@DavidDarnes

Developer Advocate at @zeroheight. Previously: @NordhealthHQ, @Ghost, @Stackbit. Clients: @Google, @Buffer and @Netlify. he/him

 Bristol, England
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Joined April 2009
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Only been checking Twi… or whatever it's called… to see replies & DMs. With all the changes its made it super easy to reduce my usage. Posting elsewhere though if you're interested: Mastodon mastodon.design/@daviddarnes Threads threads.net/daviddarnes Bluesky bsky.app/profile/darn.es
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Web Components: Little Bits, by @daviddarnes (@[email protected]): youtube.com/watch?v=YEQCYz-X…
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WordPress Alternatives darn.es/wordpress-alternativ…

WordPress Alternatives

Alternative WordPress options that you can drop onto a server and get running with

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🛠️ Did you know Style Dictionary was originally created by Amazon? Now it's evolved into a versatile tool for design tokens, especially with the latest updates making it DTCG Spec-friendly. hubs.li/Q02MlVdF0

What Even Is Style Dictionary Anyway?

A guide on Style Dictionary, Design Tokens Community Group Spec, and a few things in between.

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@DavidDarnes Web Components: Little Bits 2024.stateofthebrowser.com/s…

David Darnes | State of the Browser

Prior to being a Developer Advocate at Zeroheight Dave has been providing his skills in front-end development, design and technical writing to companies such as Zeroheight, Nordhealth, Google,...

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Replying to @JoshTumath @DavidDarnes
Because he's a daredevil, @DavidDarnes is live coding a web component. He's created a custom element called play-button and another one called is-playing to create a play button that shakes when playing. #Converge2024 – at Brighton, England
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My contribution to the WC discussion is avoiding it and just taking photos of @DavidDarnes presentation at #Converge2024
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@DavidDarnes on web components, looking ⏩ to this one
Two Dave's on stage

ALT Two Dave's on stage

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State of the Browser 2024 is 10 days away. Featuring: @DavidDarnes @katie_fenn @lolaodelola @clagnut @seaotta @SteveFaulkner
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SotB12 | State of the Browser

Welcome to the twelfth edition of State of the Browser, a yearly one-day, single-track conference with widely-varying talks about the modern web, accessibility, web standards, and more, organised by...

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🚀 Exciting news! You can now track your design system’s React component adoption automatically using our new GitHub Action! Perfect for keeping tabs on how your design system is being used across all your apps. hubs.li/Q02M98WB0

Adoption Tracking With GitHub Actions - zeroheight

David Darnes introduces zeroheight's new GitHub Action, letting teams automatically track React component adoption with every push or release

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👏 Feeling the pressure of justifying your design system’s value? You’re not alone. @DavidDarnes explores why this fight is essential and offers insights to keep you motivated. Read more in his latest blog post! hubs.li/Q02L4tKm0

Design Systems Is the Good Fight

More often than not you're going to find yourself defending the goals and purposes of your design system

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Want to come see: @DavidDarnes @katie_fenn @lolaodelola @clagnut @seaotta @SteveFaulkner @sil At this year's State of the Browser, then act fast last 30 In-Person tickets remaining. 2024.stateofthebrowser.com/

SotB12 | State of the Browser

Welcome to the twelfth edition of State of the Browser, a yearly one-day, single-track conference with widely-varying talks about the modern web, accessibility, web standards, and more, organised by...

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🚀 Could HTML be the foundation for a Global Design System? @DavidDarnes shares his thoughts on this exciting concept, advocating for a unified approach to improving web quality and accessibility worldwide. hubs.li/Q02L4sJR0

HTML is a Global Design System

Ever since Brad Frost mentioned it at the start of the year, the Global Design System fuse has continued to burn slowly

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Happy Friday 😎
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It's just over a month until we hit @wshed for @webdevconf on Sep 27th! This year we'll have @DavidDarnes @joshnesbitt @heydonworks @Loftio @RyanHegart100 among others. Can't heckin wait... you got your tickets? webdevconf.com/events/2024/

WDC2024 - The Bristol Web Conference, September 27 2024

The one-day conference for designers and developers who create things on the web, based in Bristol UK at The Watershed. Speakers include Amy Hupe, Heydon Pickering and more!

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📢 Excited to announce @DavidDarnes our own Developer Advocate, will be speaking at #ConvergeUK! Dave has worked with top companies like Google, Buffer, and Netlify. Don't miss his talk: "Web Components — Little Bits." hubs.ly/Q02G1lNH0
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🚀 New feature round up! We've been expanding our @storybookjs integration allowing you to: 💻 Create a docs site by entering a Storybook URL 🖱️ Embed stories natively including docs and code Learn more about the integration: hubs.li/Q02J5c210
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📺 Going live today: @DavidDarnes's talk! Watch "Building tabs in web components" by David Darnes from All Day Hey! 2024 🎉 heypresents.com/talks/buildi…
Poster of David's talk, "Building tabs in web components".

ALT Poster of David's talk, "Building tabs in web components".

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The Nord Health Design System (nordhealth.design/help/) does a fantastic job spelling out the various ways of connecting with the design system team: ✅ Dedicated Slack/Teams channels ✅ Email address ✅Office hours ✅FAQs ✅Detailed bug/support process
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🔥 Is it time to ditch your JavaScript framework? Join us on July 17th for Design Systems WTF! Dev advocate @DavidDarnes is joins @lurkmoophy to dive deep into web components and explores alternatives to JavaScript for building design systems. Register now!hubs.li/Q02Grg3v0
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🛠️ Join us on July 17th! In Design Systems WTF, guest @DavidDarnes challenges the norm: Should you delete your JavaScript framework? Learn about the power of web components and rethink your design system approach. Register today! hubs.li/Q02Gr6ld0
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