Ste Grainer

@stegrainer
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Designer of various things, sometimes developer, occasional writer. Design system nerd. User researcher.

CIS Ally. Trans rights are human rights. Black Lives Matter.

Personal Sitehttps://stegrainer.com
UXcellencehttps://uxcellence.com
Pronounshe/him
LocationRichmond, VA
Ste Grainer2d ago
Our family’s love for Disney parks has grown over the years since our first trip when our little one was still little. But one of our favorite reasons to visit Disney World these days is “new” to us: EPCOT festivals. Most of the festivals have been around for several decades now, but we only just discovered how much fun they can be in the last few years.
https://stegrainer.com/journal/2026/friday-fave-epcot-festivals
Friday Fave: EPCOT Festivals » SteGrainer.com

Exploring art, culture, food, and more at a favorite theme park

Ste Grainer5d ago
🏳️‍⚧️ Happy Trans Day of Visibility! You deserve to exist, to be seen, and to be loved. 🏳️‍⚧️
Ste Grainer5d ago
ThomasorusMar 26
A new official extended version of TANK! from Cowboy Bebop has been released, with the original Seatbelts members from 30 years ago omg   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d75ov4HvRrM
Yoko Kanno & SEATBELTS - TANK! Extended [Official Music Video]

YouTube
Ste Grainer6d ago
As more and more of my social media life moves out of public spaces, I figured I’d share a bit of my reasoning as well as a few rules I try to follow when engaging with any public social media. These are what work for me. Feel free to borrow, adapt, or ignore at your discretion.
https://stegrainer.com/journal/2026/social-media-strategy
My Social Media “Strategy” » SteGrainer.com

A few thoughts on how I approach being social online

Ste GrainerMar 28

🔗 The Great CSS Expansion — A handy intro to new CSS features available now or coming soon and the JavaScript they can replace

https://blog.gitbutler.com/the-great-css-expansion

The Great CSS Expansion

CSS now does what Floating UI, GSAP ScrollTrigger, Framer Motion, and react-select used to require JavaScript for. Here is exactly how much that saves, why these libraries were painful beyond their size, and what the platform still hasn't figured out.

Butler's Log
Ste GrainerMar 27
When I had the idea for Friday Faves, Lord of the Rings was one of the first things that popped into my head. I read the series once a year every year through high school and college. While I haven’t read the full series in almost a decade now, it still holds a very special place in my heart. And maybe I should pick it back up again soon …
https://stegrainer.com/journal/2026/friday-fave-lord-of-the-rings
Friday Fave: Lord of the Rings » SteGrainer.com

On a favorite fantasy series

Ste GrainerMar 27

🔗 My default config for new Craft CMS projects — A great intro to good Craft CMS config settings and the reason behind them

https://moritzlost.dev/articles/default-craft-cms-config/

My default config for new Craft CMS projects

My annotated default configuration for new Craft CMS projects. May include wildly controversial takes.

Ste GrainerMar 25

“The people who cannot sit through novels aren’t broken. They’re adapted to an environment we built. We hand them infinite information and wonder why they drown. We give them tools designed to fracture attention and blame them when their attention fractures. We built a world that profits from distraction and then pathologise the distracted.”

I feel like I could quote almost every in this essay about literacy and design. Well worth the time to read or listen.

https://aeon.co/essays/what-we-think-is-a-decline-in-literacy-is-a-design-problem

Ste GrainerMar 25
Show threadAriel SalminenMar 25

To get slightly more context, read also my article on Progressive Web Components (just published!):

https://arielsalminen.com/2026/progressive-web-components/

Progressive Web Components

Introducing Elena, a simple, tiny library for building Progressive Web Components. Unlike most web component libraries, Elena doesn’t force JavaScript for everything. You can load HTML and CSS first, then use JavaScript to progressively add interactivity.

Ariel Salminen
Ste GrainerMar 25

RE: https://front-end.social/@ariel/116288522052192356

This looks really awesome! I need to find a way to work this into a project pronto.