Jason Long
@jasonlong.me
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product design @ planetscale · ex-github · vim enjoyer jasonlong.me
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Updated my GitHub readme. It's a node script that updates an animated SVG each day and hits Accuweather's API. Best part now is it links to Bluesky instead of the other site
github.com/jasonlong
about 1 year ago
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I've been going sticker-free for a while, but I love this gallery of sticker-covered laptops.
stickertop.art/main/
5 days ago
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The homogenization of logos has been talked about a lot, but car colors, coffee shops, apartments, AirBnbs sadly all look the same now.
www.experimental-history.com/p/the-declin...
15 days ago
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If you test light vs. dark mode styling often, try adding a keyboard shortcut to "Toggle System Appearance" in
@raycast.com
. I recently assigned a Hyper key (right ⌘) in Raycast and flip back and forth with Hyper-Space.
17 days ago
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.
@thorstenball.com
's newsletter has been one of my fav 2 for a long time now - highly recommended for curious nerd types:
registerspill.thorstenball.com
My other fav is Installer from
@theverge.com
(now requires a Verge subscription I believe):
www.theverge.com/installer-ne...
18 days ago
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This nerd is excited. Signed copy of my Tom Sachs book arrived just in time for the weekend.
27 days ago
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My favorite CSS tip recently is to add some extra invisible target area to small interactive UI elements.
#designsky
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about 1 month ago
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Props to Apple for listening
www.macrumors.com/2025/10/20/i...
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iOS 26.1 Beta 4 Lets Users Control Liquid Glass Transparency with New Toggle
With the fourth betas of iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS 26.1, Apple has introduced a new setting that's designed to allow users to customize...
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/20/ios-26-1-liquid-glass-toggle/
about 1 month ago
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I love these Japanese words.
www.instagram.com/p/DO-s9eQklqu/
about 1 month ago
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If you're looking to escape the maddening chaos of everything, this isn't it. But Cory Doctorow's new book is a great read.
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Enshittification
Enshittification: it’s not just you—the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can disenshittify it.We’re living through the Enshittocen...
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/?ueid=b6301b76d0f070227be14c3a161a7642&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025-10-18%20Installer%20102&utm_term=Installer
about 1 month ago
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www.reddit.com/r/macapps/co...
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From the macapps community on Reddit: [Open Source] Disable Liquid Glass with SolidGlass
Explore this post and more from the macapps community
https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1nz6tco/open_source_disable_liquid_glass_with_solidglass/
about 2 months ago
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I'm liking Kagi News. Nice concept, nice privacy stance, nice design/UX.
kite.kagi.com
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Kagi News
Kagi News distills thousands of world-wide news sources into one perfect daily briefing. Get every critical perspective in just 5 minutes. No endless scrolling. No attention hijacking.
https://kite.kagi.com/
about 2 months ago
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reposted by
Jason Long
PlanetScale
2 months ago
PlanetScale for Postgres is now GA.
planetscale.com/blog/planets...
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PlanetScale for Postgres is now GA — PlanetScale
PlanetScale for Postgres is now generally available.
https://planetscale.com/blog/planetscale-for-postgres-is-generally-available
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Imagine a designer pitching Liquid Glass to Steve Jobs
2 months ago
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Slowly relearning how to Blender
2 months ago
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Me trying Roam Research for the first time in 2025
2 months ago
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Now _that's_ an
@obsidian.md
theme 🤌
github.com/emarpiee/Ret...
3 months ago
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mrdoob
3 months ago
Made a nice page for all my demoscene favorites.
mrdoob.com/demoscene/
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Morning vibes
3 months ago
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Avocado seed experiment going strong
3 months ago
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I'm sure expert illustrators know this, but as someone who struggles w/ bezier curves this is useful info
jakerainis.com/blog/0-90-te...
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0º or 90º: A Technique to Improve Your Vectors - Jake Rainis
Use this technique to drastically improve the quality of your vector curves. When using 0º or 90º technique, bezier handles are not pulled at random angles.
https://jakerainis.com/blog/0-90-technique-improve-vectors/
3 months ago
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ASCII spectrum analyzer on
musicforprogramming.net
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3 months ago
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Jason Long
PlanetScale
3 months ago
PlanetScale Metal runs in AWS and GCP, making it easy to deploy your database and application near each other.
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Nice resource for UI components and how different design systems implement them.
designsystems.surf/components
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Design Systems Components & Main Parts
References on Design Systems Components from top tech companies and leading UI teams in a convenient library.
https://designsystems.surf/components
3 months ago
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Someone hit 280 WPM for 60s on
monkeytype.com
this week. And 314 WPM for 15s.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9pB...
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[MONKEYTYPE 60s WR] 280 WPM
YouTube video by joshu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9pB895HubE
3 months ago
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I don't know how good Cursor CLI is yet but it's made a good first impression
3 months ago
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"In Japan, users found it uncomfortable to “poke” the eye with a pointed cursor to hide a layer."
adobe.design/stories/desi...
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The evolution of five of Adobe’s iconic icons
How time and circumstance have transformed these legendary in-app symbols
https://adobe.design/stories/design-for-scale/the-evolution-of-five-of-adobe-s-iconic-icons
4 months ago
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My periodic attempt at brand design. From ChatGPT Meneki-neko cat concept to final product.
planetscale.com/blog/announc...
4 months ago
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Jason Long
PlanetScale
4 months ago
We’ve been hard at work building the most scalable and reliable sharding solution for Postgres. A great piece of software deserves a great name and iconography. Say hello to Neki.
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I appreciate the effort here, but I really hope Liquid Glass continues to get dialed way back (or rethought more deeply 🤞) before things go this far
add a skeleton here at some point
4 months ago
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Fantastic logo by
@pentagramdesign.bsky.social
.
www.pentagram.com/work/twelvel...
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4 months ago
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Table with per-cell sparklines on
@planetscale.com
#designsky
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4 months ago
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One of the best coffees I’ve ever had. Lean To Coffee in Skye Scotland
4 months ago
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Part way through a trip to Scotland 🏴 📷 Zerocam
4 months ago
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Besides
#designsky
, anyone have any good bsky lists of designers that still actually post here? Seems most lists are full of people that bailed after the election surge
4 months ago
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Radio group control for
@planetscale.com
Metal storage option styled like an NVMe SSD
4 months ago
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If you're a designer and use
@are.na
, check out this Tiny UI channel. It's a huge collection of small UI elements - great inspo.
www.are.na/marvin-schwa...
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Tiny Ui | Are.na
https://www.are.na/marvin-schwaibold-h-ci_irhun0/tiny-ui
4 months ago
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Gomez
5 months ago
Anyone want to jump on a zoom to import their postgres database to
@planetscale.com
? We've got a coupon $100 for you
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Database summary card shown on
@planetscale.com
dashboard. Metrics link to corresponding pages. This example has two keyspaces, the sharded one running on NVMe Metal storage.
5 months ago
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Trying to share more
@planetscale.com
UI design work. This is the database infrastructure diagram comparing a simple Postgres cluster and a more complex Vitess/MySQL cluster with multiple shards.
5 months ago
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I'm so not looking forward to this glassy fad
5 months ago
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Showing tabular data in a dropdown.
@planetscale.com
cluster size menu w/ dozens of SKUs
5 months ago
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Updated my site from light/dark mode to dark/night mode. I've always loved the old red BMW gauge cluster look and the Apple Watch Ultra night mode.
jasonlong.me
5 months ago
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15 years of using git and I just used `git bisect` for the first time to track down a bug 💪
5 months ago
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Jason Long
PlanetScale
5 months ago
PlanetScale now supports Postgres.
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Adam is awesome and has some very unique technical design skills. Highly recommended.
add a skeleton here at some point
5 months ago
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Jason Long
mrmrs
5 months ago
view-color.com
Pick a color and sit back while the computer finds you all of the accessible combos 🍿
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This old man is mainly a Mario Kart guy but I’ve always wanted to play this
5 months ago
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I'm still not sure how I feel about Dia, but I do love a well-written post about a team's product design thinking.
browsercompany.substack.com/p/the-strate...
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The strategy behind Dia's design
On familiarity, simplicity, and balancing a novelty budget.
https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/the-strategy-behind-dias-design
5 months ago
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Not sure if anyone here needs such a thing, but I still keep tabs on a couple Twitter people and this URL lets you create an RSS feed for accounts. Just swap the username:
rss.xcancel.com/username/rss
5 months ago
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Pretty awesome that
@planetscale.com
is the first company profiled by
@workspaces.bsky.social
www.workspaces.xyz/p/488-planet...
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488 - PlanetScale - Workspaces
PlanetScale is the world’s fastest and most reliable relational database. Explore the workspaces of creative individuals, sent directly to your inbox every Saturday and Sunday.
https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/488-planetscale
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