Rob Hameetman

I’m not just getting back into design systems, I’m looking to (re)build one that dethrones Shopify’s Polaris as the industry gold standard. I have the expertise but open source won’t cut it, I need a team that actually has the means at an org that values solid design/eng enough to make it happen.

Feels weird to announce but alas, my time at ID.me has come to an end. Moved back to Chicago last week. Anyone need a dope UI library or an expert with micro-frontends?

so we're all spending our day today converting our project CLAUDE.md files to AGENT.md right?

Excited that TypeScript will finally support module types based on import attributes! Bundlers and frameworks can now provide accurate types for custom imports:

Cool, Threads just randomly decided to permanently suspend my account without having done anything wrong. Fuck that app.

With all the 3D CSS projects going around, Doom, Quake, etc it makes me want to revisit my 2019 100% CSS renders (based on artwork by Romain Trystram) github.com/propjockey/D...

What if websites were felt?

Underrated feature: NPM subpath imports Better than @/* and ~/*, which require resolvers for vendor builds in tools like jest/vitest in multipackage monorepos. And don’t worry folks, I got us covered on the meme!

TIL vibe-coded commits are called "vommits". It's so chef's kiss perfect 🤌

feeling this one today

I’ve been building my own JSX -> Web Components pipeline. My website has React + Next.js + Tailwind functionality with no dependencies. I’m adding in a DSL just for filesystem-based routing. I’m in this post.

Thrilled to share that I’ve been given the opportunity to take on a broader scope and drive even more impact across the org.

I haven’t blogged for 6 months and I should probably get back to that

I think I officially have shadcn fatigue

CSS anchor positioning is newly baseline! This opens the door for lots of new creative CSS. It's a huge feature, but here are the basics.

my new company has a Web Components design system and I’m so intrigued!

in 5 years or less I’ll be able to sell UI components for $30k a pop by marketing my hand-written code as “designer”

me opening my laptop tomorrow after 2 weeks of fully dissociating

Wordle 1,651 3/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

the more I use proxies the more I realize how underrated they are

Conway: This is a criminal government. Unless you are willing to say that, you’re basically fighting on their terms. They get to lie, and they win that battle because people say, “We shouldn’t use that kind of language.” But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.

There is critical vulnerability in React Server Components disclosed as CVE-2025-55182 that impacts React 19 and frameworks that use it. A fix has been published in React versions 19.0.1, 19.1.2, and 19.2.1. We recommend upgrading immediately. react.dev/blog/2025/12...

I should invent a serialization format called Grotesquely Overengineered Object Notation just so I can say my APIs GOON hard

JSDOM is great but I’m surprised no one’s built a browser DOM implementation in TypeScript that uses the actual interfaces from lib.dom.d.ts. Guess what I’ve been building 😏

I've been building my own JSX pipeline. It's still a baby pipeline but it compiles JSX → Web Components and supports server components. One of the most fun challenges I've taken on outside of MFEs. Also, not having any framework runtimes or prod dependencies just feels great!

Why I 🧡 the web. This #WebGL game where you deliver messages on a tiny planet is amazing. Smooth animation. Peaceful vibes (and i didn't even play, I wondered around). messenger.abeto.co #JavaScript #chillvibe #game

If we have watermelon, shouldn’t firemelon, earthmelon, and airmelon exist? The Elemelons.

Yes, sometimes it takes me five days to text back. But my messages are not late, they arrive precisely when they mean to.

I'm joining the fun

Any idiot can build software. It takes a REAL engineer to scale out an ansericulture platform to 64 g/day (p95) & ≤+0.1 FCR drift across 12-week growouts on a rotational pasture fabric w/federated bioclustering, supplemental 4R nutrient stewardship, microclimate integration, and transgenic stacking.

Woohoo! 🎉 My write-up about perception-based design systems is featured in the latest Design Systems Collective newsletter! If you're into design systems (and let's be real, why wouldn't you be?), it's worth having in your inbox. medium.com/design-syste...

what a time to be alive!

Design Systems treat tokens as subatomic design particles, ignoring human perception. Since we preach user experience, you'd expect them to mirror how our minds work. Here's how to build one that does. blog.robhameetman.com/p/design-sys...

rejection dysphoria sucks

Claude Code: enabling a whole new generation of engineers a path to management by claiming their subagents as direct reports

I hate when people say it's a quarter till 9pm. Just say it's 8:75

Vibe coding is not software engineering. Vibe coding is not software engineering. Vibe coding is not software engineering. Vibe coding is not software engineering. Vibe coding is not software engineering. Vibe coding is not software engineering. Vibe coding is not software engineering.

Me: “Picture this babe: my site loads with this animation in reverse all rendered by the browser. Maybe the user can spin the chair or turn the light on, who knows!” Wife: “Nice, what’s the value of rebuilding your site this way?” Me: “…it’s fun and I like learning new ways to do dope shit”

No this is somehow true 😮‍💨

Finally learning me some 3D modeling for an idea I have. I can get into this

Finally learning me some 3D modeling for an idea I have. I can get into this

“lootuals for my mutuals” - actual thing I said during d&d today

Nothing annoys me more than people bragging about their token usage. I cant think of a more useless metric that means absolutely nothing yet people flex it like its a measure of how hard they work, when in fact its the exact opposite