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How to Create a Cloudflare Account (and Give a Developer Access) | Bethink Studio Cloudflare is a great resource for increasing site security, improving speed, and managing DNS records. Here are some quick instructions for creating and sharing access to your account.

Don't worry: You don't need to manage your Cloudflare account alone. Here are some quick instructions for creating an account—and giving your developer access.

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The Constructs of Color, Code, and More: The Bethink Bee, Issue 6 | Bethink Studio

In this month's Bethink Bee: a treasure trove of talks from the archives, a whole lot of color theory, and the power of perspective in web design—and social justice.

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The Too Early Breakpoint An opinion on why we shouldn't switch to the smallest design too early.

The next time you shrink a window slightly and end up looking at a view meant for a cell phone, let it be a reminder that your website projects need more breakpoints.

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The Word “Computer” Meant Human… (At Some Point) – Iterative Wonders If you asked to see a computer in the 1700s, no one would point you to a glowing rectangle. They’d point you to a person. Yes, a human. For centuries, "computer

Before we began using the word to describe our devices, "computer" was a job title for a human being. It's a fact that pokes a hole in the idea that those devices could ever replace us—because we built them to think *like us.*

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Detail · Where craft lives A curated study of the tiny design decisions that make products feel exceptional in AI era. For designers and engineers who believe the small things can make big difference.

If you're looking for evidence that good design is all in the details—then look no further.

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Programming principles for self taught front-end developers The majority of us are a bunch of self taught people with rather spotty knowledge and that's fine! Kilian (also self taught) is here to share some of the computer science fundamentals you probably…

Calling all self-taught front-end developers! Don't skip these insights into writing better code (and writing code better) from @kilianvalkhof.com.

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How To Stay Relevant In Marketing Without Chasing Every Shiny Thing For anyone working in branding, digital marketing or agency land, there are three things worth doubling down on.

An important reminder: "In a field that keeps changing its tools, the only sustainable advantage is how you think, what you notice and how honest you’re willing to be."

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The Hidden History of Women Game Designers - JSTOR Daily Nineteenth-century women turned music lessons into interactive entertainment, complete with spinning wheels and ivory counters.

Alicia Catherine Mant. Elizabeth Rowse. Margaret Bryan. Anne Young. Abelinde Prince. Abbie T. Hays. Sarah W. Featherstone.

Together, they shaped the tradition of gamifying music education—and paved the way for apps like Solfege Story, programs like ToneGym, and even your favorite Guitar Hero set.

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A Little Clarity On SEO, GEO, And AEO Although the debate over SEO versus AEO/GEO continues, there are signs that a consensus is emerging.

It's not just SEO anymore. Now it's GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) and AEO (Answer Engine Optimization).

But some things never change—like the importance of producing content that's clear, unique, and impactful.

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Your Design System Needs an Enforcer Although design systems promise consistency, most still fail without someone actively enforcing the rules and making teams follow them.

Does your design system have an enforcer?

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Friction by Design - Carl Barenbrug What gets lost when everything is effortless? For years, good digital design has been framed as the removal of friction. Faster flows. Fewer steps. Instant …

"Humans don’t operate best at machine speed. We think, hesitate, reconsider, and change our minds. Design that ignores this doesn’t make people more efficient — it instead pushes them to move faster than their intent."

Loving this ode to friction—and design that lets people think.

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How bias pushed the ‘Computer Girls’ out of tech The tech world was once dominated by women.

Tech was once women-dominated—until the "computer nerd" stereotype began reshaping hiring norms and practices.

This Women's History Month, it's worth asking: "What might the 'Computer Girls' of later generations have created if they continued to flood tech and business with their talents?"

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Ten Years and Four Days of Bethink Happy birthday to us!

Ten years, four days—and five newsletters.

It's Bethink's birthday, and in the latest Bethink Bee, our founder @bethsoderberg.bsky.social reflected on how it started, how it's going, and how much we all love snacks from Trader Joe's.

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Why RSS matters The future of the web depends on simple, open standards.

"If we want an internet where publishers retain autonomy and readers retain agency, we need to treat RSS not as legacy plumbing but as strategic infrastructure."

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The Invisible Work The coordination work that holds projects together disappears the moment it works. On the unfairness of recognition and finding leaders who see it anyway.

It takes a lot of (invisible!) work to make a project succeed, run efficiently, and run smoothly. We should all learn how to pay attention differently so we can spot it.

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If print is not dead, who’s keeping it alive? Shifting our focus from the designer or artist, and putting a spotlight on the printmakers and presses behind their projects, we spoke to some of the people crafting our tangible visual worlds about…

Print 👏 isn't 👏 dead! Just ask these next-gen printmakers.

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Inside FAIR’s Approach to Security: A New Model for WordPress Package Safety FAIR’s architecture is inspired by Bluesky’s distributed moderation, uses cryptographic DIDs for provenance, and is federating cautiously to balance security with decentralization.

"FAIR has borrowed from an architecture that’s already proven itself at scale in another federated ecosystem: Bluesky’s approach to distributed moderation."

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It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe

If those Tahoe icons are disrupting your workflow these days, take heart: You're not alone!

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The copyrightability of fonts revisited: Matthew Butterick Matthew Butterick

Laatz v. Zazzle poses a complicated question: Can you copyright a font or not?

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ICYMI: This month's Bethink Bee was all about intention—in web design, in process-building, and, of course, in all the rest of life.

Read + Subscribe: bethink.studio/life-as-an-i...

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How To Design For (And With) Deaf People — Smashing Magazine Practical UX guidelines to keep in mind for 466 million people who experience hearing loss. More design patterns in Smart Interface Design Patterns, a **friendly video course on UX** and design…

These practical UX guidelines will help you make sure the 466 million people who experience hearing loss can still access all the good stuff you're sharing online.

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Code like a surgeon A lot of people say AI will make us all “managers” or “editors”…but I think this is a dangerously incomplete view!

BRB, adding "code like a surgeon" to our list of resolutions.

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ADA Rules for Websites are Changing—Are You Affected? | Bethink Studio The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) compliance window for websites, content and mobile applications is approaching. Here's what you need to know.

The ADA requires websites, digital content, and mobile applications to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines—and to do it soon.

Here’s everything you need to know to demonstrate compliance.

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Life as an intentional experiment: The Bethink Bee, Issue 4 | Bethink Studio

"Life is one big experiment. Move forward with intent. Take a minute to make the small adjustment you’ve been thinking about and see how it feels."

In this month's Bethink Bee: tech stories we loved, insight into FSE themes, and the story of a very intentional build. (Also: Free stickers!)

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Frank Chimero · Beyond the Machine Frank Chimero’s Personal Website

"I am so tired of hearing about AI. Unfortunately, this is a talk about AI."

@frankchimero.com took on creative agency in the AI landscape in his latest talk, at Kinference in Brooklyn.

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In this month's Bethink newsletter, @bethsoderberg.bsky.social reflects on the chaos of an increasingly fragile Internet infrastructure. (Also inside: a WordPress deep dive, next-gen digital organizing, and our favorite fall beverages.)

Welcome to the Bethink Bee: view.flodesk.com/emails/690c2...

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Dithering - Part 1 Understanding how dithering works, visually.

(Almost) everything you've ever wanted to know about dithering — and it turns out that may be more than you think.

Thank you for this fascinating and immersive explainer, @damarberlari.bsky.social!

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7 Practical Animation Tips

@emilkowal.ski shared seven simple ideas for improving your animations.

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Design From the Margins In an age of virtual connectivity and increased reliance on the internet for daily functions, including by marginalized groups, can companies and technologists reframe their features or standards to…

A new report from Harvard's @belfercenter.bsky.social explains the Design From the Margins (DFM) process — and why we should be using it from ideation to launch.

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Architectural debt is not just technical debt Frederick's delirious rants

How many layers deep is your architectural debt? @maybefrederick.bsky.social dives into it.

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