The five best design links, every weekday

Thursday11/13

1

uxdesign.cc

Bridging product design and AI thinking

The shift in product design with the advent of AI and a potential generative experiential future.

2

claude.com

Claude use cases

Practical examples across research, writing, coding, analysis, and everyday tasks on how to collaborate with Claude AI.

3

perspective-dev.github.io

Perspective dataviz

An interactive analytics and data visualization component, especially well-suited for large and/or streaming datasets.

4

tympanus.net

Building a real game as a designer using AI

A look behind a design-first diabetes education game, built by hand-crafted pixel art and powered by an AI that mostly knew what it was doing.

5

lukew.com

How design teams are reacting to 10x dev productivity from AI

When software development teams experience huge productivity booms, how do design teams respond?

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Wednesday11/12

1

longform.asmartbear.com

Mission, vision, poTAYto, poTAHto

Mission, vision, purpose, BHAG. Are they useful north stars, or academic nonsense?

2

authoritarian-stack.info

The authoritarian stack

How tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America — and why Europe is next.

3

animateicons.vercel.app

AnimateIcons

Seamless, animated icons for React—make your interface stand out with beautifully smooth motion and easy customization.

4

adobe.design

Animation that fails safely

A practical framework for designing and engineering safe, resilient, and inclusive motion.

5

stratechery.com

The benefits of bubbles

We are in an AI Bubble: the big question is if this bubble will be worth it for the physical infrastructure and coordinated innovation that result?

Tuesday11/11

1

alfy.blog

Your URL is your state

A deep dive into how thoughtful URL design can enhance usability, shareability, and performance.

2

how-did-i-get-here.net

How did I get here?

A dynamic traceroute + an informative article about how the BGP routing protocol works and guides the shape of the Internet.

3

den.dev

You need to become a full stack person

AI tools are commoditizing single-skill roles. The future belongs to people who can think, build, and ship across the entire stack.

4

byte.tsundoku.io

Byte Magazine: a visual archive

A zoomable map shows every page of every issue of BYTE: a monthly mainline of the entire personal computing universe.

5

mckinsey.com

The state of AI in 2025

Report by McKinsey on agents, innovation, and transformation—and how companies are in the early stages of capturing value with AI.

Monday11/10

1

bit.ly

Make Maps a real UI component in WordPressSponsored

SVG-first, CSS-styleable maps you can ship fast – locators, floorplans, and data-visualization without heavy iframes.

2

medium.com

The shortest path from thought to action

Reassessing Fitts’ Law in the age of multimodal interfaces.

3

vimeo.com

Apple TV mnemonic behind-the-scenes

How the new Apple TV logo and opening sequence was created.

4

raphkoster.com

Game design is simple, actually

A twelve-step program for understanding game design.

5

slack.engineering

Build better software to build software better

Combining modern, high-performance build tooling with classic software engineering principles.

Friday11/07

1

johannesippen.com

How design helped Zohran win

A campaign design analysis of "Zohran for NYC"—and what you can take away from it.

2

design.dev

Metallic text effect generator

Create metallic text effects with CSS gradients. Choose from gold, silver, chrome, and more with real-time preview.

3

piccalil.li

View transitions: practical examples to elevate your UI

A powerful way to create animated transitions between two states.

4

inclusivecolors.com

Accessible color palette creator

A tool for making custom branded color palettes built to meet accessible contrast requirements for WCAG, ADA and Section 508.

5

nngroup.com

AI prototyping in real design contexts

Good from afar, but far from good.

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.

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.

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