Doing a bunch of overdue maintenance work on the shadcn/ui kit. Getting it in shape for a new project that’s coming up.

New blog post: Why I'm bullish on #$FIG johanronsse.be/2026/01/16/w...

We released 1.4.0 of our @shadcn.com kit for @figma.com . This release includes a design to development plugin and better multi-theme support. Free and open source. More details at shadcn.obra.studio/blog/1-4-0-r...

Ik ben op zoek naar een freelance front-end developer met snelle beschikbaarheid om de groei van Obra Studio te ondersteunen. Meer info: florentine-peak-bd0.notion.site/Front-end-de...

Happy new year everyone! For things regarding Obra Studio, I will be focusing a lot more on communicating via our own newsletter in 2026 instead of depending on algorithmically driven social media channels - if you are interested, you can sign up here: buttondown.com/obra

I finally got around to publishing my year in review 2025, which you can read on my blog: johanronsse.be/2026/01/06/y...

“Why designers can no longer trust the design process” (it could never be trusted anyway) - trust in yourself more. Great talk by @jenny_wen youtu.be/4u94juYwLLM?...

New blog post (in Dutch) - Nog eens in België johanronsse.be/2025/12/19/n...

Yesterday I saw Frankenstein by Guillermo del Toro on Netflix - what a great movie. ★★★★

(in Dutch) I wrote a blog post about 1 year of Obra on my personal blog johanronsse.be/2025/11/29/z...

We’re doing great work for a new German client, using our shadcn/ui system. The work inspires improving the kit, too, which will be useful for any other project using it.

New YouTube video: I vibe coded this Tailwind color pallette tool www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPFG...

Nieuwe blog post: Frictie johanronsse.be/2025/11/13/f...

I can’t believe I am learning PHP again

Nieuwe blog post: Gekleurde vakjes johanronsse.be/2025/11/06/g...

You can say what you want about Wordpress (and I will likely agree) but Gutenberg is a better editor than the CKEditor in Craft CMS. Hated it at first and grown to love it.

Dispatch (the PC game) is pretty entertaining, finished the already released 4 episodes. Better than watching a series at night

Continuing some deep thinking on Obra Studio's positioning and making some early updated website mockups. Where do we change copy, how do we organize the sections? Always a challenge to do this for yourself.

Trying something new - I have a new Figma specific blog over at obra-figma.ghost.io/welcome-to-o...

Doing some research on Django and Wagtail. First impressions are rather good.

11 more ♥️s to reach 1000 likes for our Obra shadcn/ui kit on Figma community. Thanks for the love so far 💕 www.figma.com/community/fi...

Figma outage... #temporarilyunemployed

Hades II is an incredible game

Based on a community question, I wrote a blog post and made a new video that shows how to upgrade the Obra shadcn/ui kit. Upgrading Figma libraries is not for the faint of heart, but it can be done. See this post: shadcn.obra.studio/blog/how-to-...

New blog post on my personal blog: VoIP adventures johanronsse.be/2025/10/14/v...

Shutting down a few old domains. Breaks my archivist heart. Cool URLs stay the same...

Time to arrange the ability to do proper phone calls without the international cost. I live in Mexico, have a local number here , and a Mobile Vikings account in Belgium. Does anyone know a good solution for making & receiving calls via VOIP that would make it work anywhere?

One Battle After Another ★★★ not PTA’s best but a very entertaining roadshow

“The interface is restless, needy, less predictable, less legible, and constantly pulling focus rather than supporting seamless access to content“. First time I didn't update my phone to the latest iOS. As an app designer, I have... questions.

I've been using Wisprflow for a while, great dictation app that works system-wide on Mac. Use it to vibe code and dictate e-mails and messages. Join Wisprflow (this is a referral link) and I get 1 month free wisprflow.ai/r?WOLFR1

#shadcn UI kit related: we would like your input on a simplified version of the kit. This would likely be released as a new community file. Please find the Github discussion via github.com/Obra-Studio/...

Craft 6 will be built on Laravel craftquest.io/lessons/what...

Nieuwe blogpost op mijn persoonlijke blog: Kwartaal 4 / Oproep voor scharniermoment #1 / Figma workshops gepland johanronsse.be/2025/10/06/k...

We're closing down Screenshot to Layout, our Figma plugin to do OCR in Figma. Announcement here: screenshottolayout.com/closing-down/

The nichest of blog posts - Combining puma-dev (for RoR projects) with regular localhost (for Next.js and node-type projects) johanronsse.be/2025/09/17/c...

When I signed up to aftermath.site I thought I would get something akin to Edge magazine, but there is an overt focus on meta game journalist topics and politics and not on the games themselves. It auto renewed for another year but I don't think I'll be paying again.

New blog post on the Obra shadcn/ui blog: 0.4.0 released (plus: variable plugins for consistency) shadcn.obra.studio/blog/0-4-0-r...

Figma tutorial: use nested instances to create complex component variants www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jf9...

I have been running iOS26 on my iPad Mini over summer as well as testing it on an older iPhone 12 Pro. I think it’s the first time ever I don’t want to update my OS on my main iPhone 16 Pro - because of what Apple designed, poor performance overall and not loving liquid glass.

New blog post on the Obra shadcn/ui kit blog: Dark and light mode: community input needed shadcn.obra.studio/blog/dark-an...

Nieuwe blogpost op mijn persoonlijke blog: baby op de arm johanronsse.be/2025/08/31/b...

New blog post on my personal blog - From a revenue goal to a profit goal johanronsse.be/2025/08/25/f...

New blog post: Optimally presenting Figma-based designs with SwitchResX and the right shortcuts johanronsse.be/2025/08/22/o...

When your LinkedIn posts only get liked by your employees, maybe revise your content strategy 🧐

New blogpost (in Dutch): Op en neer johanronsse.be/2025/08/20/o...

4000 users for our #shadcn kit. Growing quite fast 💪 www.figma.com/community/fi...

Read blog post - “iOS 26 is shaping up to be a usability nightmare” asadotzler.com/ios-26-is-sh...

New blog post on my personal blog: Hiring again johanronsse.be/2025/07/26/h...

Getting some interesting applications for our new designer role at Obra Studio. We’re looking for a new designer to join our growing team. obra.studio/jobs/digital...

I am seeing so much hype about Lovable on my Linkedin but not sure why. It doesn’t seem much better than other vibe coding tools. Output tends to be ugly.