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Jonnie Hallman

@jonnie.com
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Independent Design Engineer. Ex-Stripe. Freelancing at destroytoday.com. Building ball.app and cushionapp.com. Owner of jonnie.com. Co-mayor of designtown.nyc. Doing too much.

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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 23/09/2026
…and of course an easter egg
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 23/09/2026
…and the hero animation for thatch.com/marketplace
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 23/09/2026
New hero animation for thatch.com ✨
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 22/09/2026
Earlier this year, I reunited with my friends at Stripe to build the Open Standard website, and I wrote about the process of animating it: destroytoday.com/blog/buildin...
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 21/09/2026
I hosted the inaugural “Ball.app Invitational” last weekend—a 3-team round-robin tournament with a championship game at the end, “sponsored” by ball.app (i.e., my treat to the guys). Way more gratifying than just working on the software. Can’t wait to do it again. 🏀
A group of basketball players playing basketball in an indoor basketball facility.5 basketball players posing with a trophy
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 22/08/2026
had a similar reaction thinking “…but that’s just what I call ‘coding’…”
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 21/08/2026
When you have a moisture issue in your home, but you’re also an engineering who loves troubleshooting
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 10/08/2026
Designed a new onboarding flow for ball.app, and having way too much fun including little details for real ballers 🏀
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 01/08/2026
hmmm
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 22/07/2026
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 30/06/2026
🚀 Today’s the day! I reunited with my friends at Stripe to build the website for joinopenstandard.com This one has a *ton* of little details (and easter eggs! 🥚) and I had a blast working with the folks on Stripe’s brand & web teams.
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 15/06/2026
Couldn’t help myself from adding the Larry O'Brien trophy in my 🏀.app for the Knicks theme 😏💅
A screenshot of a player profile in ball.app with the Larry O'Brien trophy on the player’s avatarA closeup of the Knicks team holding the Larry O'Brien trophy
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 09/06/2026
Just realized that one of my favorite easter eggs I made while at Stripe is still on the /jobs page… The monitor in the photo mimics everything you do on the page itself. 🥚💅 (only visible on Firefox because it uses an experimental feature)
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 03/06/2026
Haven’t shared much online about a new 🏀-related side project, but I gotta start sharing these fun little details… Ahead of the NBA Finals, I added Conference Finals trophies to player avatars with Knicks/Spurs themes. 🏆
A screenshot of Ball.app showing the Bob Cousy trophy on a Knicks fan’s avatar.A photo of the Bob Cousy trophy
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 23/05/2026
every time I see a child sitting courtside at an nba game
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 04/05/2026
Now that I’m actively working on cushionapp.com again, I’m making sure to blog every feature launch, like I used to. Feels so good to bring closure to a launch and celebrate it, but also provides extra marketing content for new users exploring the features. Check it out here: cushionapp.com/blog
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 21/04/2026
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 29/03/2026
my approach to the finer things
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 02/03/2026
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 22/02/2026
animations can be cool tho
A still of Dwight Schrute from the TV show “The Office” feeling embarrassed for growing a goatee after Michael and Ryan had them, but both had already shaved them off.
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 28/01/2026
🚀 It’s live! For the past couple months, I’ve been jamming with @devin.bsky.social & @narrowd.bsky.social on a website for NBA All Star Luka Dončić: 77x.world. The 3D was all Nick & Devin while I tackled the UI and user flows. I had a ton of fun matching the glitchiness in the UI, if you notice it…
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 07/01/2026
I love working on these little big details
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 22/12/2025
Yodlee Head of Security:
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 22/12/2025
I recently wrapped up a project for @larvalabs.com, animating their “Quine” generative art series, and I wrote about the process: destroytoday.com/blog/animati...
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 15/12/2025
lol his face
A zoom in on Nikola Vucevic’s pixelated face reacting to his own airball
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 14/12/2025
me, wanting to work on my personal site vs all my other priorities
A frame from the movie Speed where Beth Grant reaches out of the bus, knowing it’ll probably blow her up.
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 12/12/2025
Maxey only at 8… behind Austin Reaves… ?
the graphic for the tv segment "C'mon man!"
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 09/12/2025
just in case you didn’t know about right-click “Convert Image”
a screenshot of right-clicking an .heic file to convert it to a jpeg with “Convert Image”
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 22/11/2025
Already had a great plumber and a great electrician. Finally found a great drywall guy.
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 23/10/2025
A still from the movie Interstellar where Matthew McConaughey is looking out the window in the early morning
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 03/10/2025
If anyone’s had to deal with disputes before, this is one of the most practical and useful applications of AI I’ve seen.
An email from Stripe announcing “Smart Disputes” using AI
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 11/08/2025
you need one of these lil guys
a gif from the Simpsons where Homer uses one of those liquid-balanced bird toys to continually tap the Y key
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 22/07/2025
my personal website will always be waiting for me tho
a frame from the movie IT where Pennywise the clown is in a sewer drain while a paper sailboat is headed his way
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 18/07/2025
Had a blast sharing a new side project at the AIR Show & Tell last night at Index Space. (and love seeing all the smiles after the fact since it was tunnel vision for me during the talk 😅)
A photo of me giving a talk with a slide showing my personal website.A photo of me from behind while giving a talk with a crowd of ~150 smiling people.A photo of me giving a talk from a side angle, including the crowd on the right.
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 15/07/2025
👀🏀
A screenshot of an instagram story from index_space showing an event where I’ll be speaking on Thursday July 17 from 6:30–8:30pm at Index NYC
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 12/07/2025
was it a monday?
Michael Scott from The Office holding the Varsity Blues DVD and saying “The only cure I know for the Monday blues is Varsity Blues.”
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 11/07/2025
👀
A screenshot of an instagram story from index_space showing a list of speakers, including myself, for Thursday night’s meetup.
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 05/07/2025
😳 Looks like I have a new junior dev.
A screenshot of a Github PR summary from Copilot, fixing the typescript config issues in the repo.
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 05/07/2025
If this actually works, I’ll never say anything bad about AI ever again. (if only coding agents were around when we had Webpack…)
A screenshot of github copilot trying to fix the typescript config for a repo.
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 26/06/2025
Diving into the complex world of push notification logic…
A still from Always Sunny in Philadelphia where Charlie is standing in front of an evidence board trying to figure out who Pepe Silvia is when it’s actually “Pennsylvania”
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 24/06/2025
now I have a better idea of your zoom persona
Dwight Schrute from The Office
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 21/06/2025
me waiting for my app to be reviewed
a photo of a skeleton pulling down blinds to look out the window
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 21/06/2025
I’ve officially joined the “Waiting for review” club 🥱 (the web club is way better 🤫)
a screenshot of an app waiting for review on the Apple Developer Portal
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 16/06/2025
I can’t believe this is real life. 🏀
A screenshot of Stripe Atlas congratulating me on incorporating Ball Is Life, LLC.
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 10/06/2025
A meme from Matrix Reloaded where the Architect says “This will be the sixth time we have debunked this argument and we are becoming increasingly efficient at it.”
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 07/06/2025
When you’re excitedly building something fun for iOS, but reach the point where you need to wait for your DUNS number.
A still from the show Narcos where Pablo Escobar is waiting.
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 06/06/2025
When you’re excitedly building something fun using Stripe, but reach the point where you need to wait for your EIN.
A frame from the show Narcos where Pablo Escobar is standing, waiting.
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 01/06/2025
When you’re excitedly building something fun for the web, but reach the point where you need to wait for DNS propagation.
A frame from the show Narcos where Pablo Escobar is sitting waiting on a swing set.
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 30/05/2025
Pacers fans have it too good. 😭
Screenshot of seat geek, showing a ticket price for game six in Indiana of the NBA eastern conference finals for $247Screenshot of seatgeek showing the ticket price of $1236 for game seven of the Eastern conference finals in New York City at Madison Square garden
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Jonnie Hallman @jonnie.com · 22/05/2025
Several months ago, my dad invited me to go with him to the Indy 500, which is this upcoming weekend, and it couldn’t be a better weekend for NYC basketball, so I took full advantage of the opportunity…
A screenshot of a Ticketmaster account with tickets for WNBA Fever vs Liberty and Knicks vs Pacers.
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