nic bertino
@nicbertino.com
design leader • disco maker • photo taker
it's time for the percolator.
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it's time for the percolator.
ceo @ summimarket
🎵 soundcloud.com/bertinosound
🌐 nicbertino.com
question for creative people: when you want real crit on your work (not just "looks great!"), where do you go? i'm prototyping something around small, time-boxed groups where everyone commits to giving structured feedback. curious if this is a problem worth solving or if existing options work fine.
January 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
question for creative people: when you want real crit on your work (not just "looks great!"), where do you go? i'm prototyping something around small, time-boxed groups where everyone commits to giving structured feedback. curious if this is a problem worth solving or if existing options work fine.
absolutely not
OpenAI “makes sure to mention in the blog post that ChatGPT Health is ‘not intended for diagnosis or treatment,’ but it can’t fully control how people end up using AI when they leave the chat.”
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s “not intended for diagnosis or treatment.”
www.theverge.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:33 PM
absolutely not
there are so, so many issues with this article:
- the LLM definitely gave inaccurate combinations, lauded at first for the outputs and written off later
- a bold claim that tokens in figma = completely accessible design system
- is generating colors and running it for contrast not an afterthought?
- the LLM definitely gave inaccurate combinations, lauded at first for the outputs and written off later
- a bold claim that tokens in figma = completely accessible design system
- is generating colors and running it for contrast not an afterthought?
I ran the values from the ChatGPT-generated color contrast report included in the article through WebAIM's contrast checker and got dramatically different values. I'm not sure this article actually proves the point it's trying to make.
January 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
there are so, so many issues with this article:
- the LLM definitely gave inaccurate combinations, lauded at first for the outputs and written off later
- a bold claim that tokens in figma = completely accessible design system
- is generating colors and running it for contrast not an afterthought?
- the LLM definitely gave inaccurate combinations, lauded at first for the outputs and written off later
- a bold claim that tokens in figma = completely accessible design system
- is generating colors and running it for contrast not an afterthought?
i just said goodbye to strava, over ten years on the platform and over 2500 activities logged. i started it when i was just getting into running, and it was the best product for stats.
it was a daily app for me, but at some point, the premium prices kept going up and up until, well, we're here
it was a daily app for me, but at some point, the premium prices kept going up and up until, well, we're here
January 6, 2026 at 4:26 AM
i just said goodbye to strava, over ten years on the platform and over 2500 activities logged. i started it when i was just getting into running, and it was the best product for stats.
it was a daily app for me, but at some point, the premium prices kept going up and up until, well, we're here
it was a daily app for me, but at some point, the premium prices kept going up and up until, well, we're here
for designers, i think we can spell this out more clearly: discovery is generally lower fidelity, and only what you need to better understand your team's thesis or if you know the problem as well as you think you do. it's also where research can really, really help.
Jeff Patton explains that development and discovery are two different tracks, not teams. Moving work from discovery to development doesn't finish discovery. An important read for those struggling with Agile and UX.
https://jpattonassociates.com/dual-track-development/
https://jpattonassociates.com/dual-track-development/
January 5, 2026 at 2:09 AM
for designers, i think we can spell this out more clearly: discovery is generally lower fidelity, and only what you need to better understand your team's thesis or if you know the problem as well as you think you do. it's also where research can really, really help.
is anyone writing about the customer side of vibe-coded products? or are we mostly still talking about TTM being cheaper?
January 4, 2026 at 11:28 PM
is anyone writing about the customer side of vibe-coded products? or are we mostly still talking about TTM being cheaper?
simply love old timey mono by @dsembry.bsky.social and i've set my personal site with it - something about these typewriter revival fonts (and their numericals, really) just sing for me
January 2, 2026 at 12:54 AM
simply love old timey mono by @dsembry.bsky.social and i've set my personal site with it - something about these typewriter revival fonts (and their numericals, really) just sing for me
read this and i'm your design/deploy friend if you need help!
you’re right! it feels mostly awful to Go Online™, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
A Website To End All Websites | Henry From Online
How to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
henry.codes
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
read this and i'm your design/deploy friend if you need help!
i have to say, this doesn't even sound like a relationship, let alone love - it just sounds like a business holding people hostage.
Love your customers | The Observation Deck
bcantrill.dtrace.org
January 1, 2026 at 1:13 AM
i have to say, this doesn't even sound like a relationship, let alone love - it just sounds like a business holding people hostage.
sometimes your camera just kinda flips out and decides to make some cool stuff
December 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
sometimes your camera just kinda flips out and decides to make some cool stuff
not to like, retvrn, but sometimes single-purpose controls are the most affordable regardless of context. plus i wanna mess with these overhead switches bad
December 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
not to like, retvrn, but sometimes single-purpose controls are the most affordable regardless of context. plus i wanna mess with these overhead switches bad
one of the coolest logotypes of all time. every letter is treat
cameraposting for the sickos: dad gifted me his minolta SRT 101 over christmas, a sherman tank of a camera body that still fires its mechanical shutter beautifully after a few decades spent in storage. don't think i'm gonna mess around with mercury battery replacements and just get a hotshoe meter
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
one of the coolest logotypes of all time. every letter is treat
Reposted by nic bertino
I forget who said it but someone (maybe on here?) pointed out that "simple" needs to be defined with additional context to mean anything
December 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I forget who said it but someone (maybe on here?) pointed out that "simple" needs to be defined with additional context to mean anything
"[...] simplify—while simultaneously avoiding simplicity for simplicity’s sake, because some problems and workflows are inherently complex."
i love this from ditto's design principles - mostly geared towards writing, but apt for so many things
dittov3.notion.site/Ditto-s-Prod...
i love this from ditto's design principles - mostly geared towards writing, but apt for so many things
dittov3.notion.site/Ditto-s-Prod...
Ditto’s Product Design Principles | Notion
Our design principles capture our shared vision and values for Ditto’s product design. We use them to:
dittov3.notion.site
December 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"[...] simplify—while simultaneously avoiding simplicity for simplicity’s sake, because some problems and workflows are inherently complex."
i love this from ditto's design principles - mostly geared towards writing, but apt for so many things
dittov3.notion.site/Ditto-s-Prod...
i love this from ditto's design principles - mostly geared towards writing, but apt for so many things
dittov3.notion.site/Ditto-s-Prod...
my most popular blogpost ever was an explainer of replit and why it won't replace figma - a response to engagement bait, and hopefully the start of an ongoing series about design technology
Replit, the Figma Replacement | Nic Bertino
Nic Bertino is a design leader, music maker, and disco lover out here getting people close to good design.
nicbertino.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
my most popular blogpost ever was an explainer of replit and why it won't replace figma - a response to engagement bait, and hopefully the start of an ongoing series about design technology
i've been in many a triage, i've starship troopered some pretty big bugs, dealt with security breaches, but nothing quite compares to the stress of the final hour of bidding on the auction platform you made
December 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
i've been in many a triage, i've starship troopered some pretty big bugs, dealt with security breaches, but nothing quite compares to the stress of the final hour of bidding on the auction platform you made
fun milestone: my company turned one recently. first years are hard. i'm getting better at picking the right battles. i've learned much by simply listening to others. i am trusting my design instincts more than i ever have.
year 2 awaits!
year 2 awaits!
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
fun milestone: my company turned one recently. first years are hard. i'm getting better at picking the right battles. i've learned much by simply listening to others. i am trusting my design instincts more than i ever have.
year 2 awaits!
year 2 awaits!
building a NAS last year was one of the best decisions i've ever made in my entire life. highly recommend
built my first NAS this weekend and oh I missed the feeling of snapping RAM into place
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
building a NAS last year was one of the best decisions i've ever made in my entire life. highly recommend
it is easy to look at this and imagine the editing and curation breakdown happening, and assume that the author/editor/whoever would "edit" this to good if they knew it was bad.
sure. throw it back to the LLM it came from with edits and it's "better."
sure. throw it back to the LLM it came from with edits and it's "better."
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
it is easy to look at this and imagine the editing and curation breakdown happening, and assume that the author/editor/whoever would "edit" this to good if they knew it was bad.
sure. throw it back to the LLM it came from with edits and it's "better."
sure. throw it back to the LLM it came from with edits and it's "better."
just lost half of my day investigating a broken build because of one overly eager firewall rule
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
just lost half of my day investigating a broken build because of one overly eager firewall rule
happy to report that the new rosalía rips, happy rosalía day to those who celebrate
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
happy to report that the new rosalía rips, happy rosalía day to those who celebrate