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by jsjohnst 1717 days ago
> I feel like once you have the knowledge to pay attention to design language you are now cursed to do so everywhere.

For a long time in my career as a software engineer I mostly avoided this, but a little over a decade ago I had a designer who beat tiny details into everyone on the team. I kinda feel like he took away my innocence to some extent, as I can’t look at fonts, colors, and other design details anymore without noticing all the flaws so pervasive all around us.