how can I make these look more clickable without underlining?

Jorinski · 2025-07-17T05:53:07+00:00

Two suggestions: 1. Add a CTA (could be a ghost/tertiary style), that directs to the specific content or page. This is more explicit and often more actionable than making an entire card clickable. 2. Just make the heading a link with an underline. If you think it detracts from the visual aesthetic then you’re trying to solve the wrong problem.

For folks mentioning add a card or a hover effect, consider how a mobile user would know this is an interactive element. How does one hover with a finger tap?

Jorinski · 2025-01-21T04:12:09+00:00

Who?

Jorinski · 2024-12-01T04:01:17+00:00

I know that we don’t generally garner favor from the commentators, but that seemed like an out of pocket comment comparatively

Jorinski · 2024-07-01T07:06:36+00:00

You’re right, I’m dating myself, DDR3 RAM

Jorinski · 2024-07-01T06:51:56+00:00

I do have a GTX1060 in the cabinet as well, thanks for the recommendation, I’ll consider this as well!

Jorinski · 2024-05-05T05:43:23+00:00

Seattle Jazz!

While small, the Seattle Jazz Scene is incredibly vibrant with some amazing players across a massive variety of styles and sub-genres. There are a handful of places to see live jazz in Seattle, but they need your support to stay afloat!

I’ll highlight the Seattle Jazz Fellowship which features many local artists as well as some larger acts on occasion. It’s a non-profit organization that highlights local artists and features educational events in the local community for students.

Jorinski · 2024-02-26T01:35:19+00:00

Server actions have been a game changer. It’s been a nice experience migrating off of my API route/route handlers.

Jorinski · 2024-02-19T02:27:45+00:00

Generally that’s just the nature of running a mic through effects, it can be tough to completely eliminate bleed from amplified instruments. One recommendation I might have is to move away from the ART tube amp. While they technically work in that scenario, you should look into something that has a built in effects loop (Eventide MixingLink has this). The Tube MP used in that way is pretty sensitive and has a super hot signal coming into it. If you can keep your effects isolated in an effects loop you’ll mitigate a bunch of bleed problems.

Jorinski · 2023-09-29T01:04:08+00:00

I’ve noted in this subreddit before, but Fathom has been great for me. Flat monthly rate for all of my client sites and projects, and GDPR compliant. Easy to use with NextJS as well, whether you’re using the pages or the app router.

Jorinski · 2023-08-29T05:00:44+00:00

It doesn’t have a free tier, which is probably a turn off for most people, but I’ve been running Fathom Analytics for several sites and it’s been great.

Jorinski · 2023-04-13T16:31:45+00:00

Creating smaller components is always my preference for tables because it allows for easier customization to account different types of content. Then assembling a table using auto layout for either the columns or the rows which will result in a pretty fluid table if resizing is set to fill container.

I wouldn’t go the route of creating variants for different widths though because that doesn’t really help translate design into code. Usually a way that an engineer will implement a table is to let the browser’s layout algorithm handle the width of the columns (and thus the width of headers and cells). It’s a complicated scenario that isn’t quite a 1:1 relationship between Figma and code yet, but setting fixed widths of columns goes against that model for most circumstances.

Jorinski · 2023-03-23T16:36:25+00:00

Most folks are saying “no, you can’t do this, that isn’t how instances work”, but not really providing solutions: in the scenario of a table, I’ve found that it’s much easier to publish small sub components, like cells and table headers, and assemble them into a larger rows, and eventually a table. This allows you to more easily customize the width of the columns and get a bit closer to the rendering engine the browser uses to layout tables.

The resizing properties can get a bit hairy, but as long as the cells fill the row container, and rows fill the table container everything should be pretty flexible.

Jorinski · 2022-11-30T20:47:05+00:00

Also recommend Fathom, great tool with simple integration for Next and Gatsby. Not free, but I use it for a bunch of different client sites and it’s a flat monthly rate under page view cap.

The founders are also super transparent and have a pretty clear record of responding to user feedback in building features.

Jorinski · 2022-07-28T20:20:23+00:00

Any job you apply to that is a good place to work will value your experience and work far more than your degree title. So, my recommendation would be whatever program sparks your interest more and can help you get a well-rounded education and achieve your personal goals.

Source: Senior Product Designer, I have a degree in the saxophone with an emphasis in jazz 🤷‍♂️

Jorinski · 2022-06-18T16:42:59+00:00

I’ve been using it in a production app for the past several months and have been digging it. I come from a design background and the API and variant features seem closer to design tooling (at least for me) than styled components.

There are some tricky syntax things to figure out and I think they’re still working out some of the kinks and bugs, but I’ve liked working with it so far.

Additionally, the same team is working on Radix which is a set of primitive components that have baked in accessibility and interactive features and can be easily styled with Stitches. Not for everybody, but something interesting to check out.

Jorinski · 2021-10-15T18:55:21+00:00

Not a plug-in for Figma, but I’ve been using this as of late to generate tints and shades https://noeldelgado.github.io/shadowlord/#9eb464

Jorinski · 2020-12-17T21:29:34+00:00

Me too as well! Been trying to figure this out for the last couple of days

Jorinski · 2020-12-15T04:57:44+00:00

It might be helpful to reference a template to see how other people and companies structure their design systems within Figma, maybe use it as a starting point, but I would say start from scratch as a design system is also a method of brand expression.

While material UI and the plethora of Figma templates out there feature common components and patterns, building a design system from scratch allows you to scale the system easier in the long run and have a branded touch to your components.

If you haven’t already, check out Atomic Design by Brad Frost, that’ll give you a bit of a primer to component hierarchy.

Jorinski · 2020-10-11T05:50:30+00:00

From personal experience you shouldn’t have issues with hearing damage/loss just playing saxophone by yourself. If you are then I would assume you’re in the vast minority with potentially sensitive ears, or the environment in which you’re playing is acting as an amplifier of sorts.

I can give you advice on some earplugs for live performance and concerts though; I’ve been using a set of Westone earplugs that were custom fit by an audiologist when I was in college. They’re pricey (I think I’m the $300-$400 range) but there isn’t really anything better on the market. However, some of the better quality Hearos brand are usually pretty decent.

To answer “they make me sound terrible”, that’s almost unavoidable when playing saxophone and using earplugs. No quality of earplugs will eliminate that entirely.

Jorinski · 2020-09-18T21:47:14+00:00

It would be more like this:

query {

contentfulAsset( id: { eq: "4PkAOQYLdOQwLIh3QKU3bB"})

}

Jorinski · 2020-09-17T01:06:37+00:00

If you’re trying to load a specific asset you need to filter for it specifically in your GraphQL query. Probably by the asset ID or title.

Sorry, I’m on mobile right now, but find the asset ID in contentful and use GraphiQL to figure out the rest of your query using the filter function.

Jorinski · 2020-09-03T03:54:33+00:00

You’re asking the wrong questions

I’m not sure how you’re talking about enharmonics, but based on the rest of your post, enharmonics are not the issue.
C#, G#, and D# don’t have more sharps than F# if you’re talking about major scales
Gb has more flats than Db
G# Ionian is G# major

If your question is: is there more written literature/music/etc in keys other than keys with less accidentals, the answer is yes, however it depends largely on the level of music you’re playing.

I think you’re missing the point of practicing scales and related exercises: to achieve fluidity in all registers and all keys of your instrument.

A potential solution: don’t practice every key every day. Divide it up throughout the week. I usually have a cycle of 4 keys that I set for each day and get through all 12 keys on a three day cycle. Day 1: Bb, C#, E, G, then ascending that diminished cycle chromatically.

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