Jacob Pfeifer
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Jacob Pfeifer
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Earnestly posting to save my soul
Austin, TX
@tantacrul.bsky.social is another designer working on open source product design that's been inspiring me recently.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYM3...
How We're Redesigning Audacity For The Future
YouTube video by Tantacrul
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December 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This talk by @jenson.org is what led me to Ink and Switch.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZT...
Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever? | Ubuntu Summit 25.10
YouTube video by Canonical Ubuntu
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December 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I've been thinking a lot recently about my relationship with big tech. I want something different, but right now the open source alternatives aren't very friendly to non-programmers. I want to work on those problems.
December 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
They are a design research agency that works with open source developers. Typical process:
- Work for 3 months to develop and test a prototype
- One month documenting their successes and failures in a research paper
- Publish everything open source, allowing anyone to piggyback off of their work
December 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It's a miracle that wikipedia exists at all. Feeling grateful to all the editors who spend their time and energy growing the digital commons.
December 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
/r/meth has what you are looking for.
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I was thinking about this too. I think symbols need a label.

If I know which upgrade I want, I have to memorize all of the symbols or scroll through them 1-by-1 while reading the labels on the right.

Better to let my eyes wander over the page and then navigate quickly to the upgrade I want.
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This week's episode was fantastic as well. Keep going 🫡
October 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Most of the time, people aren't sharing their own work on reddit. If you make it clear you are the author of the article, people are more likely to engage and ask follow up questions. Comments by you are labeled OP for "original poster."
September 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
to that end, I don't think most folks in the /r/religion subreddit are going to be excited to talk about religious decline. something like /r/dataisbeatiful might be better. Also, feel free to post it to many subreddits. Each community will have a different take.
September 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Something like this?

www.atypography.com/fonts
Abstract Fonts | Atype Movement
An art movement that explores the limits of traditional writing system(s).
www.atypography.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM