The five best design links, every weekday

Tuesday03/31

1

doc.cc

Perspective

On rational thinking, taking action, and the courage to choose.

2

gameaccessibilityguidelines.com

Game Accessibility Guidelines

A straightforward reference for inclusive game design, supporting the industry since 2012.

3

johnjwang.com

Why are executives enamored with AI but ICs aren’t?

Executives have always had to deal with non-determinism, while individual contributors are evaluated by their execution on deterministic tasks.

4

eztree.dev

Procedural Tree Generator

EZ-Tree is a procedural tree generator that allows you to create realistic 3D tree models with ease.

5

gjlondon.com

AI agents could make free software matter again

Free software once mattered deeply, but faded when SaaS made those freedoms feel irrelevant.

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Monday03/30

1

bit.ly

AI Coding for Product Designers (New Cohort)Sponsored

Start building with intention and control. Learn the architecture and systems required to build and ship functional products with AI.

2

jlzych.com

Take my job, AI!

The idea of AI replacing product designers isn’t scaring me. It’s actually having the opposite effect: I’m embracing it.

3

aeris.edbn.me

Aeris

Track live flights in stunning 3D over the world’s busiest airspaces. Free and open source.

4

mass-driver.com

MD UI: a Typeface for Interfacing

A neo-grotesque fine-tuned for maximum performance at every scale.

5

anildash.com

Endgame for the Open Web

You must imagine Sam Altman holding a knife to Tim Berners-Lee's throat.

Friday03/27

1

carlsz.dev

The evolution of craft

A new medium is here, or perhaps something more akin to a new fundamental force of nature.

2

ui.shadcn.com

Shadcn/ui: the foundation for your design system

A set of beautifully designed open-source components that you can customize, extend, and build on.

3

uxdesign.cc

The three thirds

An entire generation of designers climbed the ladder. A third say it got better. A third say it got worse. A third aren’t sure.

4

anythingconverter.com

Anything Counter

The hidden price of digital life in real time with real data.

5

unsung.aresluna.org

The curse of the cursor

How direct interaction is being replaced by hidden automation and why tactile control matters.

Thursday03/26

1

answer.ai

So where are all the AI apps?

If AI users are becoming 10x more productive, skeptics might reasonably ask: where are all the apps?

2

typeflow.tools

Typeflow.tools

A free online tool that demonstrates how Cavalry can be used to build branded creative tools.

3

a16z.com

There are only two paths left for software

Grow 10% or earn 40%, no middle path is left.

4

emilysneddon.com

Fran Sans Essay

An interpretation of the destination displays found on some of the light rail vehicles that service the city of San Francisco.

5

anthropic.com

What 81,000 people want from AI

How they use AI, what they dream it could make possible, and what they fear it might do.

Wednesday03/25

1

yannglt.com

AI and the Rosetta Stone

How AI turns translation into runtime and why preserving intent between human ambiguity and machine precision is now the real craft.

2

mockdown.design

Mockdown: ASCII wireframe editor

Free browser-based ASCII wireframe editor. Design UI mockups, lo-fi prototypes, and text diagrams with drag-and-drop components.

3

karlkoch.me

On clip-path animations

How CSS clip-path animations can move beyond simple fades to create tactile, high-end motion.

4

web-rewind.com

Web Rewind

An interactive journey through 30 years of the web.

5

thelibre.news

The political use of operating systems

How operating systems shape the way we interact with institutions, private entities and peers.

Tuesday03/24

1

bit.ly

3D.to.design: 3D models in Figma, finallySponsored

Import a GLB, GLTF, OBJ, or turn any flat image into a 3D model. Rotate it, pick your angle, place it on canvas.

2

lucumr.pocoo.org

Some things just take time

On friction, patience, and planting trees.

3

designsurface.dev

Cascade: icons for CSS properties

An open-source icon set where every icon represents a CSS property–value pair. Copy as SVG or React component.

4

lesswrong.com

Broad timelines

What happens if we take our AI uncertainty seriously—if we act with epistemic humility.

5

smashingmagazine.com

Modal vs. separate page: UX decision tree

How to choose between modals and pages, when to avoid modals, and how to determine the right level of interruption or navigation.

Monday03/23

1

bit.ly

What design education doesn’t prepare us forSponsored

Reflections from Stefan Sagmeister, Liza Enebeis, Erik Kessels, and 10 more creatives—in the new editorial UNLEARNED by Readymag.

2

sahajgarg.github.io

The displacement of cognitive labor and what comes after

We are past the point where the question is whether artificial intelligence will exceed human capability across most cognitive domains.

3

dialed.gg

How well can you remember colors?

We show you colors. You recreate them from memory. Challenge friends to beat your score. It’s harder than you think.

4

tools.rmv.fyi

Delphitools

A collection of small, low stakes and low effort tools. No logins, no registration, no data collection.

5

blog.mozilla.ai

When shipping software becomes too easy

When building becomes effortless, the real constraint is no longer code. It’s clarity, product judgment, and knowing when not to ship.

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