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B. Prendergast

@renderg.host
🌀 Atmosphere builder, dweller and opinion-haver
🌿 UX strategy+design for early stage startups
👉 Writes about culture, design, tech and the messy margins
🌶️ Neurodiverse rudeboi
🧶 Capitalism serves people not vice versa
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W Social and the ancient art of neighbourliness

W Social and the ancient art of neighbourliness

Good behaviour matters more than good code

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Jun 22, 2026
W Social is TruthSocial with a European accent.

W Social is TruthSocial with a European accent.

Different politics, identical structure: wealthy insiders, community infrastructure they didn't build, and openness performed just long enough to matter. The establishment always wants its own internet.

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Jun 18, 2026
Splitting Atoms & Splitting Hairs

Splitting Atoms & Splitting Hairs

Atomic design got us from thinking about pages to thinking about components, but we don't need to keep carrying the periodic table around.

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Jun 10, 2026
The Atmosphere needs a front door

The Atmosphere needs a front door

The Atmosphere needs a distinct brand identify, better tools for builders, a new UX for users, and a small empowered group willing to build it all.

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May 15, 2026
The value is in the difficulty

The value is in the difficulty

On building software, vibe coding, and what happens to market prices when the barriers fall

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May 14, 2026
Slow down to speed up

Slow down to speed up

Building a simple design system and website with Figma MCP and ClaudeCode

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Apr 6, 2026
The only universal skill is being able to roll with the changes.

The only universal skill is being able to roll with the changes.

Starting a design publication about AI, and figuring out how to keep this human in the loop

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Apr 6, 2026
Interaction Costs: The High Price of Low Usability

Interaction Costs: The High Price of Low Usability

How Balsamiq's recent redesign broke rapid wire-framing.

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Mar 18, 2026
I work, I think?

I work, I think?

How AI may quietly dismantle the feedback loop that turns inexperienced people into competent ones, and why my work matters to me.

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Mar 7, 2026
to repeat is to recollect

to repeat is to recollect

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Jan 29, 2026
Stop asking users what they want — and start watching what they do.

Stop asking users what they want — and start watching what they do.

People's opinions about themselves and the things they use rarely match real behaviour.

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Dec 4, 2025
A beginner's workflow for Lexicons development in AT protocol web apps

A beginner's workflow for Lexicons development in AT protocol web apps

An experimental approach to designing and implementing Lexicons with TypeScript + Next.js

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Nov 22, 2025
I just can't shake this feeling...

I just can't shake this feeling...

Why is all of this free? What's the plan here? Cui Bono?

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Nov 15, 2025
Why I started building Lanyards

Why I started building Lanyards

What is it? Why should researchers care about it?

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Nov 15, 2025

I made 2 extensions for Semble: Add new Cards in Google Chrome, then recall them with Raycast

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Nov 12, 2025
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