Everything felt shinier back then

A slow blog about glossy interfaces, houseplants under desk lamps, and the kind of optimism the internet used to have. New posts most Sundays.

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29 Aug 2026DESIGN8 min read

Why Glass Interfaces Made Us Feel Optimistic

For about six years every screen looked wet. Buttons had highlights, windows had depth, and bubbles drifted across the wallpaper for no reason at all. Here is what that style was actually doing — and why flat design quietly took it away.

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I Cleaned Out 4,000 Bookmarks

Half the links were dead. The other half were better than anything an algorithm has shown me this year.

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