Digest
Week of July 13, 2026
This week, it seems a lot of the action was happening in the Discord channels, with folks sharing some interesting reads and job opportunities. We’ve also got an event on the horizon you might want to mark down.
Upcoming events
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From the Discord
- Theming atproto discusses working to make Mise en Mode a new web standard: https://blog.damato.design/posts/theming-atproto/.
- Synthetic Performers Disclosure Act requires advertisements to disclose the use of a synthetic performer: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8420/amendment/A.
- Invoker Commands: Wiring Buttons to Dialogs and Popovers Without JavaScript introduces an API that lets a button declare what it controls with plain HTML: https://danholloran.me/posts/invoker-commands-buttons-dialogs-popovers-without-javascript.
- ColorSym, a color identification system is an open-source, colorblind-friendly color identification system using symbols and color theory: https://colorsym.com/.
- ATProtocol Community provides a community space for ATProto coordination and collaboration: https://discourse.atprotocol.community/.
- The AI Hype Reckoning Is Upon Us discusses the current state of AI hype: https://karlbode.com/the-ai-hype-reckoning-is-upon-us/.
- Lead UX Product Designer – Design Systems is a job opening at Target, Minneapolis, MN: https://corporate.target.com/jobs/w26/42/lead-ux-product-designer-%E2%80%93-design-systems.
- Principal Product Designer, Design Systems is a job opening at Kin: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kin/ff6b1a90-1055-41e1-8748-3288d58f53c5.
- Design System Engineer is a job opening at PermitFlow, NYC: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/permitflow/e4a33590-611c-48e6-aea9-ce1bf97d134a.
- Staff Front-End Engineer - Design Systems is a job opening at Canva, Sydney AU: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Canva/6000000001189258.
- Senior Designer - Design Systems is a job opening at Farther, New York: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/fartherfinance/jobs/4689010005.
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