Greetings from Planet Peanut!

Since there’s a whole new generation of GNOME contributors active right now, I’ll do a short reintroduction: Hello, I’m Hylke !

I was a design contributor in the late 2.X, early 3.X days. Mainly icons and theming. I’ve attended many GUADECs .

I’m also the developer of SparkleShare , a Git-based file sync app. Once a much used tool by the Design Team to collaborate on mockups, now in need for some love and care.

After many years just lurking I’m happy to be officially back as a GNOME Foundation member now that Bobby has joined Circle .

App icons created in recent months

New plan

I lost my job this year due to the big tech layoffs . Also dealing with burnout, it made me realise I need to go back to working on things that matter to me.

I would love to contribute design full-time.

If you like my work and want to support me, I’m trying to gather enough small monthly sponsors to support me with a basic income. Every little helps.

My focus for 2026:

• Supply a stream of icons to the Linux ecosystem by designing at least one app icon a week . Developers can request free icons .
• Reboot SparkleShare . Finish the rewrite in Rust and redesign the interface with GTK4 and libadwaita .
• Launch a FOSS design service . Make a plan for sustainably assist FOSS communities with product design work.

I will post frequent updates here and on the Fediverse .

Good to be back!

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