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draganbabic.com

Humans "in the loop"

As soon as people are out of the trenches of their work, their motivation for the quality of said work deteriorates.

vaughntan.org

Judgment from the ground up

Critical thinking is foundational for making decisions that require subjective judgment.

tool-ui.com

Tool UI

Beautiful UI components for AI tool calls.

terriblesoftware.org

Life happens at 1x speed

Why I stopped consuming content at 2x speed, and the simple rule that changed how I listen to everything.

mikefisher.substack.com

More efficiency, more demand

The future of software engineers and data scientists is bright.

tonsky.me

It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons

Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe.

bikemap.nyc

bikemap.nyc

Visualization of the entire history of Citi Bike, the largest bike-sharing system in the US.

aidesignfieldguide.com

AI Design Field Guide

Learn techniques from the designers behind OpenAI, Anthropic, Figma, Notion & more.

figma.com

Software is culture

To understand what’s next as software grows more intelligent, we look back on 20 years of interaction design.

tomtunguz.com

The done list

How the disappearing middle of work changes everything about planning & productivity.

davekiss.com

Ideas are cheap, execution is cheaper

In a world where ideas are cheap and software is cheaper, what truly matters now?

wholeearth.info

Whole Earth index

A nearly-complete archive of Whole Earth publications, published by Stewart Brand and the POINT Foundation between 1968 and 2002.

itshover.com

Its hover

Animated icons that move with intent.

jarango.com

The Moylan arrow

How traditional structural principles can inform the design of AI-powered products and services.

eleganthack.com

Your resolution isn’t the problem; your measurement is

It’s January, and millions of people have made the same resolution: “Eat better.” By February, most will have abandoned it.

seangoedecke.com

You can’t design software you don’t work on

Generic software design advice is typically useless for most practical software design problems.

motionfolios.com

Motion folios

A curated collection of motion design portfolios and studios built to inspire designers.

archiviograficaitaliana.com

Archivio Grafica Italiana

A systematic digital archive dedicated to the Italian graphic design heritage.

shaunbent.co.uk

Why federated design systems keep failing

Where they broke down, and why centralized models usually work better.

werd.io

Why RSS matters

The future of the web depends on simple, open standards.