The five best design links, every weekday

Thursday11/06

1

wreflection.com

AI’s dial-up era

We’re in 1995 again. This time with Artificial Intelligence.

2

amazonclimatejustice.org

AI open letter by Amazon workers

Telling Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Every single signature makes the message stronger.

3

blog.pragmaticengineer.com

Comparing interviews at 8 large tech companies

In three months, Puneet did more than 60 interviews at 11 companies, including Google, Uber, Amazon, Atlassian, and others.

4

mikegallagher.org

Design principles for teams working in healthcare

An attempt to define what we mean when we say a “good user experience” in the context of the NHS.

5

waspdev.com

Some software bloat is OK

The software efficiency in an era of fast CPUs, gigabytes of RAM and terabytes of storage.

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Wednesday11/05

1

adamsilver.io

Why I don’t test different designs at the same time

Parts of A are better, parts of B are better, and there’s probably a Version C that would beat them both.

2

visualrambling.space

Dithering

Understanding how dithering works, visually.

3

frederickvanbrabant.com

Architectural debt is not just technical debt

Code debt are the hacks you put in place to reach a deadline; architectural debt are the decisions that come back to bite you six months later.

4

belfercenter.org

Design from the margins

Free book. Centering the most marginalized and impacted in design processes - from ideation to production.

5

ethanmarcotte.com

Against the protection of stocking frames

“Artificial intelligence” is a failed technology. It’s time we described it that way.

Tuesday11/04

1

yusufaytas.com

How AI broke interviews

AI erased trust in remote interviewing. Here’s how the system broke and how companies are rebuilding interviews around real human reasoning.

2

wired.com

AI of a thousand faces

What happens now that AI is everywhere and in everything? 17 readings from the furthest reaches of the AI age.

3

gq.com

The top secret Virgil Abloh archive

A team of archivists has tirelessly catalogued one of the most remarkable private fashion collections ever assembled.

4

itsnicethat.com

Bold.af: the Affinity rebrand

How Canva’s pro sister has undergone a huge overhaul inside and out.

5

chrbutler.com

The fundamentals problem

Anyone can make something that looks designed, but that doesn’t mean that design has happened.

Monday11/03

1

bit.ly

From blank canvas to full flow in 30 secondsSponsored

UX Pilot turns text into wireframes, on-brand screens, and flows in seconds. Iterate faster and get started free today.

2

cubic.dev

The real problem with AI coding

The problem with AI coding isn't technical debt. It's comprehension debt.

3

exhibition.rightdesigninc.com

Stuffed memories

Unique stories and memories associated with stuffed animals.

4

scope-creep.xyz

Scope creep: the game

A chilling tale of deliverables, deadlines and doomed decisions.

5

om.co

Why tech needs personalization

Personalization isn’t a feature; it is a way of acknowledging that life has texture.

Friday10/31

1

uxdesign.cc

Building AI-driven workflows powered by Claude Code

How agentic CLI tools extend Figma MCP and turn wireframes into production-ready prototypes.

2

dotcom.press

A brief history of domains

This year, dot com turned 40. Nearly a billion domains have been registered during that period.

3

nngroup.com

Using AI for UX work: study guide

A collection of links to our articles and videos to learn about the best ways to use artificial intelligence for UX work.

4

idiallo.com

The TikTok model is the future of the web

Not the future we want, but the one we're getting.

5

hvpandya.com

Mobile to models and leading design with craft

With models emerging as the new material, leadership is about figuring out the unknowns again.

Thursday10/30

1

hvpandya.com

Fast is a moat

Speed—turning ideas into tangible results quickly is the most powerful competitive advantage you can build.

2

figma.com

Figma plugin: Figmentation

Automate the process of extracting design tokens directly from your Figma components — including colors, typography, spacing, borders, and effects.

3

itsnicethat.com

Why Gothic endures in visual culture

Gothic has moved from subcultural spaces into mainstream design practice. What’s causing its resurrection?

4

blog.joemag.dev

The new calculus of AI-based coding

Agentic coding instead of vibe coding—much less exciting, but in our industry boring is usually good.

5

blog.damato.design

Design attractors

Hot take: the design system specialist role will eventually disappear.

Wednesday10/29

1

alearningaday.blog

Everything is television

How the cause for the global decline in intelligence could be attributed to the fact that we now get to carry this box in our pocket.

2

experiments.randomthebook.com

LinkedIn wisdom generator

Profound-sounding quotes that mean absolutely nothing. Just wait for all the likes you'll get.

3

grillopress.github.io

Creating prototypes constrained by the medium not our skills or understanding

When innovation is limited by the designers control and understanding of the medium.

4

semantic.art

Semantic.art

An anti-slop art search engine that invites you to search with your imagination.

5

vsanchezgomez.substack.com

We’ve all bought into technosolutionism, but we can opt out

Dismantling a culture that idolizes privately owned tech as a method of social progress.

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