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I’ve updated hiring-manager-bar with more training examples and regression tests. I want it to give useful portfolio feedback without turning every project into the same long case study. karlkoch.me/writing/upda...

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 16/10/2026

My Norse mythology sleeve connects me to my ancestors. Some of its symbols have also been appropriated by people whose beliefs I reject, and knowing why I chose them doesn’t make that any easier. karlkoch.me/writing/on-t...

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 13/10/2026

I’m usually looking for something I can remove from an interface. But if a visible Save button explains what a hidden bookmark doesn’t, those few letters are doing useful work. I’ve worked through the interaction here: karlkoch.me/writing/on-w...

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 10/10/2026

As always, the deepest of dives on keyboards. Marcin’s Shift Happens was a wild read, so glad I got it during the Kickstarter.

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 09/10/2026

Really agree with @jim-nielsen.com on making things we want to exist. Using KK Sans on my own site keeps giving me reasons to improve it; I'd like any money it made to help me keep doing that. karlkoch.me/writing/on-w...

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 08/10/2026

I really agree with Sean Goedecke on reading code. Following how an interface actually works is a big reason I still think design engineers need coding fundamentals, especially when AI is writing the code. karlkoch.me/writing/on-k...

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 06/10/2026

The Design Engineering work that looks best online is usually polish. I want us to show the end-to-end projects and the tools that helped a whole team too, because what we show affects when people think to involve us. karlkoch.me/writing/end-...

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 29/09/2026

I’ve been hiring Design Engineers, and some portfolios make it surprisingly difficult to work out what the person did. The hiring manager is one of your users too; help them understand the work before asking them to explore it. karlkoch.me/writing/the-...

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 27/09/2026

I've learnt a lot from opening my doors to people asking for help. I don't think they should have to pitch what's in it for me first. And if I can't help, I can say so kindly; it doesn't need to be pitchforks at dawn. karlkoch.me/writing/on-k...

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

On the right tool for the job. Karl Koch answers the question “how do you work”. Short version: it depends. I like the part about having to steer the tools a lot.

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Karl Koch | On the right tool for the job

Choose the right tool for each project based on its requirements, not past preferences.

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 13/01/2025

my code is always perfect it’s the computer, text editor, language and browsers that are wrong

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 12/01/2025

If you don’t put proper guardrails on your AI, this is what happens

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 12/01/2025

I’ve felt this way about him for years. His “genius” is all just bravado and arrogance.

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Wolfgang Bremer @wolfgang.bremer.co · 10/01/2025

Just wow. Looks like Zuck really is head-deep inside Trump’s a** now. He really is just another spineless billionaire. Shouldn’t have expected more of him. And won’t ever again.

Meta to end diversity programs ahead of Trump inauguration

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 10/01/2025

the most appropriate time to use scroll jacking is never

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 10/01/2025

The Halo Effect and Stick To Your Guns records dropped today. Stoked. Let’s go!

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 07/01/2025

AI, in its current state, is essentially a rehashed version of QnA if we’re completely honest with ourselves.

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 07/01/2025

It’s so sad to see what’s happening with all these skate shoe brands just selling out and pushing out all the skaters who helped grow and keep them relevant. I get they might have been losing money, but damn. People buy shoes to support the rider, or at least they used to…

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 28/12/2024

Hard relate to this. This is how we role at DDG, and it takes very specific types of people to manage it, hence hiring is tough! www.seangoedecke.com/how-to-ship/

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How I ship projects at big tech companies

What I think about when I'm lead engineer on a project

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

A couple people are like “she’s actually barely lost any net worth” and that’s kind of the point: you can do an incredible amount of stuff and give away billions of dollars and not even notice it and 95% of rich people won’t even do that because they’re nihilist assholes

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Eddy Vinck @eddyvinck.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

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Lawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

It began with Jim Henson, child psychologists, PBS, and a Ford Foundation grant to use Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great American Cities to teach kids and model a diverse and kind community. It ends by getting canceled by Warner Bros and Zaslav. A history of American decline in one story.

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 16/03/2024

Schrödingers documentation: If there are docs, noone will read them. If there are no docs, everyone will complain.

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 14/12/2024

I remember getting this and absolutely loving it. Best Christmas present ever back when it first dropped. Such a simple and minimal design, but it encouraged me to listen to songs without knowing what was coming next, so I’d typically avoid skipping them and just bask in the randomness.

A picture of the original white iPod shuffle

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 12/12/2024

If the Zoom rebrand solves anything, it should be saving us the precious minutes when people say “can you see my screeeeen?” still.

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 12/12/2024

Writing Tools API when?

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Mikkel Malmberg @mikker.dev · 02/12/2024

Arc is really good. I would pay, idk, something for a yearly sub. I'm sure many more would too. And if they didn't have to hire a team to make feature film quality videos about pivots then maybe that would be enough to sustain one browser product?

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 01/12/2024

Enjoyable read as always from Arun’s blog.

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Karl K. @karlkoch.me · 30/11/2024

Decided to chuck up an actual blue sky from golden hour yesterday as my banner image on here because, y’know, “design”.

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Tim Hwang @timhwang.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

the “user” in “user-centered design” is increasingly a fictional creature, like santa claus we should see “user” as first and foremost a corporate phantasm: a powerful hallucination conjured of fractal office politics, endless slide decks, and cargo cult design dogmas

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Mina Markham @minamarkh.am · 26/11/2024

stop putting AI in everything stop putting AI in everything stop putting AI in everything stop putting AI in everything stop putting AI in everything

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