Michael Mangialardi

I know there has been a lot of hard work and intentionality to make this the smoothest platform for managing and distributing design tokens. So excited for the launch and what will be coming next!

Hey everyone! Several years ago, I created an email challenge called "Daily CSS Images," where you'd receive a prompt (like "bears") to create a pure CSS image. It was a really fun experience as a small, tight-knit community formed around the challenge, leading to all sorts of cool creations and positive interactions. I decided it would be fun to do a similar type of challenge except for this...

Hey y'all! After browsing an antique map store in Charleston, South Carolina this past Summer, I became fascinated with extracting color from photos to form color palettes for websites. Given that Tailwind is my favorite way to add styles to web projects, I figured it might be helpful to make a tool that helps automate this process. Recently, I decided to make it pretty and public-facing....

Hey Hunters! There is something deeply satisfying about 1) looking back at the progress you make and 2) drawing inspiration from the past. In a nutshell, this is my impetus for creating Periodical, a web app for tracking your progress of reading online articles with the vibe of the past. Periodical helps by: 1) Increasing your reading productivity by collecting and organizing web articles 2)...

Hey Sign Warriors 📣 In a small town in Virginia, a music store launched an epic sign ware that turned into a sign war involving multiple stores in the community (https://www.boredpanda.com/virginia-local-businesses-sign-war). Having caught wind of this, I thought that it would be a fun concept to bring sign wars to the web. Sure. It doesn't have the same charm and fun. BUT. You can now...

I like naturalist art, and I like CSS gradients...so I merged the two together. Cheers!

Hey everyone! Back in the day, I used to run a challenge called "Daily CSS Images." I even appeared on CodePen Radio to talk about it: https://blog.codepen.io/2017/06/06/133-mike-mangialardi/ After getting busy with the whole "finding a career and what you want to do with your life" thing, I've decided to take a swing at another fun challenge. Since I found out what I wanted to do with my...

Hello Fellow Hunters, After hearing about "design tokens" for the first time this year, I decided to launch into a deep dive on the subject. My goal was simple. I wanted to know how to take design files from designers, translate them into design tokens, and build scalable assets for developers adopting a design system. In a word, I wanted to have the confidence to code production-ready design...

I love the design, and I think this is a great idea. I can this being very useful for learning new languages (beyond English).