Matt Richards

Steam website in 2003

On this day in 2003, Steam was launched.

Massive walkout underway at CDC.

RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.

mcbroken is the mcdonald's ice cream machine broken?

man reverse-engineers complex api to ask the age-old question:

is the mcdonalds ice cream machine broken?

mcbroken.com

Open Source is one person The Register recently published a story titled Putin on the code: DoD reportedly relies on utility written by Russian dev. They should be ashamed of this story. This poor open source developer is gett...

Open Source is one person

opensourcesecurity.io/2025/08-oss-...

"On the one hand, every scientist and medical expert agrees that vaccines are safe. On the other hand, a guy who's taken every kind of illegal drug ever made and once mutilated a dead whale thinks that they're not. It's hard to know who to trust."

The National Design Studio is a what?!

www.chrbutler.com/the-national...

Introducing Areal, Are.na’s New Typeface | Are.na Editorial An interview with Dinamo’s Johannes Breyer on the custom Arial “revival” typeface.

Arena's new font, Areal, feels both nostalgic and new. Love it.

www.are.na/editorial/in...

play with it here: are.al.are.na

designing software for its eventual demise

brajeshwar.com/2025/designi...

"Every line of code, every pixel you push into the world, should be crafted with care. Not because it will live forever, but because while it lives, it deserves dignity."

from design tokens to life tokens

this game looks so unbelievably good. i hate car culture, and this feels 100% satire.

when the bulldozers came out, the trees demolished, and the oil refineries plopped down, couldn't help but lol.

the retro aesthetic is 10/10. very rollercoaster tycoon/simcity 2000. <3

Leading as an introvert | Anton Sten Why introversion is a leadership strength, not a liability, and how to lead authentically as an introvert.

The design industry needs more leadership styles. Work with your strengths, not against them.
Your team needs the best version of you, not someone else.
What's your experience with different leadership approaches?
www.antonsten.com/articles/lea...

hacked the matrix again, oopsie

great resource.

comprehensive list of open source alternatives to the most popular software/web tools out there.

euro-stack.com/alternatives/

Why is quality so rare? - Linear Now

"Why is quality so rare?" is a question that designers ask every day. Pretty thorough blog on the subject, and a few interesting takeaways.

What are your thoughts on why quality (in software, in services, in most businesses today) is so increasingly rare?

linear.app/blog/why-is-...

'You can't raw dog it' says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: 'If you're not using AI, you're going to lose your job to somebody who uses AI' 'I'll be sure to go home and tell people, you're not gonna raw dog this.'

Is there a *single* company that has offered a similar service to an industry and made it profitable with AI?

Not growing. Made profit. Actual, real life money.

I'll wait

Oh, all AI companies are unprofitable and burning through cash at an unprecedented rate? lol

www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...

Adobe Acrobat Pro and a "not responding" error

name a more classic duo

good font. it's great for many situations.

authentic.website/sans.html

YouTube video by Paul Oakenfold - Topic Starry Eyed Surprise

2025 needs more early 2000 pop remixes

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rsB...

Agreed! There's still a powerful early design phase I usually call co-design, where I like to get designers/PMs/whomever in a room/meeting, dragging out components, playing around with layouts, highly experimental.

You're just playing with pre-built pieces rather than inventing things from scratch

YouTube video by Noisey FIDLAR - "Cheap Beer" (Official Video)

In other news, since @jessicahische.bsky.social did mention FIDLAR.

... best song ever? www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXTc...

Consider putting the videos or at least a link to YouTube on the site, had no idea there even were videos until the Jessica episode (she mentioned jumping off camera).

Definite value add!

i feel like a lot of folks are starting there and putting in the (absolutely insane amount of) work it takes a ton to get out of it

i'm still on that phase

i got to talk to someone today who did not know about the ceo caught cheating at the coldplay concert, finally understand the thrill of breaking major news

ah, yes, nothing like a well-armed police force complete with their warehouse of bombs.

I feel this every time I play Factorio.

Am I just doing work for hours on end? And why is it so fun?

Are folks still using wireframes in UX or Product design? Feel like more and more of my attempts at wireframes look like mockups, and curious if this step is even valuable.

My take: with components so easy to use, why not just use the pixels? makes it easier to get feedback from different POVs

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woah. bunch of a nice/free themes for shadcn. some great work here. tweakcn.com

The hardest part? Getting others around the company to get involved. One of my constant challenges (even at past orgs) is to get engineers fully involved.

Second hardest? Naming the thing!

Been wanting to update my personal site + write a few blogs on how we're building it, need to crack that out.

Been working on a design system at work, and it's incredibly motivating. Figuring out the best way to build things, and do it alongside engineers, is so rewarding.

We're building it...
- Open source
- Fully embodying CSS variables on everything
- Scoped themes
- Automating deployment/docs
- Etc.

Shameful