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Stuart Robson

@sturobson.com

felt absolutely fatigued for the last week. Today I caved and stayed in bed.

January 19, 2026 at 11:51 AM

Stuart Robson

@sturobson.com

Theres a Cheronian in Starfleet‽

January 15, 2026 at 6:57 PM

Stuart Robson

@sturobson.com

iOS Photos widget threw up this image of that time i gave a talk about design tokens at The Crucible, Sheffield

Just before the world locked down.

Feels like an absolute life time ago now.

A photo from the ‘stage’ area looking towards banks of yellow chairs and lighting rigs.

January 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM

Stuart Robson

@sturobson.com

a while back I made a little PWA to decide and list the evening meals for the week.

Since then I've been using a template in reminders, but it's getting a bit ridiculous.

Going to take a look at seeing how I can improve this idea today

www.alwaystwisted.com/projects/wfd/

What's for Dinner?

A simple weekly meal planner app to organize and edit your dinners for each day of the week.

www.alwaystwisted.com

January 15, 2026 at 8:11 AM

Reposted by Stuart Robson

Ethan Marcotte

@ethanmarcotte.com

Here’s The Architect’s Newspaper with a withering review of Joe Gebbia’s “National Design Studio”, and what it really stands for: www.archpaper.com/2025/12/nati...

As design critiques go, this is one of the best ones I’ve read in some time.

www.archpaper.com

January 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM

Stuart Robson

@sturobson.com

OMG #TheTraitors

a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the man is saying it 's all the drama

Alt: From the to show Gavin and Stacy. Mick and Pam are standing next to each other and Pam is saying it’s all the drama mick. I just love it.

media.tenor.com

January 14, 2026 at 8:24 PM

Reposted by Stuart Robson

Andy Bell

@bell.bz

looks cool!

Stuart Robson @sturobson.com · 7d

recalling @ericwbailey.website's article - "Organizing a design system via folksonomy"

ericwbailey.website/published/or...

which I played around with at the time:

bsky.app/profile/stur...

and added it as part of the component library tool I'm working on

January 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM

Reposted by Stuart Robson

zeroheight

@zeroheight.com

Last chance! The Design System Report survey closes tonight at midnight. ⏳

If you haven’t had a chance yet, this is your final opportunity to share your design system experience with us. The survey takes just 15–20 minutes, and your input truly makes a difference. 🤍

Take survey: hubs.li/Q03-0mb80

Design Systems Report 2026 - Closes 14th Jan - Take survey

January 14, 2026 at 9:22 AM

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Stuart Robson

@sturobson.com

The dust of decades settles on your keyboard as you push aside lines of vendor prefixes

Your fedora casts shadows over cryptic CSS hacks from another era. "This belongs in a museum" you mutter

ReliCSS: The front-end archaeologist's tool for navigating legacy CSS

www.alwaystwisted.com/relicss/

🙏🖤

ReliCSS - Web Interface

www.alwaystwisted.com

January 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM

Stuart Robson

@sturobson.com

Yes. Industry is back.

a man wearing a black sweater with an arrow on it

Alt: The character Eric Tao from the TV series Industry wearing a black sweater looks concerned. Waves their right arm across their body as if to say no or stop.

media.tenor.com

January 12, 2026 at 10:11 PM

Stuart Robson

@sturobson.com

recalling @ericwbailey.website's article - "Organizing a design system via folksonomy"

ericwbailey.website/published/or...

which I played around with at the time:

bsky.app/profile/stur...

and added it as part of the component library tool I'm working on

Screenshot of a Component Library Documentation web interface showing the 'card' component page. The browser displays localhost:8080 with a left sidebar containing a favourites list (card, alert, button). The main content area shows navigation tabs for Preview, Code, Documentation, Design Tokens, and Accessibility. Below are component details including a DRAFT status badge, version 1.0.0, and last updated date of 2026-01-08. A preview shows a simple card component with the text 'I am a card' and a 'Primary ddd' button. At the bottom is a code snippet section displaying HTML markup for the card component.

January 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM

Reposted by Stuart Robson

Into Design Systems

@intodesignsystems.bsky.social

📣 We‘re thrilled to announce Into Design Systems Hackathon

A weekend for Design System Makers from all around the world 🌎

Join our friendly community for an unforgettable weekend of learning and building with AI! 🦾

Thanks to Figma + Supernova for sponsoring

👉 Apply here: luma.com/ids-hackathon

Into Design Systems Online Hackathon · Luma

A weekend for Design System Makers from all around the world 🌎 This event is limited to 150 spots, please apply and we reach out to you if it's a fit! Are…

luma.com

January 12, 2026 at 1:48 PM

Stuart Robson

@sturobson.com

If you're looking to get your Design Systems related tool, vacancy, conference, etc in front of ~3500 Design Systems folks, I also have a sponsorship slot available.

Let's chat! [email protected]

🙏🖤

Stuart Robson @sturobson.com · 7d

spending the morning going through ~100 things that might make it into the Design Systems Newsletter.

If you're a fan, and would like to help and support me, you can always 'buy me a coffee'

buymeacoffee.com/sturobson

news.design.systems

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January 12, 2026 at 11:26 AM

Stuart Robson

@sturobson.com

spending the morning going through ~100 things that might make it into the Design Systems Newsletter.

If you're a fan, and would like to help and support me, you can always 'buy me a coffee'

buymeacoffee.com/sturobson

news.design.systems

🙏🖤

January 12, 2026 at 11:17 AM

Stuart Robson

@sturobson.com

just a little shoutout to all the guest authors, @oliverlindberg.com and @zeroheight.com … the blog is fast becoming an 'always add' to the Design Systems Newsletter.

Some really great writing recently:

zeroheight blog: zeroheight.com/blog/

Design Systems Newsletter - news.design.systems

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January 12, 2026 at 11:10 AM

Stuart Robson

@sturobson.com

the lovely @davatron5000.bsky.social has written some fab articles on color-contrast()

daverupert.com/2026/01/algo...

daverupert.com/2026/01/coer...

daverupert.com/2026/01/cont...

daverupert.com/2026/01/nest...

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#FrontEnd #WebDev #CSS

January 12, 2026 at 11:03 AM

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Ana Tudor

@anatudor.bsky.social

Before anyone actually uses it on a website, see this comment css-tricks.com/pure-css-tab...

Pure CSS Tabs With Details, Grid, and Subgrid | CSS-Tricks

Can we use the <details> element as the foundation for a tabbed interface? Why yes, we can!

css-tricks.com

January 12, 2026 at 10:26 AM

Stuart Robson

@sturobson.com

this is really cool from @silvestar.codes

Pure CSS tabs with details, grid, and subgrid

www.silvestar.codes/articles/pur...

#CSS #WebDev #FrontEnd

Pure CSS tabs with details, grid, and subgrid ✣ S.Bistrović

Can we use the details element as the foundation for a tabbed interface? Why yes, we can!

www.silvestar.codes

January 12, 2026 at 10:23 AM

Stuart Robson

@sturobson.com

the only good thing about your substack is the rss feed I just found.

January 12, 2026 at 10:21 AM

Stuart Robson

@sturobson.com

At the end of last week I pushed an update to ReliCSS that would create a 'report' as an .html file.

Would (if I could) a PDF be more useful?

Either / Or / Both?

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Stuart Robson @sturobson.com · 10d

I've just pushed an update to ReliCSS that now includes the option to export an HTML 'report' of the results along with some bug fixes and UI updates.

www.alwaystwisted.com/relicss/

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#FrontEnd #WebDev #CSS

January 12, 2026 at 10:11 AM