I've written quite a bit over the years about how I go about organizing and being more deliberate in my design practice. Here are a few things I've written:

• Organizing Design Work
• In Pursuit of Intentional Design
• The Fuel and the Engine

Hopefully these help!

I compiled a list of design and development related Slack teams last summer.

It looks like a couple have cropped up since then that I should add.

A design system can be as simple or complex as you need it to be. For a single designer working on a single platform (or heck, even just a document), it can be as simple as a style guide the colors, iconography, and text styles.

A good design system is a method of being deliberate about design decisions and documenting them in a way that they can be reused easily. I've created style guides for my last three personal projects, and only one of those projects is shared with other people.

Here they are in case you're interested:

• UXcellence Style Guide
• SteGrainer.com Style Guide
• Echo Lake PTA site

And yes, they share a lot of the same basic backbone. That's okay (and intentional). I've also written about design systems, style guides, and pattern libraries and what the differences are.

I published a pretty thorough list of design podcasts a couple months ago.

These are my essentials, but I discovered a TON of other greats compiling the list:

• 99% Invisible: Hosted by Roman Mars and produced for public radio, 99% Invisible (or 99pi to listeners) looks at the decisions that go into the everyday things that surround us. While not explicitly focused on digital design, 99pi will open your eyes to the craft and thought that goes into almost everything. Most episodes are around 30 minutes long.
• Design Details: In this weekly show, hosts Bryn Jackson and Brian Lovin talk with the designers behind different products. Most episodes range from an hour to an hour and a half.
• Design Matters: With its claim as the first design-related podcast, Debbie Millman has interviewed tons of well known creators in this weekly podcast. Most episodes are under an hour.
• Presentable: Jeff Veen talks with industry leaders to explore topics from hiring and freelancing to virtual reality and ethics. Most episodes are around 45 minutes long.
• The UIE Podcast: Jared Spool shares stories and take-aways that you can use in your day to day design work. These bite-size episodes are only 10–20 minutes long.

I've been using Things for years, and the new version is really great.

I've heard good stuff about Hugo, particularly in comparison with Jekyll. Seems like after a point, Jekyll slows down a lot.

Sara Soueidan wrote about migrating from Jekyll to Hugo recently, with some points of comparison as well as pretty helpful tips on setup.

I was happy to! Thanks for creating it!

I just wrote this post this weekend:

Here were my top recommendations, but there's a ton of options and you may find something else you like better.

• 99% Invisible: Hosted by Roman Mars and produced for public radio, 99% Invisible (or 99pi to listeners) looks at the decisions that go into the everyday things that surround us. While not explicitly focused on digital design, 99pi will open your eyes to the craft and thought that goes into almost everything. Most episodes are around 30 minutes long.
• Design Details: In this weekly show, hosts Bryn Jackson and Brian Lovin talk with the designers behind different products. Most episodes range from an hour to an hour and a half.
• Design Matters: With its claim as the first design-related podcast, Debbie Millman has interviewed tons of well known creators in this weekly podcast. Most episodes are under an hour.
• Presentable: Jeff Veen talks with industry leaders to explore topics from hiring and freelancing to virtual reality and ethics. Most episodes are around 45 minutes long.
• The UIE Podcast: Jared Spool shares stories and take-aways that you can use in your day to day design work. These bite-size episodes are only 10–20 minutes long.

Not quite the same, but I do post detailed looks at small details under the tag "nice touch" on UXcellence occasionally: https://uxcellence.com/tag/nice+touch

I try to dive past the detail and look at why it's nice and how to put it into practice.

I'll second a suggestion for Craft. The templates are really powerful and simple at the same time. Unlike some CMSes (which were built originally as blogging engines and then repurposed for other uses), you have complete control over the structure of data in Craft. There are also different types of structured sections - from single pages to multi-tiered structures (like a knowledge base).

One of my favorite features of Craft is the Matrix field, which lets you define nested, reusable data structures: https://craftcms.com/docs/matrix-fields

I like it so much I've used it for 3 separate sites over the last year and I'm actively looking to build more sites with it. Here's a taste of what I built with it:

• https://uxcellence.com/
• https://stegrainer.com/
• https://elespta.com/