# Cai (they/them) — RSS Amplifier Everything Cai (they/them) publishes, via the RSS Amplifier directory. Page: Feed: --- ## [The critique format industrial complex](https://ccharniga.substack.com/p/the-critique-format-industrial-complex) _2026-07-19 · Exclamation Points_ Issue #10: on crit formats, feedback culture, and how to start doing the relational work we keep avoiding ## ["Childless" doesn’t mean peripheral](https://ccharniga.substack.com/p/childless-doesnt-mean-peripheral) _2025-12-03 · Exclamation Points_ Issue #9: on spacious lives, small hands, and the adults who hold the in-between ## [What repair really asks of us](https://ccharniga.substack.com/p/what-repair-really-asks-of-us) _2025-10-24 · Exclamation Points_ Issue #8: on repair, nervous systems, fragility, and the slower work of staying human ## [The paradox of new ideas](https://ccharniga.substack.com/p/the-paradox-of-new-ideas) _2025-06-11 · Exclamation Points_ Issue #7: on liquid glass, messy ideas, and the art of good critique ## [How to do things when the world is falling apart](https://ccharniga.substack.com/p/how-to-do-things-when-the-world-is) _2025-04-29 · Exclamation Points_ Issue #6: in which I reveal my deep love for timers, ice water, and saying no ## [A quick love letter to vibe coding](https://ccharniga.substack.com/p/a-quick-love-letter-to-vibe-coding) _2025-04-15 · Exclamation Points_ Issue #5: on staying up late just to make things sparkle ## [Tried and true blue](https://ccharniga.substack.com/p/tried-and-true-blue) _2023-04-08 · Exclamation Points_ Issue #4: on boygenius and the transformative power of platonic love ## [Rest and watered down soup](https://ccharniga.substack.com/p/rest-and-watered-down-soup) _2022-05-25 · Exclamation Points_ Issue #3: on transforming how we think about rest ## [Making accessibility accessible](https://ccharniga.substack.com/p/making-accessibility-accessible) _2022-05-06 · Exclamation Points_ Issue #2: on demystification and how we can begin to think of accessibility as practice ## [This is Exclamation Points](https://ccharniga.substack.com/p/coming-soon) _2022-04-15 · Exclamation Points_ 👋 An intro is in order – I’m Cait and my pronouns are they and them. I’m a designer, a non-binary person, a disabled person, a jazz fan, a huge nerd, a believer in people power and strong communities, a lover of joy and of rest, an appreciator of abolitionist thinking, and a human being who loves helping people find the time, energy and resources to live their lives in ways that feel good à la… ## [Finnish Seedboxes — Up to 20Gbps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rZCDpA9DxxIy) _2022-04-15 · **Sponsored**_ Private Finnish seedboxes with 1–20Gbps speeds, RAID storage and 14‑day refund ## [Design systems as community building](https://ccharniga.substack.com/p/design-systems-as-community-building-5a78b6f5af50) _2020-05-25 · Exclamation Points_ Posted originally on Medium ## [A Designer’s Guide to Definition of Done](https://ccharniga.substack.com/p/a-designers-guide-to-definition-of-done-7a2c3751d84f) _2020-05-13 · Exclamation Points_ Posted originally on Medium ## [Bias Reduction in Design](https://ccharniga.substack.com/p/bias-reduction-in-design-cf3b0a2d2f12) _2019-02-19 · Exclamation Points_ Posted originally on Medium