Mike Aparicio

@peruvianidol

Purveyor of fine CSS. Founder @runtriangle.com. 15 years of experience building CSS-first design systems at Groupon, Provi and Turquoise Health. mikeaparicio.com

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Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· 2d

@kilianvalkhof.com Polypane getting a shoutout in my Dreambeans feed.

An AI-generated background of a desktop computer with the text:
Test Local Static Files with Polypane 30 Playgrounds
Following yesterday's release, this new feature lets you launch your project folders as secure URLs in seconds to instantly review multi-viewport layouts.

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· 10d

Butterfly Man meme. Man is labeled “React Devs”, the butterfly is labeled “Literally every layer of a Sketch file”, and the caption reads “Is this a <div>?”

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· 11d

Looks like I picked the wrong week to go freelance!

Lloyd Bridges in Airplane! sniffing glue.

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· 18d

Have you ever wished I could help you with your CSS/design system problems but couldn't find the budget to hire me full-time? Well, I'm available for contract work starting in late August! Get in touch! mike@runtriangle.com

A Slack conversation between Andrew and Adam.

Andrew
Nov 2nd, 2021 at 10:01 AM
i feel like all the existing CSS we have is sort of a "one off" there doesn't seem to be a lot of reusable pieces in there. There are 14k lines of CSS 😱

Adam
Nov 2nd, 2021 at 10:06 AM
I could talk all day about this (pros vs. cons in a start-up where you have no idea of where the design is going) but yeah, many pages are "one off" within their product areas.

Andrew
Nov 2nd, 2021 at 10:06 AM
oh i get it, i understand why were here
i'm just going to need some practice, its been years since i had to write real css. i'm used to just applying premade classes and praying

Adam
Nov 2nd, 2021 at 10:09 AM
We aren't fancy enough to have Mike Aparicio making design systems for us yet

Andrew
Nov 2nd, 2021 at 10:24 AM
one day

Mike Aparicio
May 17th, 2023 at 2:10 PM
We did it!

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· 22d

This guy? No way!

John C Cafaro, owner of the contractor who botched the reflecting pool, looking like a C-Tier Batman villain.

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· Jul 13

Aspire to rise to such heights in your career that you’re one day honored with your likeness on the side of a garbage truck.

A photo of the Pope on the side of a garbage truck. The side of the truck reads:

Honoring America’s first and Chicago born
FLOOD BROTHERS
We Live to Serve Others

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· Jul 9

You’ve got this.

A tiny knit potato holding a sign:

Positive potato
I may be a tiny potato, but I believe in you. Go do your thing!

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· Jul 8

James Caan in Thief points and says, “I can see my money is still in your pocket, which is from the yield of my labor.”

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· Jul 7

Pausa de Hidratación

Mickey Rourke in Barfly raises a shot glass in a dive bar.

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· Jun 22

Unearthing some real or made up Mike Aparicios I wasn’t aware of.

MIKE APARICIO
THE REAL WORLD SAN DIEGO CAST MEMBER

DEEPSEEK V4

MIKE APARICO
MEXICAN LUCHA LIBRE WRESTLER

GLM 4.7 FLASH

MIKE APARICIO
FORMER LA GALAXY PLAYER

MISTRAL 3.2 24B

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· Jun 22

Some really interesting CSS happening on The Agency S2E1.

$A shot of a seemingly generic browser’s dev tools. element.style { } [data-css-preset] .container_width { width: 100% /*!content_left*/: } [data-css-preset] .container { margin-left: 0/*!content_left*/; margin-right: auto/"!content_left*/; margin-top: -7px; text-align: left /*!text_left*/; } .container { align items: left; mode-align-all: auto; } .container { display: main-box; display: main-all; display: mainbox; display: main-all;$

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· Jun 17

AI is going great. Me: Make a combined calendar of events for my two boys based on the info in these two PDFs. Claude: What is time?

Me: never mind. This is clearly not something you're capable of doing without a bunch of work on my part.
Claude: That's fair, and I'm sorry for wasting your time. The back-and-forth ended up being more work for you than just doing it yourself, which is the opposite of helpful.

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· Jun 14

Challenge accepted! 😂

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· Jun 12

Still from Spaceballs. Mel Brooks says “That’s amazing. I’ve got the same combination on my luggage.”

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· Jun 3

Took me a few tries. Got a lucky local connection. 😂

Score from 82-0.com. 82-0 S score with a lineup of Gail Goodrich, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Spencer Haywood and Wilt Chamberlain. 113 team OVR.

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· May 29

Scottie from Star Trek speaking into the bottom of a computer mouse. “Hello, computer?”

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· May 27

Pulled up next to this cool dude in traffic this morning.

A stylish, exotic bird. Kind of white/peach colored, wearing what looks like a felt neckerchief with green and pink polka dots. He’s standing on the open windowsill of a car.

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· May 24

Drive (2011)

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· May 19

The mid-life crisis continues.

A Fender Squire starter kit with a blue and white Stratocaster, guitar bag and amp.

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· May 19

My son drew this uncannily accurate portrait of me and I’ve never felt so seen/attacked.

A child’s drawing of a man with a giant head. He has a goatee and big ol’ eyes and is smiling as he jams away on his computer.

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· May 18

@dansinker.com Thanks for the hat!

Mike pointing to a grey and white trucker hat on his head with an orange and black patch that reads TRYING.

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· May 18

Finally getting around to redesigning my website. Trying to pull in various content in one place. An actual HOMEpage. It's a work in progress but it's coming together.

Mike's website. White and beige backgrounds. Sections for writing with four recent blog posts, posting with recent Bluesky posts, snapping with a recent photo, watching with recent Letterboxd reviews, and playing with recent video games played. The footer includes links to various slash pages, social media acocunts, email and RSS.

Mike Aparicio@peruvianidol· May 15

wtf is this new Spotify icon? I’m only now realizing it’s a disco ball (from The Matrix, apparently). At regular size it just looks like a head of lettuce.