Design Tokens — Alberto Schiabel

Core Palette

bg

--bg

bg-elevated

--bg-elevated

bg-hover

--bg-hover

border

--border-clr

border-subtle

--border-subtle-clr

text

--text

text-muted

--text-muted

text-faint

--text-faint

Accent + Status

accent

--accent-clr

accent-muted

--accent-muted-clr

accent-border

--accent-border-clr

yellow

--yellow

red

--red

Semantic Secondary Colors

Teal = open / community. Amber = hands-on / commercial. Violet = deep / research.

teal

#0d9488 / #2dd4bf

solid

muted

border

amber

#b45309 / #fbbf24

solid

muted

border

violet

#6d28d9 / #a78bfa

solid

muted

border

Badge Variants

default accent teal amber violet warning

Semantic Mappings

Talk Types

talk teal

lightning-talk teal

panel teal

workshop amber

keynote violet

podcast violet

Project Categories

vc-open-source teal

open-source-solo teal

enterprise-team amber

enterprise-solo amber

research violet

Snippet Languages

typescript teal

javascript teal

rust amber

python amber

sql amber

haskell violet

go violet

Bookmark Types

article teal

resource teal

tool amber

repo amber

video violet

course violet

Series Status

active amber

complete teal

Typography

Font Families

IBM Plex Sans --font-sans

JetBrains Mono --font-mono

Global Rules

h1–h6 text-wrap: balance

p, li, dd text-wrap: pretty

dates, times, counts tabular-nums

⌘ K, 10+ countries   non-breaking

Type Scale

Heading & Body Hierarchy

>Display / Hero

text-3xl/4xl/5xl · font-semibold · tracking-tight

❯Page Header

text-sm · font-medium · uppercase · tracking-widest · font-mono

❯Section Label

text-xs · uppercase · tracking-widest · font-mono

Card / Item Title

text-sm · font-medium · font-sans

Body text with inline code and links.

text-sm · text-muted · leading-relaxed · text-wrap: pretty

Mar 2022 – Present · 19 talks · 14:30 local

text-xs · font-mono · text-faint · tabular-nums

Weight Scale

Regular

400

Medium

500

Semibold

600

Mono

JetBrains Mono 400

Spacing Scale

The practical scale in use across dense reference panels and content cards, not a formal token but a documented convention.

xs

0.375rem badge/tag padding

sm

0.75rem dense panel padding

md

1rem card internal padding

lg

1.5rem content card padding

xl

2.5rem section header margin-top

Radius Scale

xs · 2px

badges, tags

sm · 4px

buttons, inputs, cards, code windows

md · 8px

nav rail track, popovers, floating pills

full · 9999px

circular hotkey badges, mobile pill nav

Motion

Hover the tracks to preview each easing curve. Flat-by-default, glow-on-interaction: motion always responds to state, never plays on its own.

Easing Curves

ease-out-expo · cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)

entrances, reveals, hover-lift, nav transitions, the signature curve

ease-standard · cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)

backdrop/scrim opacity fades

Duration Bands

fast 150ms color/background hover transitions

base 200-300ms card lift, filter transitions, mobile menu items

slow 350-450ms nav rail show/hide, terminal rail window open

Iconography

Primary iconography is glyph-based, not icon-library-driven: mono prompt characters carry the terminal metaphor. Lucide icons are used sparingly for functional chrome (theme toggle, command palette) and never decoratively.

> Display/hero headline prefix, accent-colored

❯ Section label / group heading prefix (❯)

G Keyboard hotkey badge (mono, bordered, 1px inset shadow)

Elements: Buttons

Live components, not recreations. Hover/focus states are real; try them.

Elements: Inputs

Elements: Links

Inline link (hover me) Preview-enabled link

Elements: Tables

Token	Light	Dark
accent	#15803d	#4ade80
text	#0f0f0f	#e5e5e5

Elements: Lists

Unordered list item with prose bullet color
Second item for rhythm

Elements: Progress & Loading

Newsletter/async loading indicator (.animate-blink)

Scroll inside the box below, the top bar tracks scroll progress via animation-timeline: scroll(), same mechanism as the blog post reading progress bar.

Scroll me to see the progress bar move.

This mirrors the real `.scroll-progress` bar used on blog post pages, scoped to this box instead of the viewport.

Keep scrolling.

Almost there.

End of demo content.

Components: Cards

Flat at rest, accent glow + 2px lift on hover/focus. The site's single interactive-surface primitive (.hover-lift).

Hover-lift card

Hover or focus this card to see the real .hover-lift transition (border-color shift + accent glow + translateY).

Components: Code Block

debounce.ts

function debounce<T extends (...args: never[]) => void>(
  fn: T,
  delayMs: number,
): (...args: Parameters<T>) => void {
  let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
  return (...args) => {
    clearTimeout(timer);
    timer = setTimeout(() => fn(...args), delayMs);
  };
}

Patterns: Voice & Tone

Brand Personality

Sharp, precise, curious. Direct communication grounded in intellectual depth and genuine interest. First person, mixes punchy and longer sentences, always explains why. No marketing-speak, no AI-sounding filler, no em dashes.

Don'tgeneric dev-portfolio-template layouts

Don'ta second UI accent color

Don'tmarketing-speak, AI filler, em dashes

Doshow real code and working demos over descriptions