Dan V Peterson

@danvpeterson
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Here for UI design, pupper photos, dad jokes, fantasy, sci-fi, and gadget nerdery. Original designer at 1Password from 2007 to 2025.
pronounsHe/Him
Interesting Design Linkshttps://raindrop.io/danvpeterson/dan-s-interesting-design-links-10431362
GitHubhttps://github.com/danvpeterson

“There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series”

https://www.theverge.com/report/901818/hbo-harry-potter-jk-rowling-transphobia

Note to cis people:

If you watch and support Harry Potter series, you are funding the anti-trans crusade that is killing people like me and stripping away our rights. Experts have warned that in the US and UK the steps toward genocide against trans people are accelerating.

I ask:

Do you care more about nostalgia of fictional people?

or

Do you care about actual people like myself and our right to exist in society like you?

This isn't a trick question. Do the right thing please. #trans

Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2026: $827.2 billion

Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2026: $222.7 billion

Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2026: $204.2 billion

Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2026: $7.25

Three words: tax the rich.

❌Bad:
This racist dude was good at kicking people in the head.

✅Good:
This great American hero was good at kicking people in the head!

❌Bad:
Birtherism is a super racist movement that led to the alt-right, Project 2025, and where we are today.

✅Good:
I like Walker Texas Ranger!

https://basewatch.dev/

Will send you email or notifications about specific features you're interested in when they reach baseline.

Love it - literally years ago we were trying to advocate for MDN to do this - it's why we created bcd-watch and so on...

h/t @Meyerweb

BaseWatch — Get Notified When CSS Features Reach Baseline

Track CSS, JS & HTML browser support. Get email alerts when features hit your chosen support threshold. Free, no account needed.

18 years ago today I released MindNode. I was so anxious I was checking my email on WAP (basically the ancient version of mobile internet) whenever I left the house, just in case something broke. 😊

It didn't. And somehow, 18 years later, MindNode is still here and supporting a small independent team without outside funding, still shaped by the people who use it every day.

Thank you for 18 years. 🎉

— Markus (Founder)

It is so much easier to want to be kind and do things for people, and appreciate the small things in life, when you’re not completely burnt out and anxious all the time. Who knew?!
In case you need to hear it, burnout is a structural outcome, not a personal failure. It’s OK to stop. 🫂

Atlassian laid of the 10% of its workforce today.

Man it’s just nonstop blows in tech right now.

Even worse, it’s been like this for years.

For once I’d hope we get a “the economy is bad and we have no tax benefit for R&D” instead of the “AI layoffs” lie

Keep in mind this also very much shows the danger of AI. You may notice that it showing the wrong APCA contrasts, using Lc 75 for large text and Lc 60 for small, when it should be the opposite. If I didn’t already have the knowledge I have this would absolutely have been a shit show. It made a *ton* of incorrect assumptions throughout. It still helped me do a lot of things I wasn’t sure how to handle much more quickly than I could have otherwise, but absolutely use with a ton of caution.