The five best design links, every weekday

Thursday03/05

1

terriblesoftware.org

Nobody gets promoted for simplicity

We reward complexity and ignore simplicity. In interviews, design reviews, and promotions.

2

infiniteundo.com

Falsehoods programmers believe about time

Many mistakes in both test and application code stem from misunderstandings or misconceptions about time.

3

cursor.com

How technical support at Cursor uses Cursor

Removing the context-gathering bottleneck for most support work.

4

library.obys.agency

Obys’ Design Books

A personal selection of titles that show design in ways the screen never could.

5

dbushell.com

Everything you never wanted to know about visually-hidden

Screen readers need context that visual layouts ignore.

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Wednesday03/04

1

jonkolko.com

A design turn

Why UX must move beyond efficiency to address systemic consequences.

2

edition.cnn.com

Apollo’s bold, unruly and controversial successor

A visual guide to the audacious moon-landing mission design that put SpaceX and NASA in the hot seat.

3

typescale.ai

Typescale AI

Generate modular type scales and design tokens instantly.

4

dropleaf.app

AI Taxonomy

When someone says "AI", ask: "Which category?" Force specificity.

5

karlkoch.me

On adding homepage delight

A vinyl-style music shelf with spring physics, deflection, hover layers and velocity gating.

Tuesday03/03

1

hvpandya.com

Expose your design system to LLMs

LLMs drift, fabricate tokens, and start every session from scratch. Here’s how to feed your design system to AI coding agents so they stop guessing.

2

tylercoderre.com

Design systems checklist

A step-by-step checklist for building design systems.

3

amplifying.ai

What Claude Code actually chooses

Systematic analysis of how AI systems make decisions — from product recommendations to developer tool choices.

4

itsnicethat.com

Who owns this book?

The guide for every designer’s worst nightmare: copyright.

5

martinfowler.com

Design-first collaboration

Before writing code, dialog with progressive levels of design alignment.

Monday03/02

1

bit.ly

Turn your Figma design system into UI screens instantlySponsored

Sync with UX Pilot AI to import unlimited components and generate screens in seconds. Join 600,000+ pros iterating faster. Free to try!

2

rosipov.com

Are AI productivity gains fueled by delivery pressure?

How pressure to deliver fast erodes the deep thinking necessary for truly functional products.

3

caidan.dev

ASCII clouds

Generate ASCII patterns that turn technical limitation into a high-fidelity aesthetic.

4

anthropic.skilljar.com

Anthropic courses

Anthropic’s new Academy transitions from tool-specific tutorials to a mental model of AI fluency.

5

robinrendle.com

The song of LinkedIn

How corporate platforms force a specific, hollow performance.

Friday02/27

1

joshbrake.substack.com

The prompt you’re missing

Four categories of task that you should consider before turning to AI.

2

3dicons.co

Open-source 3D icons

1440+ beautifully crafted open-source 3D icons that you can use completely free and without attribution for personal or commercial project.

3

thoughtshrapnel.com

Agentic commerce is a catastrophe for brands who rely on friction

Our current neoliberal version of capitalism has built a rent-extraction layer on top of human limitations that agents don't have.

4

shoe-finder-wine.vercel.app

Shoe Finder

Explore our endless collection of sneakers—a fun little demo.

5

oreilly.com

How to write a good spec for AI Agents

Simply throwing a massive spec at an AI agent doesn’t work—context window limits and the model’s “attention budget” get in the way.

Thursday02/26

1

hughhowey.com

The AI bubble is bursting

AI is not going to disappear from your life. But the bubble is starting to burst.

2

colorflow.ls.graphics

ColorFlow

Create stunning mesh gradients with real-time preview, customizable control points, and export options.

3

youtube.com

Why some movies feel more alive

More than just a blur of faces in the background, extras play a crucial but often overlooked role in the art of filmmaking.

4

zknill.io

If code is cheap, intent is the currency

Apparently writing code is cheap now. So since the barrier to producing code is gone, the intent behind the code is the most important bit.

5

pxlnv.com

On software quality

There seems to be wide agreement that Apple's software quality is not up to scratch.

Wednesday02/25

1

doc.cc

Why AI is exposing design’s craft crisis

AI didn’t create the craft crisis in design—it exposed the technical literacy gap that’s been eroding strategic influence for over a decade.

2

letters.stevejobsarchive.com

Letters to a Young Creator

A collection of honest perspectives on what it takes to make something great, written by people who have done it before.

3

boristane.com

The software development lifecycle is dead

AI agents didn’t make the SDLC faster. They killed it. All that’s left is context.

4

sweetfont.com

Sweetfont

Explore Google Fonts by personality, vibe, and style using interactive controls.

5

cianfrani.dev

Designing in English

Components are dead. Use your words.

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