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4 pieces filed under “dark mode”.
Web design · 11 June 2026 · 9 min
Light, dark, light: section banding as rhythm
How to use alternating light and dark sections as editorial rhythm: surface budgets, seam design, spacing across bands, and fitting a night section into a paper site.
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Web design · 17 Mar 2026 · 10 minDark mode is a second design system
Treating dark mode as a CSS inversion is how you ship a grey smear. Design dark themes as a second, deliberate system — tokens, elevation, contrast, CI tests.
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Engineering · 19 Jan 2026 · 10 minTheme persistence without the flash
Dark mode that flashes light on load is a broken promise. Boot scripts vs cookies, SSR the right class, reconciling system preference, and testing regressions.
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Web design · 30 Sept 2025 · 9 minColour systems that survive dark mode and rebrands
Literal palettes break the moment a brand shifts or dark mode ships. Here's the semantic colour architecture that has survived both — twice — on real client work.
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