Tyler Sticka

tylersticka@social.lol

Design leader and creative technologist for 20+ years. Platform Experience Director at The Type Founders. I make websites, apps, indie games, long articles and silly drawings.I sometimes post about comic books, video games, music, art, computers and my dog, Buster.I support the rights of women, LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities.Opinions here are my own.<a href="https://social.lol/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Design</a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/WebDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WebDesign</a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WebDev</a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/CSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CSS</a> <a href="https://so

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Post #3492820
A+ blog post from @curiousquail@mastodon.art, absolutely no notes: https://blog.curiousquail.com/ok-everyone-shut-the-fuck-up-and-please-look-at-this-incredible-awkward-teen-bird/
Post #2502223
Gosh, Wildwood looks gorgeous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POneS8h1jyU I adore stop-motion animation (with CG elements that respect the style)
Post #2135504
The recording of my @11ty Meetup presentation (with related links and code samples) is now available: https://cloudfour.com/thinks/little-dummies-simple-fpo-content-helpers/ Big thanks to @sia for having me, @zachleat for encouraging my possum drawings, and especially everyone who attended the talk! #Eleventy #BuildAwesome #WebDesign
Post #1811773
“The modern web: You’ll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.” — Obi-Wan Kenobi, probably https://tylersticka.com/journal/wicked-websites-a-rogues-gallery/ #WebDesign #WebDev #OpenWeb
Post #1790300
A family member is getting rid of some things, including some old computers. One of those is a Panasonic Toughbook CF-37 from 1999 (I think?). It’s super thin for the time, and the magnesium shell is basically pristine. I’d like to turn it into a little Win9x nostalgia machine. Except, it won’t boot because the CMOS battery is bad, and I can’t find any info online on how difficult that is to fix. Any advice from the #RetroComputing crowd?
Post #1625911
A while ago I wrote a simple command-line script to help me create blog posts on my static site. It’s less than 200 lines, introduces no new dependencies and looks pretty cute: https://tylersticka.com/journal/new-post-cli/ #WebDev #IndieWeb
Post #1592545
I was so excited as a kid when I saw these books (in the #comics rack at a Rite Aid I think??) I loved #MadMagazine and Sergio Aragonés’ cartoons in particular (still do) https://www.newsfromme.com/2026/04/21/ask-me-sergios-reign-of-destruction/
Post #984077
Today is my 11th work anniversary at @cloudfour 🎂 I’ve spent most of that time providing creative direction and design for our customers, shipping better web experiences together. 💪 But I’ve also found time to write and publish 77 articles. There’s a list in my bio: https://cloudfour.com/is/tyler/ ✍ I’d love to know if you have a favorite. 🎣❤️
Post #895579
RE: https://fediverse.zachleat.com/@zachleat/116329917004746908 Can confirm
Post #860574
Hey gang, I need your help. For @cloudfour’s design practice to survive, we need more projects. If you’ve ever benefited from any of the 25+ talks, 80+ code repos or 500+ articles we’ve shared for free over the past 19 years, please read and share this post: https://cloudfour.com/thinks/more-projects-please/ #GetFediHired #OpenToWork #WebDesign #UXDesign #UIDesign #ProductDesign
Post #839128
RE: https://typo.social/@scott/116143813429059824 What a wonderful team to work with, so gratifying to see these changes debut on the site of such a beautiful foundry!
Post #839126
Here at @cloudfour, we do a lot of design and prototyping in the browser, often via @11ty (or should I say #BuildAwesome ??) At the next #Eleventy Meetup (Thursday, March 12 at 9am PDT), I’ll be sharing some of my favorite little helpers for quick and easy placeholder content: https://11tymeetup.dev This is a free and virtual #event !