one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
Well they finally did it. DOGE got rid of my friend Anne, the only remaining person at the web design system for the entire US government. The replacement appears to be AI-generated code with no dedicated human oversight.
GSA’s web design system head replaced with Treasury AI engineer
The U.S. Web Design System is intended to help the federal government build accessible and mobile-friendly websites.
www.nextgov.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Well they finally did it. DOGE got rid of my friend Anne, the only remaining person at the web design system for the entire US government. The replacement appears to be AI-generated code with no dedicated human oversight.
my rules for system design:
1. try to avoid designing a system
2. if you find yourself stuck designing a system, make it a small one
1. try to avoid designing a system
2. if you find yourself stuck designing a system, make it a small one
September 4, 2026 at 3:27 PM
my rules for system design:
1. try to avoid designing a system
2. if you find yourself stuck designing a system, make it a small one
1. try to avoid designing a system
2. if you find yourself stuck designing a system, make it a small one
the snap election is one of those boring ass electoral system design elements that turns out to have immense political implications
It just now strikes me that the United States, unlike every other democracy in the world, has never ever ever had an early presidential election. This seems like a problem? Like you need to have an institutionalized path for designating an entire administration illegitimate and voting for a new one?
January 24, 2026 at 11:41 PM
the snap election is one of those boring ass electoral system design elements that turns out to have immense political implications
the patenting of game systems and system design harms the entire industry
Nintendo has successfully acquired a US patent covering the ability to summon characters in a game and make them battle for you.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintend...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintend...
Nintendo now has a US patent on summoning characters and making them battle for you | VGC
The new patent theoretically covers an action that is present in numerous non-Nintendo games…
www.videogameschronicle.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
the patenting of game systems and system design harms the entire industry
Hello, I am a well-adjusted human being who fears Italian food. Please design your tax system around me.
The non-doms who came to the UK to save tax and love living here, are moving to Italy, which they don’t like and fear the food, because they don’t want to pay more tax on their global income bit.ly/4jcE7cK the UK they say will lose their lavish spending and investment
‘Rachel Reeves is making us move to Italy’
Ann Kaplan Mulholland and her husband are worth ‘half a billion’, but she says the changes to non-dom rules have left them with ‘no choice’
bit.ly
April 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Hello, I am a well-adjusted human being who fears Italian food. Please design your tax system around me.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you design a system and 50% of its users are using it wrong, that is not user error.
You cannot blame users for that, you built a terrible system.
You cannot blame users for that, you built a terrible system.
April 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you design a system and 50% of its users are using it wrong, that is not user error.
You cannot blame users for that, you built a terrible system.
You cannot blame users for that, you built a terrible system.
you cannot design a system of government that can survive everyone running it wanting a different system of government
March 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
you cannot design a system of government that can survive everyone running it wanting a different system of government
xbox 360, proposed designs (2005) archive.org/details/xbox...
September 25, 2026 at 3:29 AM
xbox 360, proposed designs (2005) archive.org/details/xbox...
Political parties should never draw districting lines. It's like letting the fox design the security system for the chicken coop.
It is anti-Democracy to the core.
It is anti-Democracy to the core.
August 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Political parties should never draw districting lines. It's like letting the fox design the security system for the chicken coop.
It is anti-Democracy to the core.
It is anti-Democracy to the core.
The system is all but unnavigable by design.
January 8, 2026 at 3:13 AM
The system is all but unnavigable by design.
What's your favorite webcomponent-based design system? I'm a big fan of nordhealth.design (public, not open source though)
Nord Design System
Design, build, and ship coherent experiences with Nordhealth’s design system.
nordhealth.design
January 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
What's your favorite webcomponent-based design system? I'm a big fan of nordhealth.design (public, not open source though)
✔️ Wrecks the already troubled healthcare system
✔️ Prevents those most hurt by the failed healthcare system from recovering financially
= this is cruelty by design & on purpose.
✔️ Prevents those most hurt by the failed healthcare system from recovering financially
= this is cruelty by design & on purpose.
October 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
✔️ Wrecks the already troubled healthcare system
✔️ Prevents those most hurt by the failed healthcare system from recovering financially
= this is cruelty by design & on purpose.
✔️ Prevents those most hurt by the failed healthcare system from recovering financially
= this is cruelty by design & on purpose.
Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor.
Donors make huge profits while workers get shafted.
Repeat.
This is not a coincidence. It's a political-economic system that's been corrupted by design.
Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor.
Donors make huge profits while workers get shafted.
Repeat.
This is not a coincidence. It's a political-economic system that's been corrupted by design.
September 23, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor.
Donors make huge profits while workers get shafted.
Repeat.
This is not a coincidence. It's a political-economic system that's been corrupted by design.
Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor.
Donors make huge profits while workers get shafted.
Repeat.
This is not a coincidence. It's a political-economic system that's been corrupted by design.
Now that I finally got this Mo design out of my system I’m gonna leave this here
April 27, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Now that I finally got this Mo design out of my system I’m gonna leave this here
Engineers discover a revolutionary technology called "CSS classes". polar.sh/blog/orbit-l...
Building an LLM safe design system
Our quest to build a scalable, LLM-safe design system
polar.sh
June 19, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Engineers discover a revolutionary technology called "CSS classes". polar.sh/blog/orbit-l...
System Design - Protocolos e Comunicação de Rede
Technical Blog
fidelissauro.dev
September 8, 2024 at 4:07 PM
The system is doing exactly what they design it to do.
May 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The system is doing exactly what they design it to do.
The upcoming System Collapse tour schedule: marthawells.dreamwidth.org/634600.html
October 17, 2023 at 2:06 PM
The upcoming System Collapse tour schedule: marthawells.dreamwidth.org/634600.html
Vocês não acham perigoso que System Design e Design System tenham praticamente o mesmo nome mas signifiquem coisas bem diferentes?
September 25, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Vocês não acham perigoso que System Design e Design System tenham praticamente o mesmo nome mas signifiquem coisas bem diferentes?
i had to get it out of my system so i can be normal again
April 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
i had to get it out of my system so i can be normal again
Welfare system design :/ So pointlessly hostile *and* crime-inducing levels of underfunded.
September 23, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Welfare system design :/ So pointlessly hostile *and* crime-inducing levels of underfunded.
Exactly!! "How do you design a system that still functions if it's subsumed by bad faith actors?"
The answer is you can't.
The answer is you can't.
March 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Exactly!! "How do you design a system that still functions if it's subsumed by bad faith actors?"
The answer is you can't.
The answer is you can't.