Dan Hollick (design engineer at Cursor, formerly Tailwind and Raycast) shares a video walkthrough of the custom tooling he built to produce the illustrations for his book Making Software. This is what ​“designing the tool that designs the work” looks like in practice.

Dan Hollick is writing Making Software, ​“a reference manual for people who design and build software.“ I’ve always admired the depth he goes to while researching and explaining complex concepts. In this new chapter, he answers every question you’ve ever had about digital color.

Tailwind’s Dan Hollick shows Ridd from Dive Club how Claude Code ties into Figma’s MCP server to spin up an editable UI, sharing his prompting tactics and live-debug workflow along the way. Handy if you’re testing AI-assisted builds from real design files.

Dan Hollick shared his Creator Micro setup (with a beautiful illustration, of course!), and there are some good ideas in replies as well. I also shared my setup on Twitter.

Using it for a few weeks made me dream of eink key caps that can be updated based on the current mode. I find it hard to remember what keys do across four modes, so I rarely switch them. Elgato Stream Deck might be the answer, but I’m not a big fan of the look.

Dan Hollick explains the science behind making realistic shadows and recommends the Beautiful Shadows plugin that takes care of this for you.

Dan Hollick with a fascinating thread on an optimal x‑height size and a visual arc.