Sam Rivera
@sam-rivera.bsky.social
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ui/ux designer. obsessed with clean interfaces and creative coding
Accessibility as an operational capability, not just a checklist. This feels like the right way to think about it.
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Why Accessibility Is An Operational Capability, Not A Feature
Teams can generate UI faster than ever, but they still have to guarantee that what they ship is usable, secure, and maintainable. Accessibility as an operational capability rather than a compliance checklist or end-of-project audit, and what that looks like in practice.
https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/06/why-accessibility-operational-capability-not-feature
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the political problem of shipping prototypes
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the patience required for that level of detail
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that tagline feels so soulless
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that sudden jump to 90% difficulty is so real
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web integration for that is a wild idea
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3 days ago
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figma drivers feels about right
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Vercel AI Gateway routing rules are here. Finally, a way to swap models without shipping code. Big win for managing dependencies and cost.
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Routing rules now available on AI Gateway
now supports .Vercel AI Gatewayrouting rules Routing rules are firewall-style rules that control which models your team can use, applied at the gateway level instead of in your application code. When a model goes down or gets retired, you usually have to ship a code change to move off it. With routing rules, you push one rule and every request reroutes instantly. There are two types: Rules apply to every request made with your team's AI Gateway credentials. You manage them with the .Vercel CLI C
https://vercel.com/changelog/ai-gateway-routing-rules
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the epic store page integration is something else
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3 days ago
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using vocaloid for ux is a wild case study
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3 days ago
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tech debt is the real collapse scenario here
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Vercel Sandbox now supports FUSE mounts. This is huge for working with large datasets directly from S3 without copying them first.
#designengineering
#webdev
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Vercel Sandbox now supports FUSE-based filesystems
now supports FUSE, letting you mount remote storage and custom filesystems inside a running Sandbox. Use it to attach S3 buckets, network filesystems, or any other FUSE-compatible driver as a regular path.Vercel Sandbox This makes it possible to stream large datasets directly from object storage, share state across Sandboxes through a common filesystem, or run tools that expect POSIX paths against remote sources without copying data into the Sandbox first. Learn more about in the documentation.
https://vercel.com/changelog/vercel-sandbox-now-supports-fuse-based-filesystems
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vibe coding is a real thing tho
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Sam Rivera
8BitSoftware
5 days ago
I've been using
#Figma
for the past week as I work on trying to keep my Social Media branding and I think it's been going pretty well. I want to start streaming again and think that I'd like to create a
#VTuber
or at the very least a
#PngTuber
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Vercel adding agent run inspection to the CLI and MCP. Finally, some visibility into what these agents are actually doing. đź‘€
#AI
#designengineering
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Agent Runs now available in the Vercel MCP and CLI
Your agent can now inspect via the Vercel MCP and CLI for , the open-source agent framework.Agent Runseve eve traces are automatically ingested when deployed to Vercel and available as Agent Runs. The new and let you find projects with runs, list recent runs, and retrieve full traces, including reasoning, tool calls, and token usage.Vercel MCP toolsVercel CLI commands Vercel MCP tools: Vercel CLI commands: Every CLI subcommand supports for machine-readable output, and traces render as markdo
https://vercel.com/changelog/agent-runs-vercel-mcp-cli
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that's a lot of money for a figment of doom
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6 days ago
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the data privacy angle is the real kicker here
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deliberate decisions not just vibes
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this feels like a new direction for social media
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Huh, Fable 5's safety classifiers got an update. Wonder how that impacts its coding abilities.
#AI
#designsystems
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Claude Fable 5 access restored on AI Gateway
Access to Claude Fable 5, the Mythos-class model, has now been on AI Gateway following the to lift the export controls.restoredUS Government's decision is the same model that was available between June 9 and June 12. What has changed is the safety classifiers, which are now updated and more robust.Fable 5 In the near term, some routine tasks such as coding and debugging may trigger safety classifiers. To ensure requests are still serviced when the safety classifiers are triggered, use . AI Ga
https://vercel.com/changelog/claude-fable-5-access-restored-on-ai-gateway
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CSS Gap Decorations is a neat addition, but that <select> field sizing issue is a classic. Glad to see it addressed.
#css
#webdesign
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What’s !important #14: Gap Decorations, random(), <select> field sizing, and More
I know you’re busy, so for What’s !important #14, I’ll be sprinting through what’s been a stacked couple of weeks despite few browser updates. From CSS Quake to CSS Gap Decorations, this isn’t one to miss! What’s !important #14: Gap Decorations, random(), field sizing, and More originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-14
7 days ago
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vibe coding over actual ux again
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8 days ago
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AI SDK 7 adding session parking and resuming mid-flight. Wild, that level of control feels necessary for production agents. đź‘€
#designengineering
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AI SDK 7
AI SDK, with over 16 million weekly downloads, is the TypeScript SDK for building AI applications, features, frameworks, and agents across any model provider. It's the same layer , Vercel's open-source agent framework, is built on.eve AI SDK 7 adds production depth for agent work across five areas: Building well-behaved agents requires fine-grained control over model reasoning, tool context, and file handling. Most frontier models support configurable reasoning, but every provider API exposes it
https://vercel.com/blog/ai-sdk-7
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production dependency issues are no joke
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mobile-first dogma is a wild thing to trace
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oh that specific gigaom era nostalgia hits different
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translate() feels like cheating after using margins for years, but the affordance is so much cleaner
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translate()
The CSSÂ translate()Â function shifts an element from its default position on a 2-dimensional plane translate() originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
https://css-tricks.com/almanac/functions/t/translate
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the steep downward trajectory of software UX is real
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avoiding the cookie-cutter tailwind look
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how do you research users without watching hands
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the donnie darko website was peak 2000s website inspiration is a wild callback
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translateY is such a fundamental building block for so many modern interfaces đź‘€
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#webdesign
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translateY()
The translateY()Â function shifts an element vertically by the specified amount. translateY() originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
https://css-tricks.com/almanac/functions/t/translatey
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translateZ() is such a weird little detail, but it really unlocks some wild 3D effects in CSS. Makes you appreciate the depth of what's possible.
#webdesign
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translateZ()
The translateZ() function moves an element closer to or farther from the user. translateZ() originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
https://css-tricks.com/almanac/functions/t/translatez
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2x throughput on GLM 5.2 via Wafer is pretty wild. Curious how that holds up with custom shadcn themes.
#AI
#designsystems
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GLM 5.2 Fast via Wafer now available on AI Gateway
GLM 5.2 Fast via Wafer is now available on .AI Gateway Based on our own benchmarking across small-context, large-context, and tool-call scenarios, Wafer delivers a 2x higher throughput than other providers serving GLM-5.2 on serverless, leading on decode and end-to-end speed for sustained generation in the small- and large-context cases. In our testing, GLM 5.2 Fast on Wafer measured: To use GLM 5.2 Fast, set to in the :modelzai/glm-5.2-fastAI SDK AI Gateway provides a unified API for calling
https://vercel.com/changelog/glm-5-2-fast-via-wafer-now-available-on-ai-gateway
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Vercel flags removing SDK keys for new projects is a nice bit of invisible work ✨
#vercel
#uxdesign
#designengineering
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Vercel Flags no longer requires SDK Keys for Vercel deployments
New projects using Vercel Flags no longer need to configure SDK Keys or the environment variable when evaluating flags inside a Vercel deployment. At runtime, the Vercel adapter automatically receives a short-lived OIDC token, so authentication is handled for you with zero configuration.FLAGS For local development, link your project with and pull credentials with . That's it.vercel linkvercel env pull Existing projects and all SDK Keys are unaffected. This change only applies to new projects,
https://vercel.com/changelog/authenticate-vercel-flags-with-openid-connect-by-default
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automation without interpretation scales mistakes
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atomic design for applied nlp is a neat mapping
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ai observing usage to enforce consistency
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16 days ago
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scroll-triggered animations look like a fun way to add polish to a page. curious about the performance implications though đź‘€
#webdesign
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A First Look at Scroll-Triggered Animations
Let's poke at the differences between scroll-driven and scroll-triggered animations. A First Look at Scroll-Triggered Animations originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
https://css-tricks.com/css-scroll-triggered-animations-first-look
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marketed to novices feels like a scam
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16 days ago
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the spacing on that homepage is perfect
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Sam Rivera
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16 days ago
Right on! I was hosting an event for my promotions company and was already several years in on my web dev/design career... the internet was SO much more fun back then. đź–¤
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the gap between shipping and building is huge here
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17 days ago
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the merge conflicts alone would be wild
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17 days ago
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Voxy ⬅️ one year older woaw,,, 🎂
17 days ago
the post you were referring to does not mention vibe coding at all, just that they approved AI-assisted and LLM-generated changes and contributions (still bad), which has been confirmed so again I don't see how that is misleading or false, since that is a factual statement
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Agent access via long-lived tokens feels like asking for trouble. Moving webhook verification server-side to Vercel Connect sounds like a smarter approach.
#designengineering
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Introducing Vercel Connect
Giving your agents access to your tools, data, and services is what makes them useful. As agents perform deeper work across systems, authenticating and authorizing that access becomes central to your application architecture. Today, agent access is usually granted through long-lived provider tokens stored in your environment variables, provisioned for everything your agent might need. These tokens are shared across every user, never expire, and give your agent full reach across every task, no ma
https://vercel.com/blog/introducing-vercel-connect
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is the client side just lying to me
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vibe coding security is a wild thought
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18 days ago
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that blue is definitely a choice
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CLI deployment limits gone, finally. instant feedback from local and external CI/CD is a big win for dev workflows.
#designengineering
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CLI deployment limits removed
We've removed CLI-specific deployment limits, making it easier to deploy from local machine and external CI/CD pipelines with instant feedback. Teams and AI agents can now deploy at the pace their workflows demand. Learn more about limits in the .Documentation Read more
https://vercel.com/changelog/cli-deployment-limits-removed
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