Phillip Lovelace

@pixelflips
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511 Posts
sr ux developer, design systems - enjoys flippin' pixels into web products. made my own humans². facial fuzz cultivator. permanently drawn on.
Websitehttps://pixelflips.com
GitHubhttps://github.com/pixelflips
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Phillip Lovelace5d ago

Deep in a foxhole, no idea what your agents installed.

Meet stockpile. One bash script. Scans every package manager on your Mac. Opens a browser dossier of your entire arsenal.

https://stockpile.pixelflips.com #weekendVibes

Stockpile — Know what's in your arsenal

Stockpile — a Mac package dashboard. One bash script scans homebrew, npm, pip, gems, cargo, and mas, then opens a searchable browser dossier of every package on your machine.

Phillip LovelaceMar 21

Everyone's building AI coding skills right now. I took it a step further and built a personal marketplace to make them portable across machines and projects.

#AI #ClaudeCode #DeveloperTools

https://pixelflips.com/blog/so-i-put-my-ai-skills-in-a-marketplace

So I Put My AI Skills in a Marketplace

I built a personal marketplace to package and distribute my AI coding skills across machines. Here's what that looks like and why you might want one too.

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Phillip LovelaceMar 21
Terry GodierFeb 17

I've been building an RSS reader for the past year. No unread counts, no inbox to clear. Just a river that flows at its own pace.

Today it's live on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. I wrote about everything that went into it.

https://www.terrygodier.com/current

#rss

Current

An RSS reader that doesn't count. What happens when you stop treating your feeds like an inbox and start treating them like a river.

Terry Godier
Phillip LovelaceMar 16

Three AI tools reviewed my PR. One human colleague asked me to try something, and it immediately revealed the bug none of them caught. #AI #WebDevelopment #HumanFirst

https://pixelflips.com/blog/three-ais-missed-it-one-human-didnt

Three AIs Missed It. One Human Didn’t

I ran a PR through Claude Code, Cursor, and CodeRabbitAI. Three layers of AI review. One human colleague caught the bug none of them did. Here's what that taught me.

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Phillip LovelaceMar 1

AI will replace 70% of design system work." Where'd that number come from? Vibes. And the argument ignores the biggest part of the job: support, maintenance, and the humans supporting humans. #designsystems

https://pixelflips.com/blog/youre-automating-the-wrong-70

You’re Automating the Wrong 70%

A rebuttal to the claim that AI will replace 70% of design system work. The article misses the biggest part: support, maintenance, and the human relationships that drive adoption.

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Phillip LovelaceFeb 22

I've been poking at how to actually make AI respect your design system. It turns out that a simple file might be able to help. #designsystems #aiSkills

https://pixelflips.com/blog/your-design-systems-got-skills

Your Design System’s Got Skills?

AI doesn't know your design system. Claude skills and Cursor rules are the simplest way to fix that without building infrastructure.

Pixelflips
Phillip LovelaceFeb 22

I asked AI about me, and it had nothing. Its advice? Write more. So here I am. Inspired by @cassidoo

https://pixelflips.com/blog/let-me-reintroduce-myself

Phillip LovelaceFeb 22

They said AI would handle the boring stuff so you could focus on interesting problems. Nobody mentioned you'd spend that time reviewing AI's output instead.

https://pixelflips.com/blog/the-ai-productivity-paradox

The AI Productivity Paradox

AI was supposed to free up creative time. Instead I spend more time reviewing and fixing AI output than I ever imagined.

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Phillip LovelaceFeb 22

UX developers have always been the bridge between design and engineering. It turns out AI may need to cross that bridge too. #designsystems #ai

https://pixelflips.com/blog/why-ai-needs-ux-developers

Why AI Needs UX Developers

UX developers have been hard to categorize for years. AI just made that bridge role between design and engineering even more important

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Phillip LovelaceFeb 15

AI coding tools are fast, but are only as good as the constraints you give them. Design systems aren't competing with AI. They're the infrastructure AI needs to do its job well. #designsystems #ai

https://pixelflips.com/blog/design-systems-are-having-their-moment

Design Systems Are Having Their Moment

AI coding tools are only as good as the constraints you give them. Design systems aren't competing with AI, they're the infrastructure AI needs to do its job well.