in New York City. 🗽 It's hard to explain because it's Undefined 😅 Check out the video to catch the vibe. Hope to see you there! luma.com/undefined-20...

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 02/07/2026

I'm somewhat thankful that Claude has raised @sturobson.com's stuff. Like me, he writes too much so sometimes I miss the goods.

Claude referencing Stu Robson in a response.

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 16/06/2026

Wait until they find out that CSS itself is logic-based styling. If thing matches selector, then apply these styles.

Astronauts discussing if CSS has been logic based. And it always has been.

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 14/06/2026

I heard of this test from the podcast "The Rest is Science" which estimates the number of words that you know. VocabOwl (test): vocabowl-870366514258.us-west1.run.app The Rest is Science (podcast): youtu.be/9t-5lQ2mzuw?...

My scientific estimate of the number of words I know (66,900 words)

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 12/06/2026

They say to never meet your heroes. Last weekend I met two at once. 🤖🤖 I went to Astoria, Oregon for the 40th anniversary of the Short Circuit movie. It was a great experience connecting with other fans. I wrote about my time there on medium and have an album of photos and videos I took.

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 04/06/2026

Well, this was a lovely surprise! I've been reading @smashingmagazine.com for years, well over a decade (maybe even two!) It was definitely a part of the resources that I regularly visited to level my skills up.

Smashing Magazine Person of the Week, June 1st 2026 - Donnie D'Amato

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 02/06/2026

June 29th, 2026! A tech event you haven't seen before only in New York City. Share your experience and learn from others, all while playing the game. Did we mention there's food? 🥪 luma.com/undefined-20...

Poster promoting Undefined. https://undefined.ds.house

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 19/05/2026

Netlify is croaking right now. Great timing while trying to demo Undefined. 🫠 www.netlifystatus.com

Investigating - We are investigating elevated latency and errors affecting origin services. This is currently impacting request performance and may result in degraded experience or failures for some users

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 19/05/2026

Introducing my new live event in New York City: Undefined! 🎉 I've been bored of traditional meetups. Either your forced to find people or fidget in your seat. I wanted something new, something interactive.

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 16/05/2026

20th annual New York City Dance Parade. I haven't missed one yet. 🕺 danceparade.org

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 15/05/2026

TrainTime App is already out here taking jobs.

All trains times showing "Check Train time App"

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 28/04/2026

Have you ever stared at a site redesign so long that you begin to hate it? This is days after my wife had seen the first draft and said out loud "oh my god, I love it, I want it". attached: sample of redesign.

Art deco redesign of UI card for personal website

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 08/04/2026

Mise en Mode is now part of a balanced diet worldwide! 🗺️ I've had many people reach out about the book only being available to purchase in the US and UK. Today, I'm excited to announce links to the hardcover and newly available digital version! 📷 by Dimitri Otero

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 07/03/2026

Name a TV show you feel like no one remembers but you Square One. I loved this show when I was a kid.

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 28/01/2026

Now that the illustrations are finally done, I got the accurate page count and finalize the book cover design. We're in the home stretch!

Test cover print for my upcoming book Mise en Mode

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 28/12/2025

Took the opportunity this weekend to update my desk setup. Now that I have a new video switcher for Wireframe, I brought the old one back up to be on the desk.

Roland SR20, keyboard, trackball mouse, Plantronics Speaker phone

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 23/11/2025

GitHub mobile trying the telephone keypad layout for text formatting options. 😵‍💫

GitHub rich text comment box with the buttons grouped together in a 3x4 grid instead of a single line.

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 09/11/2025

I just noticed at YouTube the hover effect on cards seems to be custom to each video. I assume they are getting the most prominent color from the thumbnail. They also update the text color to match. This could have been CSS (except getting the color from the image) but it's all JS here. 😞

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 31/10/2025

✈️ I'm currently 30,000 ft in the air with the time to publicly appreciate the time spent with the design systems community at Converge by @zeroheight.com (Photo by Jennifer D'Amato)

Me on stage with Macgyver in the background

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 24/10/2025

New hat acquired, green velvet straight out of emerald city. 💚

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 30/09/2025

Making an appearance on stage at #Converge2025, a matchbook by @dcousineau.sexy. What could it be for? You'll have to find out. 👀 converge.zeroheight.com PS. Not fire, I'm pyrophobic.

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 20/09/2025

The new @zeroheight.com logo as a linocut just because.

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 17/09/2025

Infiltrating React NYC, @rich-harris.dev presenting remote functions in Svelte.

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 25/08/2025

Over the weekend I got a chance to meet up with some people from the internet! 🛜 These are the NYC Overcooked! 2 pros. I've been playing with them for a while online. We probably have nearly 10k hours in the game combined! So glad I could finally meet them in person. Hoping to do this more often. 🧑‍🍳

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 18/08/2025

🚀 Excited to announce my first book: Mise en Mode — an approach to adding creative expression into design systems! 🎉 First debuted at Clarity 2023, the strong interest led me to expand it into a full book. 📖 Be the first to know when it’s available: mode.place

Announcement for the Mise en Mode book on mode.place

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 29/07/2025

Yeah, looks like the idea is exposing some visual data to CSS so that it might be used elsewhere. In this case, looks like using ResizeObserver to post the width of the input/button. I never really considered them as "read only" but looking at this usage it makes sense.

el-autocomplete from tailwind plus showing CSS read only variables

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 29/07/2025

Added a little "Unvisited" banner for posts that you haven't visited on the blog. This was more annoying than it should have been, because `:visited` is subjected to fingerprinting. So, I had to make the banner match the background color to hide it.

Blog post article with "unvisited" banner

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 27/07/2025

This Wireframe has upgraded to high fidelity! 🌟 For the past few days, I teased a new format for Wireframe. That includes a brand-new set! There are a few details I need to iron out, but I expect to have a live show in the new studio this coming week.

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Donnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 10/07/2025

I'm going to be adding checklists to my design system's component pages soon. 1. import checklist from './checklist.md?raw';. 2. Assign as parameters { checklist }. 3. Grab the text from within the custom preview.tsx docs page template with the useOf hook. 4. Add in storybook/addon-docs <Markdown/>

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