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Benjamin De Cock

@bdc

Designer. Formerly @stripe, @csswg.

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calendar_today13-11-2007 09:34:36

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Regular spaces look offensively bad with exclamation marks, em dashes, etc. but no space at all looks almost just as bad. The only way to live a decent and respectable life is to rely on automatic text replacement to add proper narrow spaces when needed. 🤢 Hi ! 👎 Hi! 👌 Hi !

Regular spaces look offensively bad with exclamation marks, em dashes, etc. but no space at all looks almost just as bad. The only way to live a decent and respectable life is to rely on automatic text replacement to add proper narrow spaces when needed.

🤢 Hi !
👎 Hi!
👌 Hi !
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Stunning book on Otl Aicher. His work is outstanding, especially the visual identity and pictograms he designed for the 1972 Olympic Games.

Stunning book on Otl Aicher. His work is outstanding, especially the visual identity and pictograms he designed for the 1972 Olympic Games.
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Once <link rel=prefetch> and the Shared Element Transition API are supported in all modern browsers, I'm not touching a single-page app ever again.

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I try to stay optimistic about the future but I'm increasingly losing hope. I'm angry, frustrated and horrified about our lack of drastic reaction to climate change. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

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I did a fun little interview with the great folks from @compound about the early days at Stripe and its incredible culture. manual.withcompound.com/chapters/inter…

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Good lord, this thing really sparks joy! Coming from an ancient 11 Pro, the biggest difference for me isn't actually the Dynamic Island but the ProMotion display. So much FPS 🔥

Good lord, this thing really sparks joy! Coming from an ancient 11 Pro, the biggest difference for me isn't actually the Dynamic Island but the ProMotion display. So much FPS 🔥
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Some personal news: I recently left Increase! I had a blast — truly exceptional team and killer product! 🔥 What's next? I'm not sure yet, but for now I'd like to continue my angel investments and help the startups I invest in. Ping me if you're interested: [email protected]

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