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Matt Ström-Awn
Personal blog · matthewstrom.comdesigncareer
Matt Ström-Awn's personal blog at matthewstrom.com covers design and career. Since 2018, 33 different Hacker News readers have linked it 42 times, most often “Copying is the way design works (2020)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-25, and you can follow it by feed.
Matt Ström-Awn · Designer, leader, and coach focused on building exceptional products and teams.
Most-linked posts?
- Copying is the way design works (2020)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-10-28
- Stop Brainstorming3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-01-26
- The product design talent crisis2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-08-01
- The Role of Doubt in Design2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-07-22
- What UI density means and how to design for it2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-05-21
- Decentralizing Quality2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-09-30
What Hacker News says?
Information density is a well-established concept in UI design, this experiment is not (just) about performance. This is a great intro to the topic: https://matthewstrom.com/writing/ui-density/
Comment linking /writing/ui-density/
on “An experiment in UI density created with Svelte”Submitted What UI density means and how to design for it as a story · 767 points
HN discussionhttps://matthewstrom.com/writing/stop-brainstorming/
Comment linking /writing/stop-brainstorming/
on “Why video calls are bad for brainstorming”Submitted Copying is the way design works (2020) as a story · 743 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stop Brainstorming as a story · 258 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to pick the least wrong colors as a story · 249 points
HN discussionSubmitted The History of Album Art as a story · 109 points
HN discussionSubmitted Design APIs: The Evolution of Design Systems as a story · 84 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Slippery Slope of In-Product Messaging as a story · 71 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Role of Doubt in Design as a story · 45 points
HN discussionSubmitted The product design talent crisis as a story · 27 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to pick the least wrong colors as a story · 23 points
HN discussionSubmitted Decentralizing Quality as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted The product design talent crisis as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Decentralizing quality: Why moving judgment to the edges wins in the long run as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The design system you already have as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hockey sticks don't look like hockey sticks as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stop Brainstorming as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Copying is the way design works as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Role of Doubt in Design (2019) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to generate color palettes for design systems as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stop Brainstorming. (2022) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Design-by-wire: How AI will shape designers, not replace them as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What it means to design a platform as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Functions and the Future of Design Systems as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Beyond 10x as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Copying is the way design works as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Things of Everyday Design as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Things of Everyday Design as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Just-in-time Design as a story · 2 points
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