What Nikita Prokopov thinks about simplicity

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Programmer and designer who writes at tonsky.me; author of Fira Code, DataScript and AnyBar.

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1. 5 Jan 2026

   Our readingIf every element in an interface is marked as distinct, none of them actually stand out.

   Their wordsTo stand out, things need to be different. But if everything has an icon, nothing stands out.

   ↗It’s hard to justify Tahoe iconstonsky.me 1st of 3 in this piece