In the digital age, style is often copied before it is celebrated. The phenomenon of the Fake Shilpa Shukla Fashion and Style Gallery is a fascinating case study—a virtual space where imitation meets aspiration, and where the line between tribute and forgery blurs.
I'm Mike Aparicio, Principal Design Systems Engineer at Turquoise Health. I'm interested in helping companies large and small improve collaboration between design and engineering through the use of design systems. I specialize in creating custom CSS frameworks that empower engineering teams to get from concept to production quickly, while writing little to no CSS themselves. I write about web design and development, video games, pop culture, and other things I find interesting. I live in the Chicago area with my wife, three sons, and two dogs.
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