Just got a test assignment which says “no use of AI, if you use AI, we disqualify your application”. The job description though highlighted that establishing AI-enabled workflows is one of the tasks.
Thoughts, suggestions?
Family talk at breakfast today:
Hubby: I went to a second-hand shop today and saw they were selling comics from year 85.
Kid: Wait, what? There hasn’t even been a year 85 yet!
If you know who they are, you are about 103 yo.
Kaakao life!
I’m at a meetup and Tony Kovanen educates the audience on agents. Looks super useful!
1pm, I ran out of tokens in both Cursor and Claude Code -> early pick up from the day care for the kids, the are getting the mom day, yay!
Life in Finland
That’s me…
My biggest productivity life hack is: writing things down
I found a new tool today. Called Kap and makes GIFs out of screen captures. It's free and super easy to use!
getkap.co
Designers! 🎨 Ready to stop playing "prompt roulette" when [vibe] coding?
Join Sherif and me for a hands-on workshop. We'll show you a systematic way to get predictable results from Cursor. It's perfect for bridging the design-dev gap in 2026. ✨
Jan 27 • 9am PST / 6pm CET
luma.com/bx46lust
When you have a toddler at home
Best content at Design Systems London meetup
A cup of coffee on a busy street
Finnish mind cannot comprehend this
Tokens naming convention I follow in my projects 👇
Prefix → Category → Group → Entity → Modifier → ID (each part is optional)
Examples:
- ds/color/global/blue/50 - Global color palette
- ds/color/concept/brand/base - Conceptual brand color
- ds/input/border/focus - Component-specific state
Don’t be! We get charged in summer 🤣
Hey from Finland! To me what helps is to get up with light. For that, light alarm but also - smart lamps in the living room and kitchen. So that it’s bright there when I step out of the bedroom.
I was wondering why the windows in the ladies’ section in the gym were frosted, it would be nice to look outside. Then I suddenly realized why. What a f***ing world we’re living in. 🫠
The Technical Assessment started and... ended right away.
Note: This is even before they had a look at my CV. I never got a call from an HR, maybe the position doesn't even exist and they just forgot to take the role off the website.
$1,000,000 — that’s how much my first client earned by investing in a design system.
… and that was a long time ago, the numbers have only grown since then.
Do you need to prove that #designsystems worth it? I’ve got plenty of materials that can help you build a strong case and I am happy to share.
Sil said that there will be pitches from stage, so I committed something to show the very last moment right from the audience! Let’s see how it works :-)
Greeting from Spotify’s roof! @ Stockholm
Finally got around to organizing everything about our #DesignSystems Breakfast series by Bridge the Gap. We don't record because it's more like friends meeting up rather than anything official, but it's nice to have links to all our speakers and their topics.
Full archive: bridge-the-gap.dev/events
Ideal weather to ride a carriage with a little princess!
New life chapter!
Applied for a job. CV says "Finnish C1". In the cover letter (in Finnish) I mention that too. Result: rejected because Finnish language skills are mandatory. They must mean Finnish skill of my granny (as usual) 🤣
Attention Europe-based design system fellows! We have the next breakfast on Sept 4th (Thursday) 🎉
The topic: UnoCSS: Instant On-demand Atomic CSS Engine, that nobody speaks about (but they should)
The event is super casual, join and sip your coffee!
See here: www.linkedin.com/posts/bridge...
-10kg, 180 days sharp
Hubby, can you just drink in the forest like all the other guys?!
(that’s a half of it)
