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InnerSpiral (the scary version) @innerspiral.lol · 08/07/2026

They act as if this was all inevitable, when we all know that it wasn't. They've deliberately been putting things in place to make the state of gaming as crumbled as it is. #blog #gaming

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Consoles Acting as Gods

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 24/06/2026

@pftompkins.bsky.social is spectacular and does the best RFK Jr impression

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 21/03/2026

I recently finished up playing #chicory and it was well worth it; the right mix of cozy, adventure, and positive storytelling. It was a cathartic experience being able to paint my best friend who I said goodbye to two years ago. Thank you.

A digital painting of an orange fluffy dog (who was the best boy)

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 20/01/2026

Sometimes you want to bring your website to life without a ton of JS overhead. Hand-drawn sketch, chopped up in Affinity, animated in @rive.app Brings me back to my Flash days

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 22/12/2025

I feel this on so many levels (pun absolutely intended)

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 24/09/2025

This site is incredible and the world needs more like this

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

The ROI of UX is the value of your entire company, because user research is the work that determines what problem is most valuable to solve in the first place. Trouble is, people won't believe you if you tell them this. So the second job on top of that job is to convince people to trust us.

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The ROI of UX is so massive that no one will believe you

User research makes the most difference when findings challenge closely-held assumptions. But the truth is often unpopular.

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 07/08/2025

"Good UX made all this new technology usable... UX standards brought consistency, best practices, and templates built on proven success. But in the search for consistency and usability, we lost something. We stopped asking “What if?” and started asking “What’s the benchmark?”."

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AI won’t kill UX — we will

It’s time we stopped blaming the tools and started asking better questions about how we work, what we value, and how we make space for…

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 25/06/2025

Product Designers, especially beginners, need to remember there are tools other than Figma. Differentiate and expand your skillset to stand out in a crowded market

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 17/06/2025

We need more of this. Using our design skills to help progressive movements claw the internet (and our attentions) back from the tech oligarchs. Fantastic work @bell.bz, taking the lead and pushing us towards a better internet!

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 29/05/2025

As soon as investors get involved, you can bet some amount of creativity and "soul" will be lost. Their demand for unsustainable growth over all else incentivises the use of deceptive design, increasing profit margins, and featuritius. Designers, don't give up control. Take your time. #designsky

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Products Need Soul but Markets Reward Scale

How soulful products lose their edge when market realities take over.

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 08/05/2025

This is why companies need to build for MUP, not MVP. Minimum Usable Products are still the minimum, but they have their foundational bases covered. Like, you know, following a11y and sematic standards. Figma Sites is nothing more than investors demanding infinite growth at any cost.

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 07/05/2025

As excited as I am for @figma.com Make, I'm curious if it will suffer the same issues as similar tools that use one-shot prompting: - Context/memory loss - Limited to small-scale prototypes If I can export Make's code into an AI IDE like Cursor, that'll really change the game!

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 07/05/2025

I wish Lovable, Bolt, and v0 the best. Figma Make is going to make their user count nosedive

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 12/04/2025

Got to see @markhoppus.bsky.social talk about music, cancer, and hand stuff. Every punk rock kid's dream.

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 20/03/2025

The cobbler's kids finally have new shoes! I pushed my new portfolio to feel like an extension of myself, focusing on personal expression and craft. There's still more work to do, but it's a start! Built with HTML/CSS, vanilla JS, Tailwind, and 11ty. justinkalaskey.com #designsky #webdev #oldbay

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 04/03/2025

"The whole idea of the World Wide Web was that it was decentralised and independent. It was released as an open standard so that access could be as democratic as possible." It's time to bring the internet back under our own control. Learn the basics and craft your resistance.

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 21/01/2025

A guide on what to do when you see a Nazi:

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 16/01/2025

We as designers have been so focused on "users" and design systems that we forgot about who matters most: people. By designing for profits over people, we have inadvertently contributed to the slide we're on today. But we can make change. Design is a powerful tool. How are you going to wield it?

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 15/01/2025

My brain: still designing websites with a col-span mindset thanks to Bootstrap and 960 grid. Me: trying to use CSS Grid like a grown-up. Send help. #webdev #designsky #oldhabitsdiehard

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 15/01/2025

There's a rift forming in the product design world: rapid prototyping vs craft. Sure, rapid prototyping gets something out the door fast, but it's generic as hell. Craft takes time and intentionality. I didn't meet all my goals today (thanks, life), but that's okay. I'm choosing craft. #designsky

Justin Kalaskey's portfolio homepage with a DIY, hand-drawn feel, including a sketch font, highlights, and a portrait of Justin as a sticker.

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 14/01/2025

Cursor was struggling with my "this doesn't follow any kind of standard, wtf are you thinking" layout. So I'm testing out CodeParrot to assist in development. Left image is what went in, right is what came out. Not too bad for getting me 80% of the way there! Better than Builder.io, IMO.

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 14/01/2025

My new site only looks partially broken, which means it's on track, right? Today's goal is to finish the homepage and start a case study. Cursor can be both helpful and frustrating as it rewrites code, but it's still much faster than doing this myself in VSCode. #designsky #buildinpublic #webdev

In-progress homepage for Justin Kalaskey's portfolio website

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Justin Kalaskey @justinkalaskey.com · 13/01/2025

You know the saying, 'The cobbler's children have no shoes'? My portfolio's been shoeless for too long! Building a new UX/product design portfolio this week using a small web approach: Eleventy, custom Tailwind + SCSS, vanilla JS. Cursor for dev. Follow along! #design #webdev #buildinpublic

Split-screen screen shot. Left side is code written using Cursor. Right side is a design in Figma.

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