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Designing with Tokens: One Palette, Ten Faces
How a two-tier token system lets one codebase ship five brand palettes in light and dark without a single hardcoded color.
Alex · Jun 2, 2026 · 1 min read
designcss
Glassmorphism with Restraint
Blur is a spice, not a sauce. Where translucency helps a warm editorial design — and where it hurts.
Jul 15, 2026 · 1 min read
astrobackend
Building a Booking System with SMTP and ICS
Slots, timezones, double-booking races, and calendar invites — the unglamorous parts of "book a call" done right.
Jul 5, 2026 · 1 min read
astroarchitecture
Why My Portfolio Is Server-Rendered
Static sites are fast until the content team shows up. Here is the case for SSR with a database-driven CMS.
Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read