Notes on designing and building small products, in English and French.https://norbert.design/blog/enhttps://norbert.design/blog/design-tokens-are-a-contract/https://norbert.design/blog/design-tokens-are-a-contract/A token file is not a list of colours. It is a promise between design and code about what may change, and what may not.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTDesignhttps://norbert.design/blog/metronome-time-in-javascript/https://norbert.design/blog/metronome-time-in-javascript/Prototyping Metrono’s metronome, I learned that a timer cannot keep a beat. The fix: book clicks ahead on the audio clock and let the UI follow.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTBuildinghttps://norbert.design/blog/bilingual-site-without-i18n-plugin/https://norbert.design/blog/bilingual-site-without-i18n-plugin/This site is in English and French. Instead of a plugin, each post is one document with a shared tab and one tab per language.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMTBuildinghttps://norbert.design/blog/reading-width-is-a-design-decision/https://norbert.design/blog/reading-width-is-a-design-decision/Long lines look elegant in a mockup and tire readers in real life. How I set the measure for this blog, and why it stops at 65 characters.Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMTDesignhttps://norbert.design/blog/one-keyboard-two-languages/https://norbert.design/blog/one-keyboard-two-languages/Tipito is a small browser game that teaches touch typing with French and Luxembourgish words. The keyboard layout turned out to be the hard part.Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMTNotes