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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Things are getting exciting over in @stereotype.co towers. Ever closer to getting early testers on board and find all the bugs 😁 Sign up if you want to be one of the first on and help shape it! stereotype.co

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

…enough about me. How’re _you_ doing?

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It’s really interesting being in [massive global financial institution]. It’s kind of what I expected and I know culturally, I’m not a fit…but I get to own an interesting space and see what can be done within constraints, so kind of enjoying that

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It’s become a double-edged sword, the ‘superpowers’ I feel AI gives me. Now random obsessions or side quests become real, which is a good and a bad thing! I’m not far off getting testers on one product but got distracted by a bigger project but then segued from that to make another thing 😂

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Would love to speak to anyone impacted by the layoffs at BrooklynVegan, Alt Press and Revolver. Me and @altversion.substack.com are working on something we really hope will help music journalism: stereotype.co

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It’s super early days for us but if you’d like to be early testers of a new music community platform that me and @alt_version are building, sign up and we’ll keep you in the loop We’re very excited 💥 stereotype.co

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Stereotype — coming soon

A music discovery community, in the making.

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

stereotype.co

Stereotype — coming soon

A music discovery community, in the making.

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

After hearing a talk David Hawdale did a little while ago around synthetic user testing, I left with a bee in my bonnet. I could see the space it could be useful in but very aware of the limitations with how LLMs work. I mulled on it, researched and came up with some ideas

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SpareBrain — sense-check it before you ship it

You're about to spend six weeks building something. Paste it and fifteen simulated strangers read it — two minutes later you get the argument they had about it.

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Experiment dictated to Claude Code on my phone one evening and refined the morning after The goal is to help less technical people get a set-up that helps them along based on their needs. So dynamically generates skills and agents based on conversational discovery github.com/hereinthehiv...

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GitHub - hereinthehive/kickstart: A Claude Code starter — fork, run /onboarding, and Claude sets itself up for your project

A Claude Code starter — fork, run /onboarding, and Claude sets itself up for your project - hereinthehive/kickstart

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Sad seeing the rise of Reform in the UK…no, sickening…the status who might not be working but this hateful bullshit is not the answer

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Haven’t been on here in ages - how’s tricks?

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London Web Standards @londonwebstandards.org · 07/05/2026

State of the Browser 2027 👀 Tickets 👀 Not many when they are gone they are paused until @pixelpioneers.co 2027.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/

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Tickets | State of the Browser

More information and buying options for tickets.

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Music fans! @hannahc.bsky.social and I are working on a very cool music community side project: stereotype.co If you’re involve in music…an artist/band, a label, a venue/run events it’d be great to chat and when the time is right, have people on our list to test Let us know if that’s you! #music

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Stereotype — coming soon

A music discovery community, in the making.

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 18/12/2025

In design systems, change is the only constant. And thinking ahead to life after the release of our first components can positively impact how we start. Check out @hereinthehive.bsky.social's article for the @zeroheight.com blog: zeroheight.com/blog/design-...

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Design system change management: Change is the only constant - zeroheight

Dan Donald provides practical guidance for managing change in design systems — triage, naming, workflows, and communication.

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Shaun Bent @shaunbent.co.uk · 11/12/2025

A few years back, I nearly wrote "The Fallacy of Federated Design Systems." Then @nathanacurtis.bsky.social beat me to it. But what happens when you try it anyway? At Spotify, I watched federated fail twice, resulting in a huge number of barely reused components and damaged trust in design systems.

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Why Federated Design Systems Keep Failing

Why do federated design systems keep failing? I watched it happen twice at Spotify. Here's what actually happened, where they broke down, and why centralised models usually work better.

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Gotrino @gotrino.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

If you could talk to your design system, what kinds of things would you ask it? #designsystems

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Go and follow my side project…maybe subscribe the newsletter. I think it’s pretty cool… @gotrino.bsky.social 🔥

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

After a lull in music through… _life_… 🤷🏻‍♂️ My alter ego @thesedeadmachines.bsky.social will have a new single out soon 🔥

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

#ffconf BUELLER? BUELLER? BUELLER? BUELLER? BUELLER?

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

One of many great #designsystems conversations over the last week: we need to stop using the phrase ‘single source of truth’. It’s bullshit.

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Amy Hupe @amyhupe.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

AS IF I snuck this episode of Systems of Harm out yesterday without posting about it - but 90% of the design systems community was at Converge. This week’s guest is none other than @bradfrost.com (‼️) talking about design systems and ADHD. Apple: apple.co/4qQfR50 RSS: bit.ly/43gtLkB

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Design systems and ADHD with Brad Frost

Podcast Episode · Systems of Harm · 30/10/2025 · 1h

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

With the end of my current contract at Gymshark coming to an end in Feb…and with the holidays inbetween, I’m starting to put the feelings out for a potential next gig Give me a shout if you’re up for a chat!

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Still in the place of barely using socials these days. Just not as interesting as it used to be, which is a massive shame… Tell me something good that’s happening in your worlds!

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rem / Remy Sharp @remysharp.com · 11/09/2025

Published another of our #FFConf speaker interviews today. This time, pleased to introduce Hannah Clarke (if you're on bluesky, I've yet to find you!) on "An Uncomfortable Place" about building framework-agnostic components. Get your ticket and see it IRL, interview here: ffconf.org/articles/202...

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Big fan of Mario Kart World btw

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WDC @webdevconf.com · 02/07/2025

It's release day! We're pleased to announce the immediate availability of WDC OS 2.0. Updates include: * Full Speaker Lineup * Agenda for the day * WDClippy if you need help Tickets for the day are just £100. webdevconf.com

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WDC2025 - October 10 2025, Watershed, Bristol, UK

WDC is the web conference based in Bristol, taking place in autumn each year. With great speakers and attendees alike.

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

The book is still very much in progress - awesome designer working on the cover and copy editor about to start work on it Pre-orders once the design is ready from what I hear 🤯

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

It’s more than 6-months since my album came out. Still feels great that I actually did a thing Once there’s headspace, so much new music to finish and put out

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

While the day job is more design-side, it’s been pretty awesome working on a side project with @hannahc.bsky.social, learning a load of nextjs, api architecture, Supabase and all kinds of stuff

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Might see if I can get the ol’ social media reflexes going again. So much has been going on!

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Just don’t have that instinct or need to post on socials these days. The demise of Twitter and the continued shitification of pretty much every other platform have sucked what little joy there was out of it Anyway…hope you’re well

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Totally forgot about social media for a while. It’s been great!

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Sil Bormüller @silbormueller.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

🤔 Are Design Tokens overhyped? 😵‍💫 When does theming become a nightmare? 💸 Have you ever had trouble proving the Design System’s value? 🌶️ Tomorrow, we'll ask all the spicy questions 🥳 Over 500 design system professionals have already signed up. Are you joining us? 🙋‍♂️ lu.ma/c9lp044o

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Into Design Systems Fck Up Stories 🧨 · Zoom · Luma

The perfect Design System doesn’t exist. Our speakers will share their failures and the valuable lessons they’ve learned! Join us for casual, real talk 🥵 What…

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

It’s interesting getting to know myself more Like with onboarding at a new place - I kind of want all the In formation flicked into my eyeballs the minute I start so I can start digesting it rather than a chilled process to find your feet

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 20/02/2025

Everyone involved in the creation of a product has an obligation to consider its ethical implications. You can’t outsource this responsibility or expect someone else to “figure it out”. It has nothing to do with your job description, and everything to do with being human.

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

While trying to get to the end of the first draft of my book I hit that point repeatedly that should just delete and start again…so great to hear the confidence that my editor has in it. Just the thing I needed to power through 👌

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Brad Frost @bradfrost.com · 19/02/2025

📣📣📣 I’m thrilled to announce that I’m doing a new advice show/series called Open Up I’m doing with my good friends at @smashingmagazine.com! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNnv... ti.to/smashingmaga...

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Open Up with Brad Frost - A New Advice Show with Smashing Magazine

YouTube video by Brad Frost

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Great couple of hours with Street Group to chat through a load of questions and problems they have with design systems. Kind of cool not needing to prepare anything and field a wide range of questions from different disciplines and product teams. Maybe I know a thing or two 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Got a decent chunk of writing done yesterday (finally). Some of which went into exploring how we can prove monetary savings or similar value, which ended up covering a lot! Is that kind of calculation something you’ve done? Did the saving _actually_ materialise?

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I’d often wonder what I say to my younger, teenage self about the future… I have 7 different apps for car parks.

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David Darnes @darn.es · 09/02/2025

With the attr() updates I’m pretty sure you could make a real #WebComponent without any JavaScript, and it would be useful!

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

While being a big Figma fan, I can still yearn for them to make a better product. So many areas feel half finished or not thought through 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

In that stage of very eager to wrap up on a project that…was not ideal… have a week focusing (if I can) on book stuff then starting a new gig 😁

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Getting fairly annoyed by apps and adverts talking about ADHD being a super power. Now having a diagnosis, it was to help understand what (if anything) I can do with things I struggle with. It’s also likely a part of what I’m good at but mainly see it as a negative. It’s been a journey

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

This trend of reaction videos has all the hallmarks of being so cringey - that before long kids would be look at you funny telling them that people used to watch people reacting to other people’s videos 😂

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Dan Donald @hereinthehive.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

What does community mean to you in online spaces?

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