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.
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.
A collection of honest perspectives on what it takes to make something great, written by people who have done it before.
AI agents didn’t make the SDLC faster. They killed it. All that’s left is context.
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Hot takes and cold truths on software, startups, and the lies we tell ourselves.
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Every company building an AI assistant is also building hardware that listens and watches 24/7. Local on-device inference is the only way out.
Things haven’t settled, the ground is still moving, and sitting with uncertainty might be the best position right now.
How are brands using AI? Obello discussed with 100+ design teams and found 3 major trends shaping AI design’s future. Download the report.
The value of human thinking is going down. The value of human attention is going up. Those two facts are pointing in very different directions.
Mapping the alliance of billionaires, politicians, and tech giants driving global techno-fascism.
Google's behind-the-scenes of designing the next generation of interfaces for AI glasses with displays.
If you’ve been anywhere near tech Twitter in the last few weeks, you’ve heard it: SaaS is dead. Everyone has an explanation. Sigh.
Just like the first Industrial Revolution, this will change the world in profound and unexpected ways.
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An identity that captures the legacy of Wright’s designs, the community built through the organization, and the immediate necessity of their work.
Intellectual property theft on an obscene scale; but law is something that is carved and grown as needed by forces of power.
Design systems have been propping up quality from collapsing. And in doing so, risk making the collapse even more spectacular.
AI agents generate 98% more PRs but reviews take 91% longer. The work didn’t disappear — it moved.
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That lost identity was "computer programmer" and it was arguably one of the biggest.
AI assistants don’t have to communicate in paragraphs. They can communicate through interfaces.
An internet time capsule that will arrive once wifi reaches the moon.
AI-generated codebases are at risk of falling into a state where nobody knows how they work.
How to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
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The irony of this: Make content natural to bypass AI detection and feel truly human.
As code becomes source of truth, design tools become interfaces on code, not the other way round.
Will I be able to acquire a job after this one, or if AI is going to completely take over my profession and ruin my career?