John Athayde

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@johnathayde on Twitter, Instagram, etc. Formerly known as @boboroshi (IRC, etc) Designer/UX/Developer/Permaculturist/Musician
Runner of Meticulous(.com), Design System junkie, Product Design player-coach and team builder.
GitHubhttps://www.github.com/jathayde
Personalhttps://www.johnathayde.com/
Workhttps://www.meticulous.com
The Farmhttps://www.sfumatofarm.com
John AthaydeDec 25
Merry Christmas! Kransekake complete! Not as perfect as the formal bakers but I’m happy. Much better than last year’s!
John AthaydeDec 24
So it begins! Stollen done, pies wrapped, (all gluten free!), smoker going with a ham from our friends farm and brisket from our own, and kransekake is up next!
John AthaydeNov 28

Black Friday time! 50% off "Typography for Developers". Fix the basics of your application look and feel with good typography.

https://learn.developerux.com/p/type-is-design?coupon_code=HALFSIES&product_id=6209603

John AthaydeOct 18
Speaking at 10:30 this morning at NOVA Code Camp (https://novacodecamp.org ) today! (18 October). Come say hi!
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John AthaydeSep 4, 2025

#RailsWorld Day 1 in the books. From our fun morning boat ride with the Baltic Ruby crew to DHH's keynote, the great hallway track in a beautiful space here in Amsterdam, and the random cat in the window spotted on the way through... Lots of great talks and new and old Ruby Friends.

It is quite weird to be six hours ahead of EDT. Can't wait for Day 2!

John AthaydeApr 17, 2025
My eldest daughter found an Easter Mad Libs book in the bin and has been plowing through them. Not exactly proper Holy Week flair but I remember doing these as a kid and I just have to chuckle at the ludicrous outcomes.
John AthaydeApr 11, 2025

I had the privilege of attending the first RailsConf almost a decade ago, and will now be speaking at the last formal "RailsConf".

I'll be bringing a quick-hitting talk of items to improve your UX and your interface look and doing some real-time design to show how this isn't some mystical art that is unlearnable by engineers.

I'm very thankful for @rubycentral's stewardship of this community over the years and I'm excited to see you in Philly, July 8-10. I'll be wandering ...

John AthaydeMar 14, 2025
We're putting the finishing touches on our first DeveloperUX course: "Typography for Developers" and we should be launching it by the end of the month! Over 3 hours of delicious content to help make your apps look better with simple typographical changes.
John AthaydeFeb 25, 2025
“So it begins…” we do a lot of reading out loud as a family. We finished the hobbit earlier this year and the kids have asked to dude into Lord of the Rings as some of their friends’ families are doing the same. As the reader it’s a definite jump but I’m hoping it will help my speaking cadence and vocabulary improvement as well. I read this fully last 15 years ago and have been chasing around the Simarillion and some of the other side books. Glad to get back to the core for a while.