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🖤 Design Systems Practitioner
🛠 Front-End Developer
📰 Curates Design Systems News
🏎️ Formula One Watcher
🧟‍♂ Horror Fan
🍖 BBQ’er

🖥️ www.alwaystwisted.com

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👀 Looking for Design Systems consultancy or front-end development for your project?

📅 I have availability and would love to assist!

👇 Here's some of my recent work

💡 If you’ve got something coming up, let’s chat!

🌐 Visit www.alwaystwisted.com or email me at [email protected]

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Hmmm, why has my MacBook felt constantly warm these last several months?

Turns out Time Machine Backup was having an absolute 'mare for 135 days.
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I mean, this has gotta be the wackiest, weirdest, most ridiculous Emmerdale plot for some time.
November 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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There’s few folks as reliable, thoughtful, and no-nonsense as @bell.bz. I’ve known him a long time and I don’t endorse people lightly.

If you’re looking for a studio/agency to get your project going, I couldn’t recommend Set.Studio enough:

set.studio
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Starting today and through the weekend I’m offering a discount on Testing Accessibility, my course on web accessibility. Check it out and get 50% off! testingaccessibility.com/buy
Buy Testing Accessibility
Learn how to build and test accessible web applications with Marcy Sutton.
testingaccessibility.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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If you're based in the UK, the Inclusive Design Communities is also available direct from a local printer for 40% off until Dec 4th at the following link:

shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
Inclusive Design Communities
A practical guide on making design and tech more inclusive in all the spaces design and tech exists.
shop.ingramspark.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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My book, Inclusive Design Communities is 40% off in the US, if purchased directly from the printer until Dec 4th from the link below. Any proceeds will be matched and donated to local mutual aid.

shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
Inclusive Design Communities
A practical guide on making design and tech more inclusive in all the spaces design and tech exists.
shop.ingramspark.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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There’s a big sale on for a week @rosenfeldmedia.com, including on my book “Surveys That Work”

If you’ve wondered about buying it, here you go

rosenfeldmedia.com/books/survey...
Surveys That Work By Caroline Jarrett
Design better surveys with Surveys That Work. A practical guide to reducing errors and getting accurate results through a seven-step process.
rosenfeldmedia.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen

Deftones
Smashing Pumpkins
Fleetwood Mac
Pearl Jam
Beyoncé
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Pink Floyd
Underworld
Debbie Harry
INXS
Status Quo
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Ultravox
BB King
Jethro Tull
Whitesnake
OMD
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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next: Oh Shit, Git!

This was a collab with the amazing Katie Sylor-Miller (@ksylor.bsky.social), the author of ohshitgit.com

It's a reference for what to do to git out of a git mess

wizardzines.com/zines/oh-shi...

(5/16)
November 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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TOP PRODUCTIVITY HACK FOR CHATGPT MUST WATCH
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Build responsive and accessible websites in half the time? Yes please. 🙋‍♀️

Polypane is the browser built for developers.

✅ Sync scrolling & interactions
✅ 80+ accessibility tests
✅ Social media previews

Get it for *22% off* this week only:
👉 polypane.app/black-friday/
Polypane Black Friday | Polypane
Get the browser for devs who care for 22% during our Black Friday sale. Available until December 1st.
polypane.app
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
an "AI growth zone" sounds painful.
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Aldi Specially Selected All Butter Mince Pies

7/10

not as 'fruity' as I'd hoped, also the icing sugar dusting was a bit sparse.

#XmasMincePieReviews
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
a fresh hair cut, last one was in June 👀
a man in a blue cape is getting his hair cut by a barber
Alt: a scene from Dumb and Dumber where the character, Lloyd Christmas (played by Jim Carey) is getting their hair cut. There is a silver bowl on their head.
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
it’s a hot bowl of soup kinda day.
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
working on a little design tokens command line tool that will

a) take your existing design tokens
b) convert colours to the latest spec.
c) add an $extension for the tool.

… and writing article 14 in my Design Tokens Workflow Series
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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✨ Our Black Friday sale starts NOW.

Get a 22% lifetime discount on yearly plans (individuals and teams!)

This is the *only* promotion we run all year. If you’ve been waiting, now is the time. polypane.app/black-friday/
Polypane Black Friday | Polypane
Get the browser for devs who care
polypane.app
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Our Mindful Design course is now live!

With hours of elite video and practical exercises, Scott Riley will transform you for the better, whether you’re a beginner, a developer or an experienced designer.

Save £60 and get a 50% discount coupon for our other courses with our launch deal.
Mindful Design
A high quality, expansive video course that will elevate your design skills to a level you never thought was achievable.
piccalilli.link
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Finally sorted out a black friday/cyber weekend discount for my Terminal Training course.

66% discount with THAT_DISCOUNT_WEEK on the "Master package" - terminal.training

38 videos, perfect for anyone who was faced with "just open the terminal"
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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My first Black Friday sale is here! 🎉

40% off CSS Demystified & Beyond CSS.

This is already the biggest sale I've ever done, plus I'm throwing Flexbox Simplified in for free with either purchase.

Sale runs through Dec 1st.

👉 cssdemystified.com?utm_source=b...
👉 www.beyondcss.dev?utm_source=b...
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Haven’t promoted my book much this year but today’s a good day to share:

The Design for Developers eBook is 50% off.

It’s written to be evergreen — UX foundations, visual principles, color, typography, and more. A reference you can return to again and again.

🛍️ www.manning.com/books/design...
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Let's goooooo
Mindful Design is here!

You get the exact same deal as our Black Friday deal, so if you buy Mindful Design for £189, you can get JavaScript for Everyone or Complete CSS for only £124.50

That's a massive £184.50 saving off their full price for 2 premium courses!

piccalilli.link/md-launch-so...
Mindful Design
A high quality, expansive video course that will elevate your design skills to a level you never thought was achievable.
piccalilli.link
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
inherit() is now available to play with in Chrome Canary.

Here's some writing I did about it earlier:

How CSS inherit() Could Simplify Design Systems
www.alwaystwisted.com/articles/mak...

How inherit() Can Simplify Border‑Radius for Components
www.alwaystwisted.com/articles/mak...

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November 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM