Archive - Robin Cannon

A design system isn't an aggregator. It's a contract.

Tools can aggregate assets. They can't make a system real.

10 hrs ago

Optimized fatherhood. Easy installation.

Feb 20

Code to canvas is bonkers

Figma's latest feature solves Figma's problem, not yours

Feb 18

Execution is cheap. Coordination is not.

The case for the control plane.

Feb 17

Sanctioned pain, dispassionate crowd.

Feb 13

Algorithmic interfaces

When systems decide what you're allowed to do

Feb 10

Blue in low resolution

Accounting for human judgment in a system that wants to automate law.

Feb 6

Death of the default

Shared reality in a world of adaptive systems

Feb 3

January 2026

Greater than the model allows

The influence that systems can't measure.

Jan 30

What are we actually buying when we buy AI?

AI reshapes labor, risk, and the cost of decision-making.

Jan 27

Local #36 will come to order

Fangs off the table, folks, let’s get started.

Jan 23

A brief step back

Taking a few moments to deal with some feelings

Jan 20

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