Articles — John Doehttps://ap.ribas.sh/articlesEverything I have written, newest first.enQuiet interfaces: designing for attentionhttps://ap.ribas.sh/articles/quiet-interfaceshttps://ap.ribas.sh/articles/quiet-interfacesThu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTDesignWhy the best software gets out of the way, and the three habits that keep a layout from shouting.Easing curves are a vocabularyhttps://ap.ribas.sh/articles/easing-curves-are-a-vocabularyhttps://ap.ribas.sh/articles/easing-curves-are-a-vocabularyWed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTMotionA studio's motion language is a handful of curves used consistently. Here are ours, and how we name them.Visual regression checks for every handoffhttps://ap.ribas.sh/articles/visual-regression-checks-for-every-handoffhttps://ap.ribas.sh/articles/visual-regression-checks-for-every-handoffMon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTEngineeringHow a single screenshot diff per pull request removed the most awkward conversation in client work.Drawing the letters, not only setting themhttps://ap.ribas.sh/articles/drawing-the-lettershttps://ap.ribas.sh/articles/drawing-the-lettersWed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTTypographyNotes from relearning type design fundamentals after nine years of setting other people's typefaces.Performance as a design materialhttps://ap.ribas.sh/articles/performance-as-a-design-materialhttps://ap.ribas.sh/articles/performance-as-a-design-materialMon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTEngineeringLoad time is a layout decision. What changed when we treated it like whitespace instead of a chore.