Garrett Mack
@garrettmack.bsky.social
UX/UI Designer working on a new UI framework called LiftKit. chainlift.io/liftkit
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Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
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December 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Well if this isn't the most uplifting thing I've read all day
There is another way: I successfully connected with a bunch of well known people from my industry through the medium of unhinged shitposting.
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
December 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Well if this isn't the most uplifting thing I've read all day
I swear to God quitting Reddit is like quitting nicotine. Except with nicotine I can throw the vape away and just sweat it out. But Reddit? It's always in my pocket. I find myself opening it as a reflex without realizing it. Then I wonder why im stressed all the time!
December 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I swear to God quitting Reddit is like quitting nicotine. Except with nicotine I can throw the vape away and just sweat it out. But Reddit? It's always in my pocket. I find myself opening it as a reflex without realizing it. Then I wonder why im stressed all the time!
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“This moment reflects the heart of San Francisco,” said D’Arcy Drollinger, owner and artistic director of Oasis and Oasis Arts. “Saving Oasis is more than keeping a venue open, it’s about protecting space for marginalized artists to take risks, share their stories, and build sustainable careers.”
It’s truly a Christmas miracle: San Francisco’s iconic Oasis is no longer set to close. www.sfoasis.com/blog/a-holid...
A Holiday Miracle: San Francisco’s Iconic Oasis Saved — OASIS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 26, 2025) – Not even one of Oasis’ cabaret shows could dream up a script like this: just days before the final curtain was set to fall on Oasis , the glittering beaco...
www.sfoasis.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“This moment reflects the heart of San Francisco,” said D’Arcy Drollinger, owner and artistic director of Oasis and Oasis Arts. “Saving Oasis is more than keeping a venue open, it’s about protecting space for marginalized artists to take risks, share their stories, and build sustainable careers.”
No joke the DMV's UX team is fuckin *on* it.
It’s also the individualized service that has done the best job of using technology to improve their user experience.
Getting my Real ID 5 years ago was relatively easy, especially given the requirements and what they needed to verify….
Getting my Real ID 5 years ago was relatively easy, especially given the requirements and what they needed to verify….
December 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
No joke the DMV's UX team is fuckin *on* it.
Honestly you should be allowed to leave up Christmas lights until daylight saving time starts again. This "dark at 5pm" BS is depressing
these christmas lights took over 10 minutes to set up you better believe im leaving them up until february
December 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Honestly you should be allowed to leave up Christmas lights until daylight saving time starts again. This "dark at 5pm" BS is depressing
UX idea for @netflix.com: as someone watching a comedy with subtitles, I want the ability to activate "punchline mode" which would pace the subtitle displays to avoid showing the whole joke at once, so that I can't read the whole joke before the character can actually deliver it
December 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
UX idea for @netflix.com: as someone watching a comedy with subtitles, I want the ability to activate "punchline mode" which would pace the subtitle displays to avoid showing the whole joke at once, so that I can't read the whole joke before the character can actually deliver it
I love when tech terms accidentally overlap with niche gay slang. Like, just found out a large bearded man I follow has "bearblog" in his bio, and it took me a COUPLE OF MINUTES to realize he didn't have a secret salacious Tumblr
December 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I love when tech terms accidentally overlap with niche gay slang. Like, just found out a large bearded man I follow has "bearblog" in his bio, and it took me a COUPLE OF MINUTES to realize he didn't have a secret salacious Tumblr
Floptropicans + UX Designers are at the intersection of a venn diagram but I can't tell what the two sides are
December 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Floptropicans + UX Designers are at the intersection of a venn diagram but I can't tell what the two sides are
I designed Chainlift's syntax highlighting theme based on this little toy vacuum I had as a kid. The colors match the tints on the balls inside that would whirr around. Now, the code subconsciously reminds me of a happy thing when I look at it. I hope it makes the devs reading it feel happy too
December 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I designed Chainlift's syntax highlighting theme based on this little toy vacuum I had as a kid. The colors match the tints on the balls inside that would whirr around. Now, the code subconsciously reminds me of a happy thing when I look at it. I hope it makes the devs reading it feel happy too
This is why I tell people majoring in English can make you a better designer but damn it's a tough sell
It is amazing how much of writers’ professional lore maps 1:1 to UX design
“Write to the market.”
You’ll never catch the market. By the time you’ve written it, the market is gone. Write what you’re on fire to write, and sometimes the market shows up.
You’ll never catch the market. By the time you’ve written it, the market is gone. Write what you’re on fire to write, and sometimes the market shows up.
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is why I tell people majoring in English can make you a better designer but damn it's a tough sell
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I don't know who needs to tell Disneyland this but if you have to put up a digital screen explaining to people how to use your digital screen 15 feet ahead, you have a very bad user experience and/or interface
December 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I don't know who needs to tell Disneyland this but if you have to put up a digital screen explaining to people how to use your digital screen 15 feet ahead, you have a very bad user experience and/or interface
eye doc: what do you do?
Me: UI design. I do a lot of subpixel stuff"
Doc: oh! I didn't realize we even companies needed that!
Me: they don't
Doc: so what's it for?
Me: uh... I have this... need for control
Doc: oh
Me: yeah
Nurse: "lwhy doesn't SF have hot dogs I've never seen one here
Me: UI design. I do a lot of subpixel stuff"
Doc: oh! I didn't realize we even companies needed that!
Me: they don't
Doc: so what's it for?
Me: uh... I have this... need for control
Doc: oh
Me: yeah
Nurse: "lwhy doesn't SF have hot dogs I've never seen one here
December 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
eye doc: what do you do?
Me: UI design. I do a lot of subpixel stuff"
Doc: oh! I didn't realize we even companies needed that!
Me: they don't
Doc: so what's it for?
Me: uh... I have this... need for control
Doc: oh
Me: yeah
Nurse: "lwhy doesn't SF have hot dogs I've never seen one here
Me: UI design. I do a lot of subpixel stuff"
Doc: oh! I didn't realize we even companies needed that!
Me: they don't
Doc: so what's it for?
Me: uh... I have this... need for control
Doc: oh
Me: yeah
Nurse: "lwhy doesn't SF have hot dogs I've never seen one here
This would do numbers in San Francisco
concept restaurant: all the decor is like a sauna, all the food is steamed or smoked. the waiters don't take your order vebally, they just infer everything through glances. the little sachet of lube they give you when you go in is tartar sauce
December 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This would do numbers in San Francisco
I feel so bad for all the social media managers whose bosses are gonna be like "WHY AREN'T PEOPLE VISITING OUR WEBSITE"
Facebook is testing a monthly $14.99 subscription, and telling users they need to subscribe if they want to post more than 2 links a month.
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages | TechCrunch
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
techcrunch.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I feel so bad for all the social media managers whose bosses are gonna be like "WHY AREN'T PEOPLE VISITING OUR WEBSITE"
Kept googling things out of spite until I accidentally became a design engineer
December 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Kept googling things out of spite until I accidentally became a design engineer
The cruelest irony of being a UI/UX designer is that sharing your work online doesn't actually prove how good you are because the real skill is in everything AROUND the finished product, and also good UI design is usually subtle often boring to look at
December 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The cruelest irony of being a UI/UX designer is that sharing your work online doesn't actually prove how good you are because the real skill is in everything AROUND the finished product, and also good UI design is usually subtle often boring to look at
Why does plus-darker elude every browser except safari? I want text vibrancy dammit and NONE OF THE WORKAROUNDS ARE ENOUGH
December 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Why does plus-darker elude every browser except safari? I want text vibrancy dammit and NONE OF THE WORKAROUNDS ARE ENOUGH
"forget this, I'll do it myself" is the energy im bringing to 2026
Sick of AI ruining UI/UX? We are, so we're making our own: Chainlift Studio. No AI, just LiftKit and good ol' buttons and sliders. You'll be able to create and customize your own completely unique UI kit in minutes. Exports code, publishes docs, and sooooo much more.
Coming 2026! Here's a WIP pic.
Coming 2026! Here's a WIP pic.
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"forget this, I'll do it myself" is the energy im bringing to 2026
I've been a Calibri hater for years but after seeing the news now I'm like oh god, my hubris, what have I become
December 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I've been a Calibri hater for years but after seeing the news now I'm like oh god, my hubris, what have I become
Officially calling it: reddit is over. The chatGPT generated posts filled with chatGPT generated comments. Dystopian.
December 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Officially calling it: reddit is over. The chatGPT generated posts filled with chatGPT generated comments. Dystopian.
So many HTML tags people don't know about. Like me. I'm people.
- It’s not just about font size! 🔠
It is meant to represent side comments, legal disclaimers, fine print, or less prominent text, not just make things smaller visually.
📜 Used for:
Legal disclaimers
Copyright notes
A11y hints, etc
Read more 👇
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/...
It is meant to represent side comments, legal disclaimers, fine print, or less prominent text, not just make things smaller visually.
📜 Used for:
Legal disclaimers
Copyright notes
A11y hints, etc
Read more 👇
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/...
<small>: The Side Comment element - HTML | MDN
The <small> HTML element represents side-comments and small print, like copyright and legal text, independent of its styled presentation. By default, it renders text within it one font-size smaller, such as from small to x-small.
developer.mozilla.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
So many HTML tags people don't know about. Like me. I'm people.
Workday's UX: "how many days per day will this take"
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Workday's UX: "how many days per day will this take"
One thing I like about the airport is I can always tell who has sleep apnea because we all have the same bag
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
One thing I like about the airport is I can always tell who has sleep apnea because we all have the same bag