Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 26/09/2026TIL about PD rockets. TIL about Rocket. TIL about Datastar. 181
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonBogdan Chadkin @trysound.io · 24/09/2026My music player got a new home at libras-music.app and comes with a new website and demo player. Let me know if you have a feedback.libras-music.appLibras — A free, open-source music playerA free, open-source player for the music you own. Connect your server, discover your library, and listen on your terms. 033
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 23/09/2026I'm building sugarcube studio (the missing GUI/OS/IDE or whatever you want to call it) on top of devfra.me and git/GitHub/other git hosts. 140
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 22/09/2026Sorry for the slow reply, I've been trying to give your design system its own IDE and it's quite tricky okay. 050
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonThe Cooperative Economy @cooperatives.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Here is a list of tech co-ops. tech-coops.xyztech-coops.xyzTech Coops list 031
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonJacob Berglund @jacobberglund.com · 18/09/2026Ayyyy! Just released 1.0 of my take on an opinionated CSS framework. varde.variant.dev/docs/ Look, I love packages, but isn't it something magical about just referring to a CSS file? To get fonts, colors and utilities. It's probably not a design system, but it certainly is the foundation of one.varde.variant.devVarde 262
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonEric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 18/09/2026I have a lot of feelings about the whole CSS-Tricks debacle. Here's me trying to be constructive about it. ericwbailey.website/published/cs...ericwbailey.websiteCSS-Tricks could be a co-opThe web will calcify without voices sharing what they know. 25918
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 18/09/2026Fewer startups, more co-ops. Fewer founders, more communities. 612227
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 17/09/2026🎵 What use eyesight if it should melt? What use memory covered in estuary silt? 000
Reposted by Mark Tomlinsontaurean @taurean.bryant.land · 14/09/2026Check out "Issue 018" Another “Several People Are Typing…” hang is coming up this Friday, September 18. This month, we’re talking astrophotography, demonstrating the value of design systems, and… cataloguing public restrooms. three-and-three.com/a/3mvghkbe4z...three-and-three.comIssue 018The September Edition 163
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonDesign system news @designsystems.news · 13/09/2026Week of September 13, 2026 designsystems.news/#week-2026-9-13 012
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonSean Voisen @seanvoisen.com · 13/09/2026Some writing only works if we let it do its work on us, the readers. New short post on Moonpointing about reading, writing, philosophy, Pierre Hadot, and words spent trying to describe the ineffable. moonpointing.org/blog/this-post-is-…moonpointing.orgThis post is not the moonOn Pierre Hadot and why it’s worth writing about what cannot be said. 022
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonJacob Berglund @jacobberglund.com · 11/09/2026Been hard at work to create an opinionated CSS framework. Best thing in it is what I dubbed <color-mode>. It sets a a color palette and everything inherits from it. The possibilities it opens for composing is positively bonkers. Got 4 different button variants, but color is not an axis. 🧵 2133
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonBogdan Chadkin @trysound.io · 10/09/2026My sponsors page is live! github.com/sponsors/Try...github.comSponsor @TrySound on GitHub SponsorsSupport TrySound's open source work 084
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonScott Riley @scott.is · 05/09/2026the fun thing about designing in the browser is you can use the thing you’re designing to help you better design the thing you’re designing 181
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 01/09/2026Current availability: booked solid while I migrate the eff off all the platforms. 030
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 30/08/2026@strange.website @likethecolour.red Can I politely request a website dedicated to the situationists where as you scroll, "sous les pavés, la plage", is slowly revealed from underneath the content somehow? Thank you, yours &c. 020
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 29/08/2026The night has been unruly: where we lay, / Our chimneys were blown down; and, as they say, / Lamentings heard i' the air; strange screams of death, / CSS-in-JS is back 110
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 28/08/2026I love watching England play test cricket during the English summer. The day's play starts at 8pm Melbourne time - perfect for unwinding. 030
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 24/08/2026In a couple weeks' time, my current contract is coming to an end. That means I'm actively looking for my next team to help! If you're wondering about what I do, here's the last two companies I've helped: 143
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonMatteo Gabriele @matteogabriele.npmx.social · 24/08/2026Trust is the most valuable thing we're losing in OSS these days. Join communities, chat, have a laugh, learn how to give and accept feedback, and help out your favorite projects with some good old-fashioned code & love. 1324
Reposted by Mark Tomlinsonnn @nicknoble.works · 23/08/2026I know I’ve been posting a lot but I’m thinking of reviving The Organic Software Directory as a webring. ("Organic Software" was coined by @pketh.org in this fantastic post, which you should read: pketh.org/organic-soft... )pketh.orgIn Search of Organic SoftwareSo over the last couple weeks, I’ve been talking to VCs and founders who have and haven’t taken VC to learn whether it makes sense for Kinopio. I don’t think it does. 1134
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonBen Schwarz @benschwarz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Melbourne’s now or never festival brings audio, light, smoke and projection together at night 041
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 22/08/2026Designing in the browser (and visually managing your DS more broadly) with @sugarcube.sh is getting closer and closer. Fun thing to know: the panel and controls are defined in your config. Think of how dat gui or lil gui work with bindings. Similar principle. 4342
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 13/08/2026Are there any YouTube channels still genuinely teaching programming? If so, would love some recs! 120
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 12/08/2026Added a blog to @sugarcube.sh so I can write about things like releases without just linking you out to the boring docs. First post up: O̶n̶e̶ ̶H̶u̶n̶d̶r̶e̶d̶ ̶Y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶S̶o̶l̶i̶t̶u̶d̶e̶ Two Years of Sugarcubesugarcube.shTwo Years of SugarcubeLooking back on the past two years of sugarcube, the people who have helped shape it, and what’s next. 1103
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonBogdan Chadkin @trysound.io · 12/08/2026Happy to announce that I’m back maintaining SVGO. It’s a tool I use daily, and I’d like to keep it fresh and stable. github.com/svg/svgo If you’d like to support the project, consider donating via OpenCollective.github.comGitHub - svg/svgo: SVG Optimizer for Node.js and CLI. ⚙️SVG Optimizer for Node.js and CLI. ⚙️. Contribute to svg/svgo development by creating an account on GitHub. 512013
Reposted by Mark Tomlinsonrory @rorydoinstuff.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Crawlspace submissions open now til end of September: crawlspace.cool/submissionscrawlspace.coolSubmissions | Crawlspace 054
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonAndy Bell @bell.bz · 06/08/2026It's been a while since I've done a people looking for work thread. If you're looking for work, put what you do and what you're looking for (full time, freelance etc) as a reply. Companies: get hiring people! 3610559
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 04/08/2026I humbly and respectfully regret to inform you that the future of design system tooling is not another platform. 2111
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 01/08/2026This was such an awesome gig to be at (the permanent hearing damage notwithstanding)relisten.net2002-10-17 | Mogwai | RelistenThe Prince of Wales Melbourne, Victoria 171
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 30/07/2026Dropped a bunch of perf updates to the @sugarcube.sh watcher last night. I always thought the Vite plugin would be wayyyy more popular than the CLI. But the opposite is proving the case. So wanted to make sure `generate --watch` was nice and tuned. 180
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 28/07/2026Seeing a substantial uptick in @sugarcube.sh downloads lately. Which one of you has snuck it into your company's CI runs? Seriously, though, if you or your company are using it, firstly, thank you; and secondly, I'd love to chat to see what could be improved. DMs open unless bsky bugging again. 150
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 28/07/2026Added a new `content` option in the most recent @sugarcube.sh release. If you need sugarcube to scan marup upwards or outside of where it's installed, you now can. The feature/option was prompted by some work I'm doing with a client who, shock horror, does not use a JS framework.sugarcube.shConfigurationCustomize sugarcube after init. 381
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonJacob Stordahl 🏳️🌈 @stordahl.dev · 27/07/2026I'm really excited to launch a project I've been working on for a year. ☁️ A Moment Together is a web based art project that aims to create an ephemeral space for two strangers to connect anonymously online. Your chats last for 20 minutes, your conversations are never stored. a-moment-together.coma-moment-together.comA Moment TogetherAn ephemeral space for two strangers to connect anonymously online. 7225
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 24/07/2026Representatives from the major road infrastructure project I live next to just knocked on my door to tell me things are about to get even worse for the next *checks notes* couple of years. It has already been two unbearable years. Awesome awesome for the ol' nervous system. 110
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 23/07/2026Why not read something small I wrote about The Odyssey 16 years ago and snoop on my old tumblr while you're at it? 👀 neuesaltes.tumblr.com/post/1744699...neuesaltes.tumblr.comOn Two Kinds of LaughterIn The Odyssey, Odysseus is given instructions by Tiresias as to how to placate a pissed-off Poseidon. He is to venture inland carrying an oar until he comes "to a race of people who know nothing of..... 000
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonPJ Onori @pjonori.com · 20/07/2026Here's a preview of the new DSDS docs site. designsystemdocspec.org Don't tell anybody though.designsystemdocspec.orgDesign system doc spec 0.15.2A machine-readable format for design system documentation. DSDS structures components, tokens, themes, foundations, patterns, and guides as a single source of truth for humans, parsers, and agents. 2226
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 20/07/2026People never learn. Unless they're on LinkedIn, then they learn all the time and the lessons are everywhere. People never change. Unless they're on LinkedIn, then everything does so "completely." 2352
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonBrian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 17/07/2026Meatball needs a loving, caring home. He is a sweet, gentle boy who needs to be a permanent indoor cat, as he has FiV, which is a very manageable and uncomplicated chronic illness. He can even live with non-FIV cats! I will deliver him personally within a 3 hour drive of Detroit. Please! I love him 34320
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 17/07/2026I think I was born slightly too early to understand the use of GIFs or find them very funny. Need to talk to more people my age to confirm this. Alternate hypothesis: personality defect. Or let's go with quirk. Can we go with quirk? 100
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 17/07/2026@donnie.damato.design 👋 any plans to make Mise en Mode available in Australia? Would love to buy a copy. 120
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonDonnie D'Amato @donnie.damato.design · 13/07/2026Could we share theme data under AT protocol? I think we can! blog.damato.design/posts/themin... (oh, and hey my standard.site integration works!)blog.damato.designTheming atprotoTaking Mise en Mode into the new web standard 2307
Reposted by Mark TomlinsonAle Muñoz @bomberstudios.com · 11/07/2026Today I’m playing with an idea that’s been on my mind for too long: storing design systems tokens on the #Atmosphere My proof of concept works, and that Makes Me Happy™ 8496
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 13/07/2026I know it's lame but I've given everything I have to this project and I literally can't believe it just hit 11k downloads. Took two months to hit 1k. Then another two months to hit 11k. Even if it's half crawlers, my mind is blown. 3341