sometimes pixels, sometimes code, always food. speaker, former podcaster, and pop culture obsessive. prev: head of product design @fueled
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🦋 lea134 (new to this, but why not)
🧵 lea134 (this has turned into a ramble account; mostly pop culture)
🐘 lealea (not really here, but just in case)
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Welp.
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we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out
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8 Sep 2025
Does anyone have examples of sites or apps made from Lovable that don't immediately *look like* they're made from Lovable? 🤔
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Discovery isn’t a phase. It’s a habit. We run research alongside ongoing design engineering so product efforts stay aligned with real needs. New article from our Director of UX & Research.
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🫣 I'm heading to NYC the week of Sep 8 — do I have any design or tech folks who want to meet up? Even if not, welcome any recommendations for restaurants to try!
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From reading subtle customer cues to staying composed under pressure, the skills Principal Product Designer Stephanie Campbell honed as a fine dining pro now help her craft better user experiences and navigate complex projects.
Learn more in her article: smashingmagazine.com/2025/08…
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13 Aug 2025
🧩 Your past shapes who you are as a designer, no matter where your career began or how unexpected your career path may have been. Stephanie Campbell shows how those lessons can sharpen your instincts, strengthen collaboration, and help you become a better designer today: smashingmagazine.com/2025/08…
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The animations on Fueled.com may feel simple. Building them was not.
Motion 3D objects run on a custom animation system: no WebGL, no video, just smooth motion that works everywhere.
Learn how in the technical deep dive: fueled.com/blog/engineering-…
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AI tools seem to really struggle with textures and the concept of absolutely positioned decorative elements.
Or am I prompting things wrong?
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21 Jul 2025
I am putting Figma Make through the ringer. Who else has played with it? What are your thoughts?
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17 Jul 2025
Does anyone have a fave @figma Slides PDF compression plugin? 100MB PDFs ain't it. Acrobat compression can only do so much, but it'd be nice to have it < 10MB at the end. I hear it has to do with how the program handles fonts? Any help appreciated #figmadesign
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Lea Alcantara retweeted
15 Jul 2025
Who's hiring designers right now?
Going to treat this as a mini job board to send to a few great candidates 👇
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Google Site Kit — the official WordPress plugin we built with @Google — was just named the most trusted WordPress plugin in a new survey. It also just broke into the top 10 most popular plugins.
fueled.com/blog/google-site-…
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Digital Democracy, a digital civic platform we built with @CalMatters, was honored with a Northern California Emmy Award. 🏆
The award honors a CBS News segment that used the platform to expose how fentanyl legislation was quietly blocked.
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Branded merch shouldn’t require a full e-commerce build—or an ops team.
Pressto Shop is a streamlined solution powered by @WooCommerce:
✔ Print-on-demand; no inventory
✔ Fast to launch (2–4 weeks)
Built for orgs with engaged audiences.
fueled.com/blog/pressto-shop…
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Turn Figma design tokens into WordPress global styles in minutes.
The Figma to WordPress Automation streamlines theme.json setup. No special frameworks, no Dev Mode. Just faster workflows.
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Remote-first is how we work. But when timing and context call for it, a focused in-person workshop delivers real ROI.
New on the Fueled blog: why strategic workshops still matter—and how to get them right.
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The new Fueled site was engineered by our @10up WordPress practice using homegrown tools and AI.
⚙️ Reusable components
🤖 60% of custom features AI-scaffolded
🧠 Real-time design in browser
Fast ≠ rushed. It means focused.
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🗞️ Big news: 10up has officially unified under the @Fueled name, with a bold new brand, mission, and vision for the future. 10up is now the brand of Fueled’s enterprise WordPress practice.
10up.com/blog/2025/new-fuele…
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Director of Editorial Engineering @fabiankaegy joined the WPBuilds podcast to dig into what’s new in WordPress 6.8—from block editor upgrades to the shift toward annual major releases—and how it’s shaping the future of core.
🎧 Listen here: wpbuilds.com/2025/05/08/421-…
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