So where are all the AI apps?
If AI users are becoming 10x more productive, skeptics might reasonably ask: where are all the apps?
Thursday03/26
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Typeflow.tools
A free online tool that demonstrates how Cavalry can be used to build branded creative tools.
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Fran Sans Essay
An interpretation of the destination displays found on some of the light rail vehicles that service the city of San Francisco.
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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
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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.
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Mockdown: ASCII wireframe editor
Free browser-based ASCII wireframe editor. Design UI mockups, lo-fi prototypes, and text diagrams with drag-and-drop components.
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On clip-path animations
How CSS clip-path animations can move beyond simple fades to create tactile, high-end motion.
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The political use of operating systems
How operating systems shape the way we interact with institutions, private entities and peers.
Tuesday03/24
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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.
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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.
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Broad timelines
What happens if we take our AI uncertainty seriously—if we act with epistemic humility.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Delphitools
A collection of small, low stakes and low effort tools. No logins, no registration, no data collection.
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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.
Friday03/20
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How to make sense of AI
Keeping up with a fast changing, revolutionary technology can seem scary. Here are some ruthless guidelines to make sense of it effectively.
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Elizabeth’s declassified guide to product design
A rare, honest roadmap through the industry’s noise.
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Judgment and creativity are all you need
Why senior leadership hinges on decision-making quality over raw output.
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AI Particle Simulator
Generate and publish massive 3D particle swarms with custom AI logic.
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Thursday03/19
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Capacity is the roadmap
How ignoring physical limits turns an ambitious roadmap into a collective illusion.
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Matchbook Book
A vast collection of miniature windows into the graphic sensibilities of a former era.
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How do you want to remember?
What happens when you treat an AI as a participant in its own cognitive architecture.
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Human strategy in an AI-accelerated workflow
Navigating ambiguity, advocating for humans in systems optimised for efficiency, and solving their problems through thoughtful design.
Wednesday03/18
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The 49MB web page
A look at modern news websites. How programmatic ad-tech, huge payloads and hostile architecture destroyed the reading experience.
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Zero-vector design
A design philosophy for the age of AI. No intermediary. No translation layer. No friction. From intent to artifact, directly.
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Soon owning will be impossible
It‘s maybe time to think about the theoretical limits of the current economic system (which could surprisingly soon become very practical).
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Designing for people with anxiety
Most of us will experience anxiety at some point, sometimes triggered by a stressful moment, other times as a chronic condition.