proof of existence designing @robinhoodapp building https://teapaw.org/t.co/WyKJbl5NA6 & more figuring it all out in public
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been working on how the mini logo adapts across every mini tool. turned out to be a pretty flexible system at its core, and unmistakably mini at every beat
all of it is built piece by piece, in public. tools and brand side by side. still naked. somehow it keeps coming together
stuck at sfo during this cyberattack. if you ever wanted to tell me i'm your crush, now's the time
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agents are about to outnumber us online, and right now they all look like nothing
working on an open source identity system for them. any agent, from any lab, can claim a name and a face. the avatars move too, showing when an agent is working and when it needs you
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got a chance to see the presentation and is one of the best things i’ve ever seen 😮💨
thank you @scspeier for inviting me to speak to the @perplexity_ai design team last week! the team has been a huge source of inspiration for me over the year, so it was really lovely to get the opportunity.
a few slides from the talk :)
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was going to wait until this felt perfect, but then i remembered the whole point of this account is building in public. and perfect doesn’t really fit that
so before i take a little break, here’s mini Shadow. a different way to make drop shadows. move the sun and the shadow follows
it’s the first tool in mini, a product and brand experiment rethinking the controls we’re used to in design apps. every shadow exports as css, tokens and more. take it for a spin and tell me what you think
i want my feed to be 30% shitposts, 60% decoding the world and the future of design, and 10% cats
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A lot of people suck at optimism because it requires creativity. Negativity doesn't demand you challenge your assumptions, which is why it's the default. Finding the good asks more of you. You have to be creative enough to imagine and consider possibilities that aren't directly in front of you.
explaining this one better for my designer and artist friends
ai tools are already reading your website. this lets you leave them a note saying please don't. it's only a note, they don't have to listen, but the well-behaved ones do
if you're fine with it, it gives them a clean version of your site so they get your work right instead of guessing. and on the way out, they can leave you a note
you should get to decide how ai agents read your site
so i made a skill. point your coding agent at your site and it asks how agents should read it
• anything goes
• files first. agents get a clean version made for them
• no ai at all. a polite please don't crawl
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running files first on my own site. you can see exactly what agents get here
rafaelcespedes.com/agents
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nothing on the web can force an agent to listen. it's a stated preference, not a lock. but this puts your wish where agents actually look, including robots.txt, and the well-behaved ones follow it
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and for the agents that do come through, there's a guest book. they can leave a note on the way out, ask their human to sign too, and you can see who's been by and why
free and open source
github.com/rafaelcespedes/sk…
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