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Fonts I'd Recommend When Building a Multilingual Website
A comparison of fonts that work well for multilingual websites. Based on real experience building one, I cover how to choose between Alibaba Sans, Noto Sans, and system fonts, and what to keep in mind when adopting them.
- Design
- Web
5/30/2026
Do You Know Where the 'Navigation Bar' Is? Its Name Recently Changed... A Summary of Old and New Bar UIs in iOS & Android
Mobile app UIs have many UIs with 'Bar' in their names, like Navigation Bar and Toolbar. Recently, both iOS and Android have significantly changed the names and specifications of these UIs. The name 'Navigation Bar' in particular is extremely confusing because it can refer to different UIs depending on whether it's iOS or Android, and whether you're talking about the current or older versions. This article summarizes the names and appearances on each OS in tables, with links to the official specifications.
- Design
- UI
8/28/2025
Why I dislike Tailwind (and React)
I'll walk through the issues I have with the combination of Tailwind CSS and React—how style definitions get tangled up with document structure, my frustrations around scoped CSS, and how it compares to other frameworks like Astro, Svelte, and Vue.
- React
- tailwind
3/22/2025
Best Buy 2024
A list of the best things I bought in 2024. I write one every year at the start of the year.
- Review
- Life
1/13/2025
[Routine & Preventive Cleaning] A Lazy 15-Year Solo Liver's Take on the Minimum Habits to Keep Your Place Clean [Save This One]
I'm fundamentally a super lazy person, but I'm confident my place is clean enough to welcome guests at any time. After living alone for over 10 years across four rentals, I've figured out the easiest cleaning routines to keep things tidy, so I'm putting them together. Year-end deep cleaning season is coming up, so I'm also recommending lots of cleaning items that are great to grab on Black Friday.
- Life
11/25/2024

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Akira HIRATA

Akira HIRATA

Designer and engineer living in Tokyo with a cat. I excel at collaborating with teams to create and plan new things. I enjoy cooking, road biking, and manga.

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Please contact me from here. I accept design production such as UI and logo, coding, and speaking at events.