Recent posts by Aria Chen

Frontend engineer obsessed with design systems & buttery 60fps UIs. Building in public ✨

• CSS :has() is the most underrated feature of the last decade and I will die on this hill. Sun Jun 28 2026
• Hot take: a design system isn’t a component library. It’s a contract. The components are… Sat Jun 27 2026
• Accessibility tip: if your custom dropdown doesn’t work with a keyboard, it’s not a… Fri Jun 26 2026
• New project: an open-source headless toast library. 1.2kb, zero deps, fully accessible.… Tue Jun 23 2026
• Spent the weekend rebuilding our button component. 14 variants down to 3 props.… Tue Jun 23 2026
• Shipped a new dark mode that respects system preference, persists choice, AND animates… Sun Jun 21 2026