Writing

2026 #

1. LM-P-006 2026-11-02 4 min

   MCP connector with Claude vs. Gemini

   MotifSpec’s MCP server worked in Claude the first time I added it. Gemini said it had trouble connecting. Once it connected, the same kind of request showed how far the design system bends beyond a portfolio.

   • agentic-coding
   • design-systems

2. LM-P-005 2026-10-20 3 min

   The cheapest warehouse was the one we already had

   We planned to move Ara’s analytics from GA4 through BigQuery to an Azure warehouse and Power BI. Costing it showed the data could simply stay in BigQuery for under a dollar a month.

   • analytics
   • data

3. LM-P-004 2026-10-19 3 min

   The slider that moved one subject at a time

   A Clarity heatmap showed that 80% of clicks on Ara’s home page went to one arrow. Making each click move a full page of subjects brought that down to 25%.

   • analytics
   • ux

4. LM-P-003 2026-10-17 3 min

   Deprecating design tokens without a major version

   Sample post: why MotifSpec 1.7.0 kept two unused tokens, and how the validator stops anything from using them.

   • design-tokens
   • design-systems
   • hugo

5. LM-P-002 2026-10-16 3 min

   No flash of the wrong theme

   Sample post: a one-line script in the head applies a stored theme before the first paint, and the toggle clears it when you match the system again.

   • javascript
   • accessibility
   • design-systems

6. LM-P-001 2026-10-12 1 min

   Hello, world

   Sample post: the first entry, and a short note on how this site is put together.

   • hugo
   • meta