@brad_frost

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Design system consultant, web designer, speaker, writer, musician, & artist. Author of Atomic Design. Enthusiasm enthusiast.
Websitehttps://bradfrost.com/
Coursehttps://designtokenscourse.com/
Bookhttps://atomicdesign.bradfrost.com/
What song is your jam right now?

Just another day in ol' Brad Frost's inbox.

I read the email and I was like "what the hell are they talking about?" and then I went to my blog and had a good laugh (https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/please-hammer-dont-hurt-em/)

Long live blogging. Long live sharing stupid ideas. Love live the open web.

What’s something inspirational your receive in the mail?

I've been so busy I haven't had a chance to check out the epic March Mad CSS: https://madcss.com/ How freaking fun!

The final is happening right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rOUgT7HK5k

I can't wait to revisit this once I'm through my own grind.

March Mad CSS

The Ultimate CSS Tournament. Brought to you by Syntax

💥OH MY GOSH, I FINISHED RECORDING AND PUBLISHING THE COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS OF BUILDING A DESIGN SYSTEM IN CODE FOR MY ATOMIC DESIGN COURSE! https://atomicdesigncourse.com/
What's the German word for when you have really important work to do and then the electric company arrives to shut off your power for several hours?
Happiness is a clean garage.

🚨 Want mixins in CSS?
Help the @csswg by telling us what feels natural to you!

Look at the code in the screenshot. What resulting widths would you find least surprising?

A: All get 100px
B: div gets 100px, div > h2 gets 200px, div + p gets 300px
C: div gets 100px, div > h2 gets 200px, div + p gets no width*
D: div and div > h2 get 100px, div + p gets no width*

* from the mixin

Poll in https://front-end.social/@leaverou/116297811172593173

Please answer based on what feels natural *to you*, it's not a quiz.

🎮 My 8-year-old vibe-coded a video game about playing music with Michael McDonald! https://youtu.be/2dIrb-iZ83c

You can play the game here: https://michael-mcdonald-game.netlify.app/

My 8-year-old vibe-coded a video game "Play With Michael McDonald"

YouTube

This experience conjures up all sorts of thoughts and feelings, which I'll save for another day. But I do think that this exemplifies what I'm calling The Creative Infinite. https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/the-creative-infinite/

We can interact with our ideas seconds/minutes after we think of them. It's truly wild.

The Creative Infinite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJFEgIpNIic I found myself using the phrase "the Creative Infinite" when I'm talking about AI as a design material. I keep coming back to it because I don't think we've fully grasped what this technology actually is, what it can do, and what it means for human cre

Brad Frost