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philippdubach.com

Is AI really eating the world?

The range of outcomes spans from “just more software” to a single unified intelligence that handles everything.

colorpalette.pro

Color palette pro

Generate customizable color palettes in advanced color spaces that can be easily shared, downloaded, or exported.

productidentity.co

In the sea of sameness

Finding a soul in this world seems to be a rare quality these days, especially in software-internet-land.

allthingsdistributed.com

Tech predictions for 2026 and beyond

In the coming year, we will begin the transition into a new era of AI in the human loop, not the other way around.

vercel.com

How we built the v0 iOS app

The v0 engineering team breaks down the challenges and decisions behind building the v0 app for iOS.

yannglt.com

The Rosetta stone of design engineering

How design and engineering meet, overlap, and translate meaning—and why a shared language is the only way to build real shipping velocity.

emilysneddon.com

FranSans

A display font based on the destination displays found on some of the light rail vehicles that service the city of San Francisco.

uxdesign.cc

Locksmith stickers are annoying, but kind of genius

A masterclass in low-tech, persistent, and surprisingly effective guerrilla marketing.

lethain.com

“Good engineering management” is a fad

As I get older, I increasingly think about whether I’m spending my time the right way to advance my career and my life.

eleganthack.com

UX is your moat (and you’re ignoring it)

AI companies act like their next model release will make users switch. They announce benchmark improvements like they’re declaring victory.

wpamelia.com

Amelia Booking for WordPress — Black Friday up to 70%Sponsored

80,000+ customers, 4.6★ rating. Automated booking with real-time availability, payments, reminders—15-day money-back guarantee.

hvpandya.com

Exposure as a designer

For equal amount of design skills, your exposure to the world determines how effective of a designer you can be.

baldurbjarnason.com

The dichotomy of print versus the web

Two very different technologies whose relationship is complicated at best.

mashable.com

9 startups changing disability tech

From making brain-computer interfaces affordable to enabling people with low vision to follow live sports.

hazelweakly.me

To be a leader of systems

People who become known for seeing systems often become in charge of them.

chrbutler.com

What AI is really for

Best case: we’re in a bubble. Worst case: the people profiting most know exactly what they’re doing.

openrailwaymap.org

Open railway map

An OpenStreetMap-based project for creating a map of the world's railway infrastructure.

pbs.org

David Kelley’s brief but spectacular take on creativity and design

David Kelley reflects on the journey that shaped his belief that everyone has the capacity to be creative.

theguardian.com

How pop music fell in love with socialist infographics

When Austrian philosopher Otto Neurath invented the visual language of Isotypes, it was to democratise education—but ended up impacting way more.

humaninvariant.com

Blame as a service (BaaS)

Productized scapegoating—a reflection.