Dominik Wilkowski

@wilkowskidom
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Ex Shopify, tabs indenter, likes to wear a suit when it’s inappropriate to wear a suit, organizer of Rust Brisbane, Code Heart Design conf, he/him
websitehttps://dominik-wilkowski.com
Design System Meetuphttps://designsystemmeetup.com
Code Heart Designhttps://codeheartdesign.com
Dominik WilkowskiMar 11

Join us today at #rust #brisbane for some great talks.

https://dominikwilkowski.github.io/rust_brisbane_site/events/2026-03-12.html

12th Mar 2026 - Rust Brisbane

A community-driven IRL meetup for Rust enthusiasts in Brisbane, Australia.

Dominik WilkowskiJan 27

Anyone keen to speak at our next #Rust Brisbane #meetup #irl ?

https://dominikwilkowski.github.io/rust_brisbane_site/i_want_to_speak.html

I want to speak - Rust Brisbane

A community-driven IRL meetup for Rust enthusiasts in Brisbane, Australia.

Dominik WilkowskiDec 9
RSVP is now open for the #Rust Meetup #Brisbane this Thursday. Come join us.
https://meetu.ps/e/PG6Lc/vQ4sB/i
Rust Meetup Dec 2025, Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup

**RUST MEETUP DEC 2025** ===================== Please join us for the (first and) last meetup this year all around Rust. This will be a new start of this group so please b

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Dominik WilkowskiOct 18
Thinking of starting a #rust meetup in #brisbane again. Anyone interested in coming / speaking?
Dominik WilkowskiOct 10

Some short but useful advice on code comments.
I also like expressively writing out the full if clause including else even if it does nothing.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20251006-00/?p=111655

Code comments should apply to the state of the system at the point the comment "executes" - The Old New Thing

Putting them in the flow.

The Old New Thing
Dominik WilkowskiOct 5
After an incredible run as CTO at The Working Party, I’m ready for the next challenge.
I’m still very hands-on, I love building, shipping, and mentoring, and I’m looking for opportunities as CTO, VP of Engineering, or Director of Engineering. I’m particularly excited about roles in the #Rust or the cloud space, but I’m open to any area where I can have a big impact.
If you know of a team looking for someone who can set technical direction and roll up their sleeves, let me know.
Dominik WilkowskiAug 23, 2025

We, at The Working Party, just released an internal package to parse the doc blocks. We use this package to automatically generate documentation and test our files to make sure every snippet and block has those blocks for type safety and auto completion in the editor #shopify #rust

https://github.com/the-working-party/liquid-docs

Give it a whirl

GitHub - the-working-party/liquid-docs: A parser for Shopify liquid doc tags.

A parser for Shopify liquid doc tags. Contribute to the-working-party/liquid-docs development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Dominik WilkowskiJul 7, 2025

I’ve written up a tutorial I’ve given to a couple friends and colleges #teaching them #Rust and it’s been a lot of fun.

It’s 4 parts and starts here:

https://dominik-wilkowski.com/posts/learning-rust-by-building-the-old-terminal-game-beast-from-1984-part-1/

Learning Rust By Building The Old Terminal Game Beast From 1984, Part 1

We are building the terminal game BEAST together to learn to apply Rust to a project. This is the first part in which we setup our board and learn how to move our player.

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Dominik WilkowskiMay 1, 2025
Scott O'HaraMay 1, 2025

i was told that my blog post on making an accessible toast notification had a typo.

so of course when i fixed that, i also ended up adjusting some of the content and adding a whole new section about popovers at the end.

https://www.scottohara.me/blog/2019/07/08/a-toast-to-a11y-toasts.html

i'm sure there are probably new typos in there now. whatever.

A toast to an accessible toast... | scottohara.me

You may have recently read Adrian Roselli’s Scraping Burned Toast, Chris Coyier’s summary of the current “toast conversation”. Or maybe you’ve browsed the G...

Dominik WilkowskiApr 30, 2025

Just published BEAST. A recreation of a game I grew up with from 1984. I tried to keep it as close to the original as practical. There is a global Highscore server now too which is cool. Was a lot of fun to write this in #rust and playing it.

https://github.com/dominikwilkowski/beast

If anyone knows if the original author Dan Baker is still online I’d love to chat to him.

GitHub - dominikwilkowski/beast: An ASCII game built in rust in loving memory of the 1984 hit BEAST

An ASCII game built in rust in loving memory of the 1984 hit BEAST - dominikwilkowski/beast

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