@darkejon

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Product Design Director. Tech enthusiast. Avid Minecraft player.
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darkejon2d ago

I rebuilt my portfolio without writing a single line of code.

4,600+ lines of generated TypeScript, WebGL interactions, a custom CMS, deployed to Cloudflare — all through prompting.

But here's the honest take: it wasn't faster. It wasn't easier. And it absolutely required real design experience to get results worth shipping.

I wrote up exactly what happened, what worked, and what didn't.

https://www.jondarke.com/blog/rebuilding-my-portfolio-with-ai

Rebuilding My Portfolio With AI — Jon Lewis-Darke

Rebuilding my portfolio from scratch using AI coding tools and no traditional development process. A week of vibe coding, 4,600 lines of generated code, and some honest lessons about where these tools actually deliver.

darkejonFeb 12
AthenaFeb 10

The far-right crime myth: London safer than ever, violent crime down, fewer murders than Paris or Berlin.

Londoners know this: 81% feel secure. But far-right influencers on X / TikTok say a different story. "London+crime+immigrants" posts doubled 2020-24, painting a city under siege.

61% of Britons outside London believe the myth over the data. Disinformation works.

https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/01/28/london-is-far-safer-than-violent-viral-videos-will-have-you-believe

London is far safer than violent viral videos will have you believe

Contrary to social-media lore, it is one of the safest cities in the world

The Economist
darkejonJan 26
Jonathan Kamens 86 47Jan 25
White folks in the U.S.: I encourage you to sit with the fact that this feeling you're feeling, that you could be gunned down by a cop for no reason without them facing any repercussions, is a feeling that every Black person living in the U.S. for the past 400 years has justifiably felt for their entire lives.
Resolve now that if we make it through with democracy intact, you will actively work toward a world where everyone can be free of that fear.
Don't forget.
#BlackLivesMatter
darkejonOct 18
If you don’t like the liquid glass controls on the #iOS26 video player (e.g: in the TV app), simply enter PiP mode then make the video full-screen again. Hey presto; de-liquid-glass-ificated.
Show threaddarkejonOct 16
@scottjenson you can’t solve problems well if every decision is tightly connected to the sum of everything that has been done before. AI may one day come to replace designing yet another ecommerce site design or generic sales website, but it can’t solve new user needs with innovative thinking.
Show threaddarkejonSep 30
Correction: I think the display here swaps out during media playback. If no media is present on the lock screen then I get Carrot Weather display. If media is playing then Apple takes over and it looks worse. #ios26
darkejonSep 30
Gotta say, I do not like the date/clock display on the (locked) lock screen in #ios26. The weight difference isn’t great, but that spacing makes everything look wonky. On top of this on my unlocked lock screen I replace this with the Carrot Weather time/date/weather display, so it switches between two different display as I authenticate. This seems like a bug? Should just be my chosen display type in all cases.
darkejonSep 27, 2025
I never got to see so many of these back in the day. Didn’t realise there were so many! Great campaign https://youtu.be/0eEG5LVXdKo?si=TgJk_LFtnKBmnhMD
Complete 66 Mac vs PC ads + Mac & PC WWDC Intro + Siri Intro

YouTube
darkejonSep 26, 2025
It’s quite remarkable how accurately fiction can sometimes predict reality
Show threaddarkejonSep 12, 2025
@joesteel no idea. I’ve had 4 in total. Looked in the watch app settings, and it doesn’t even tell me there! Just a cryptic model number I’d have to go google, but never will bother doing so.