Nicolas Solerieu / Blog

It started as a blog. It turned into a blend of notes, random stories, opinions, and sometimes more considered pieces. Oh god, it's a blog.

2026
Kernville Drones Evidence of agency 10 years in California Tani Random notes From Virginia Yard work I look like I walk a lot It fixed a bunch of stuff Spiritualizing my ignorance I need a wipe Reasonably rocky Long ago, I stubbed my big toe Tea, again Paper-cut strategy Cranky Outside Disclaimers Seattle Notes - March 26 The professional contrarian GitHub and Figma Are you really reading? Dialogue, Marriage, and other complex systems On word choice The logic of business Digging holes Notes - February 2026 AI shenanigans Burning tokens I think with my feet What about a tree instead Apple pie Loose time scales Tea Notes - January 2026 Poopy rhetoric Banana The anti-hustle hustlers club Getting sucked in On Fast and Furious On wearables
2025
2025 End of year notes Quality time The ego in the codebase The feeling of having an edge Notes 2016-25 Notes - October 25 My bikes Digital pruning At the speed of thought On gadgets Notes - September 25 Notes - August 25 Tuesday magic Infinite games Notes - July 25 The anti design design club On being negative Mascarading tsukumfogami Breaking up with my office Notes - June 25 On carrying things On speed Notes - May 25 A couple interviews later On HTML Under the gloss Config 25 Notes - April 25 Gopher mindset Notes - March 25 Echoes of reason Going headless Saturday On stress and dissonance Notes - Feb 25 On social media Dysfunctional consumer Note dump :: Jan 2025 On reading blogs Harari and Attia Mindfully not Zen Long live Read.cv On friction and texture On UI kits On technical knowledge
2024
Cringe and All Note dump :: Dec 2024 3 years on the e-bike Inspiring oddities Here and now, on the turbo On gratitude Note dump :: Nov 2024 Merci Simone High St detour One year in SLO Building App&Flow’s hero A leak of faith Kale and I Note dump :: Oct 2024 Red light reflections A Knife's Tale In defense of Costco double chocolate muffins The future is electric Around the block BORN RED 2 cakes reviews clarifying my intentions Bah-tee-fly How I waste my scarce neurons Riding along Prefumo canyon Reverse crème brûlée Design chatter Career move options On attention Stuck in a funk Notes.txt Peanut butter Landing page storytelling Feedback is inevitable Designing for the limits of attention I tried React Strava rehab The zen of slow progress Empathy A moment of agony Nuggets of PM wisdom This is 32 Shortcuts Things that didn't work out A conscious relationship with time On cycling DesignLog Plateauing well Native UI web design A dog named Crab To read or not to read Web design grids Thought holding Web designers Async over-communication At the park Reboot
2023
2023 On digital gardening Quantum, Zen, and other things My hands
2022
Tools, autonomy, contemplation I bought a watch UX is the sum of all things Hair and pragmatism
2021
Digital peasantry Unlearning Data collection
2020
The socratic squat
2019
Not writing about it You don’t need to care
2017
Reykjavík layover Yanaka