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Sean

@seanython.bsky.social
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👾 Software designer 🌎 Washington, DC Exploring the materials of today and staying curious about what will shape tomorrow 🔗 bento.me/seansimmons

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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Sure, exploring music data in a force graph is great but you should be able to listen too right? 🔊
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Filter artists by any number of genres
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Big unlock: you can now view all artists, capped with a node limiter control. Right now, you're seeing the top 200, 500, 2000, etc. of ~180k artists, but how do you jump to the last 2,000, or the middle 2,000, in a UI with no “pages”? #buildinpublic
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Two big-ish updates: 1 → Finally got around to adding color. Right now it indicates which major genre-tree the node is a part of. 2 → Added a fun *auto-zoom on select* behavior. Makes it so much easier to traverse the graph #buildinpublic #dataviz #uidesign
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
More music data coming in means more real estate needed to display it. Making the drawer fully responsive from lg → md → sm screens was a a little tricky, but it's so satisfying seeing it snap in to place now. Still working on the layout of the content #uidesign #buildinpublic
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Forget about dang ol’ Cracker Barrel. Look what @figma.com’s done to this super cute toolbar button in Figjam 😢
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Looks like @arcbrowser.bsky.social took away the AI-Assisted Find and Replace filter 😔
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Since when did Spotify have a comment section?
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Finally able to add some clustering controls to the genre graph! So far I have Hierarchy, Influence, and Fusion. You're also able to toggle 'DAG Mode' which is a more a way to view connections more linearly. The physics on that are super funky still 😆
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
New look for the genre graph, obviously inspired by @obsidian.md, and dark mode! #buildinpublic
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Implemented a command menu (search, if I'm being honest) for quicker switching between genre and artist selections
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Still getting the hang of @motion.dev and it took me longer than I’d like to admit to get this animation to where I want it. Also, just learned that @last.fm deprecated their artist image endpoint 😭 Any ideas for alternative approaches to sourcing artist images?
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Messing around with some nav concepts in Figma for this music exploration tool I’m working on. This one won’t stick because I want the list view to work along side the graph, updating to show the nodes in the viewport. Thought I’d share anyway just to see if it sparks any ideas for anyone ☺️
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Bangin’ out this control panel doohickey for a project that lets users explore music data spatially with a force graph. Made with #react and #motion
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Anyone have any experience doing discovery work or usability testing in a customer-facing conference setting? What worked for you?
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Is there any way to get around @figma.com Slides requiring people to log in before they can edit? I’d like to use the interaction widgets to collect feedback on something I’m working on, but I don’t want to force anyone to create an account
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I don't have as much of a problem with throwing away work as I do continuing to work on something that I know I'm going to have to throw away
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Incredible work 👏
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
One of the most epic diagrams I've seen— calculatingempires.net?pos=100667.3...
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Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500
Explore how technical and social structures co-evolved over five centuries in this large-scale research visualization.
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
How have I just started using voice-to-text on Mac? This is amazing
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Sean @seanython.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
That’s all I ever wanted 🥲
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