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Michael Flarup
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Michael Flarup's personal blog at flarup.email covers design, writing and culture. Since 2025, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Through the Liquid Glass”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-01, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Michael Flarup's blog in a thread about app icons in menus and macOS Tahoe's icon-shape changes. The comment surrounding the link gives no judgement of the post.
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A personal newsletter by designer Michael Flarup about the joy of creating things. Stories from his journey in design, games, and life—along with early access to his projects, creative insights, and curated links to things that inspire him. Click to read flarup.email, by Michael Flarup, a Substack p
Most-linked posts?
- Through the Liquid Glass3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-07-25
What Hacker News says?
macOS Tahoe has declared war on app icons with distinctive shapes. No silhouettes. If your icon isn't a squircle, it will be shrunk to fit inside a default shape. The penalty box. https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2025/6/2.html The loss of icon silhouettes is a big step down in usability. Erases decades of design guidelines. https://pxlnv.com/blog/roundrect-dictator/ Frankly it's senseless. https://www.flarup.emai…
Comment linking /p/through-the-liquid-glass
on “Icons in Menus Everywhere – Send Help”Submitted The UI future is colourful and dimensional as a story · 206 points
HN discussionSubmitted Through the Liquid Glass as a story · 18 points
HN discussionSubmitted Through the Liquid Glass as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Comeback of Small Conferences as a story · 1 points
HN discussion