How Auttomatic iterates on UI copy
A behind-the-scenes look at how Automattic designers treat UI copy as a core design element—from first drafts to faster iteration.
Friday05/16
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Cartwheel
A powerful text-to-animation platform. Animate characters for your video, game, movie, ad, Social or VR project simply by typing.
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YCombinator graveyard
A list of all inactive YCombinator startups across 50 industries.
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A visual study of the NYC subway map
The history of the NYC subway map, from a 1972 beautiful minimalist diagram to a clear and functional navigation tool.
Thursday05/15
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CTA gallery
The web’s best Call-to-Actions. For designers, UI/UX experts, and creatives looking for inspiration to craft CTAs that convert.
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Masonry in CSS: should Grid evolve or stand aside
There were duelling proposals floating around for adding support for masonry-style layouts in CSS.
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Generating physically stable LEGO designs
LegoGPT generates a LEGO structure from a user-provided text prompt in an end-to-end manner.
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Career advice in 2025
I’ve been having too many “2025 is not much fun”-themed career discussions with prior colleagues navigating the current job market.
Wednesday05/14
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How to title your blog post or whatever
So you’ve made a thing. Now you gotta choose a classifier.
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Codigo: the programming language repository
Trending programming languages, news, and language details—including code examples.
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4 ways I use AI as an accessibility specialist
A powerful new ally has emerged in helping teams in creating more inclusive experiences: AI.
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Vibe Coding is not an excuse for low-quality work
A field guide to responsible AI-assisted development.
Tuesday05/13
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A conversation with Jony Ive
Designer Sir Jony Ive joins Stripe CEO Patrick Collison for a fireside chat at Stripe Sessions.
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Chongqing, the world’s largest city, in pictures
The largest city in the world is as big as Austria, but few people have ever heard of it.
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Fridge poetry
Drag words around to make poems; leave them for others to find later and come back to see how people have changed the fridge.
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Venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any more
Venture capital is moribund except AI. AI is moribund except OpenAI. OpenAI is a bit of a scam. Nobody can cash out.
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The truth about office politics
The frustration with C-level peers doing unexpected or unreasonable or department-centric things.
Monday05/12
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PDF To Design: from static PDF to editable FigmaSponsored
Convert any PDF into Figma designs, either as fully editable layers, or as pixel-perfect images.
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The anatomy of the letterform
Everything comes down to a foundational understanding of the anatomy of the letterform and its essential component.
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A portfolio you can listen to
An experiment in turning case studies into conversations—with a little help from AI. By Sujan, a Product Designer at Microsoft.
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AI-first: did Duolingo make a fatal mistake?
The “AI-first” approach that has caused controversy among users.
Friday05/09
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Product purgatory
When they love it but still don’t buy, and when even “free” is too expensive.
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Figma plugin: Follow the path
Automatically arrange objects along a vector path with customizable spacing and orientation options.
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Case study: Adobe rebrand
Adobe sought help from Mother Design in rethinking and codifying its brand system.
Thursday05/08
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24 artifacts that define craft
Artifacts that embody craft—something that speaks to our understanding of what it means to make with intention.
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A simple, free tilemap editor
Design your tilemap with Sprite Fusion, the ultimate free online level editor.
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Getting things “done” in large tech companies
How can you finish things in a world where you can keep improving systems indefinitely?
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WCAG 3.0’s proposed scoring model
Prioritizing usability over compliance and shifting the focus toward the quality of access rather than the mere presence of features.