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A valid question. You're pumping out some invaluable write-ups in our practice that have some staying power. I think there's real value in having content like this exist outside of third-party publishing sites that can go in weird directions at the blink of an eye.

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PJ Onori @pjonori.com · 7d

@nathanacurtis.bsky.social, would it be possible for me to bribe you to publish your blog posts off of Medium?

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PJ Onori @pjonori.com · 9d

Turns out Design Systems Office Hours is quickly becoming the hey-we're-still-here-design-system-podcast.

We need more design system podcasts folks. Grab a mic and record.

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PJ Onori @pjonori.com · 12d

Well, damn. I gave Cursor a shot to port my old ActionScript 2 layout library (github.com/somerandomdu...) to Javascript.

And, I'll be damned, it seems to be working. I'm excited at the chance of dusting off this library.

GitHub - somerandomdude/coordy: coordy is a Flash layout toolkit that allows you to easily organize items in various layout patterns.

coordy is a Flash layout toolkit that allows you to easily organize items in various layout patterns. - somerandomdude/coordy

github.com

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PJ Onori @pjonori.com · 12d

Ketchup chips? Come on, man.

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PJ Onori @pjonori.com · 15d

I think I may dust off designsystems.news starting in 2026.

Design systems news

designsystems.news

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PJ Onori @pjonori.com · 15d

Procedural tokens/attribute-families/whatever is a topic I've been dying to deep dive into for years. Just never enough time. But yeah, the amount of token overhead that could be removed is mind-boggling.

PJ Onori @pjonori.com · 19d

I so miss that era of the internet.

PJ Onori @pjonori.com · 21d

One of those days–week 20.

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PJ Onori @pjonori.com · 23d

It Makes Noise 1.08 is out with new sounds and new sidebar iconography. I finally had to break down and design my own icons. So, you're welcome and/or I'm sorry.

apps.apple.com/us/app/it-ma...

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PJ Onori @pjonori.com · Sep 15

The next version of It Makes Noise should be available early next week with a few small refinements and bug fixes. A big thanks to the feedback coming in. I have a long list of improvements to chip away at.

apps.apple.com/us/app/it-ma...

‎It Makes Noise

‎It Makes Noise is a simple background noise app for your iPhone and iPad. It’s designed to be the most unintrusive way to add gentle sound to your environment—whether you're working, sleeping, or jus...

apps.apple.com

PJ Onori @pjonori.com · Sep 14

Super cool.

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PJ Onori @pjonori.com · Sep 12

I had a few stray thoughts about my writing app that should simplify the development and increase focus. Excited to carve a few hours to try building it out.

PJ Onori @pjonori.com · Sep 10

I’m afraid the wrong lessons are about to be learned.

PJ Onori @pjonori.com · Sep 9

Garth, just be patient while it looks for a syntax error and looks for a syntax error and looks for a syntax error and looks for a syntax error and looks for a syntax error and looks for a syntax error and looks for a syntax error and looks for a syntax error and looks for a syntax error…

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PJ Onori @pjonori.com · Sep 7

I wrote about design system ambassadors. And goldilocks. pjonori.blog/posts/design...

Design system ambassadors–the goldilocks of collaboration

pjonori.blog

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PJ Onori @pjonori.com · Sep 5

It takes a specific personality to be able to do this.

PJ Onori @pjonori.com · Sep 4

Maybe Figma could make that. For, you know, Figma.

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PJ Onori @pjonori.com · Sep 4

Design Systems spelled Sisyphus wrong.

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