When AI answers before you understand.

We like progress—whether in technology, economy or culture—but we fear the most powerful generators of such progress.

A self-guided class to help you get started in UX and answer key questions about craft, design, and career.

Thinking is the foundation of everything we do and, for most of us that foundation has many cracks.

Programming with AI is still in its infancy, and yet it has already redefined what programming will be about in the immediate future.

Algorithms and AI don't just show us reality — they warp it in ways that benefit platforms built to exploit people for profit.

Reflections on the 2025 DNDA Summit and Don Norman’s vision for the next era of design, community, and artificiality.

A side project that went viral on Hacker News recently.

Different renditions of the same data.

An aggregate of 715 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books.

If a normal year as a startup founder already feels like four or five regular years, this one felt closer to a full decade.

From talent arbitrage and “proof of craft” to hardware moats, ambient listening, homegrown software, and the end of waste.

How Khan Academy rebuilt its graphing tools to be accessible for all learners—including those using screen readers, keyboards, and assistive tech.

Research, case studies, and experiments to figure out what actually works when it comes to AI.

Quickly convert the number of words in a talk, presentation, or speech to how many minutes it will take to read.

One pattern comes along again and again, causing endless pain for developers, that is, creating mini-frameworks.

Our built environment can have a direct impact on physical and mental wellbeing. How are architects creating spaces that support health and humanity?

The majority of us are a bunch of self taught people with rather spotty knowledge and that’s fine. What's missing?

Combining view transitions and the dialog element—possible?

Judgment, agency, and the limits of AI benchmarks.

Musician Carlyn Bezic discusses the power of an alter-ego, deriving liberation from near-death experiences, and anticipating limitations.

A personal recap of 2025 and a year of a new style of engineering.

Shiny exclusion all the way down.

They say the shape of things only becomes legible at a distance.

Learn how to become a social activist, plan a political campaign strategy, and start a grassroots movement.

HEX builds a sound wave typography system for Maple’s voice AI research.

All of the unique ways different people chose to satisfy one of humanity's most universal curiosities.

Public data as well as our original polling suggest LLM adoption is roughly on trend, but the underlying drivers are shifting.