The five best design links, every weekday

Wednesday01/14

1

hvpandya.com

The invisible work

The coordination work that holds projects together disappears the moment it works.

2

superkeen.studio

KCTL case study

Taking pride in a Brooklyn nonprofit.

3

oilwell.app

Oilwell: Meditate through the meltdown

A wellness app to help you embrace climate chaos, created by Edelman, Oil and Gas PR.

4

fangpenlin.com

Manufacturing as code is the future, and the future is now

When you realize that the physical form of objects can be defined by digital bits, it opens up unbounded possibilities.

5

addyosmani.com

21 lessons from 14 years at Google

Lessons learned from 14 years of engineering at Google, focusing on what truly matters beyond just writing great code.

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Tuesday01/13

1

antirez.com

Don’t fall into the anti-AI hype

It does not matter if AI companies will not be able to get their money back and the stock market will crash.

2

evilcharts.com

Evil Charts

A library of beautiful charts components that are easy to use and customize, built with Tailwind CSS and React.

3

userinterface.wiki

Sounds on the web

Sound is the forgotten sense in web design. Used well, it adds feedback, personality, and presence that visuals alone cannot achieve.

4

kodo7.com

KODO-7 — UI Odyssey

Create sci-fi terminal animations. Pure type. No ornaments.

5

rlancemartin.github.io

Agent design patterns

Effective agent design largely boils down to context management.

Monday01/12

1

bit.ly

Vibe Coding Camp: build real products with AISponsored

A hands-on program for designers and PMs who want to actually build—using Cursor, Supabase, Vercel, and AI-first workflows.

2

andrew.grahamyooll.com

Try to take my position

"You want to get promoted? Try to take my position." Here's why this was the best career advice ever.

3

hnbooks.pieterma.es

Hacker News book map

The 1000 most popular books on Hacker News visualized on an interactive map.

4

ideas.zudiay.me

World map of human ideas

Explore the birthplaces of ideas that shaped civilization.

5

nngroup.com

Humanizing AI is a trap

LLMs humanize by design. Adding personality/emotion amplifies risk. Design real tools, not fake friends.

Friday01/09

1

draganbabic.com

Humans "in the loop"

As soon as people are out of the trenches of their work, their motivation for the quality of said work deteriorates.

2

vaughntan.org

Judgment from the ground up

Critical thinking is foundational for making decisions that require subjective judgment.

3

tool-ui.com

Tool UI

Beautiful UI components for AI tool calls.

4

terriblesoftware.org

Life happens at 1x speed

Why I stopped consuming content at 2x speed, and the simple rule that changed how I listen to everything.

5

mikefisher.substack.com

More efficiency, more demand

The future of software engineers and data scientists is bright.

Thursday01/08

1

tonsky.me

It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons

Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe.

2

bikemap.nyc

bikemap.nyc

Visualization of the entire history of Citi Bike, the largest bike-sharing system in the US.

3

aidesignfieldguide.com

AI Design Field Guide

Learn techniques from the designers behind OpenAI, Anthropic, Figma, Notion & more.

4

figma.com

Software is culture

To understand what’s next as software grows more intelligent, we look back on 20 years of interaction design.

5

tomtunguz.com

The done list

How the disappearing middle of work changes everything about planning & productivity.

Wednesday01/07

1

davekiss.com

Ideas are cheap, execution is cheaper

In a world where ideas are cheap and software is cheaper, what truly matters now?

2

wholeearth.info

Whole Earth index

A nearly-complete archive of Whole Earth publications, published by Stewart Brand and the POINT Foundation between 1968 and 2002.

3

itshover.com

Its hover

Animated icons that move with intent.

4

jarango.com

The Moylan arrow

How traditional structural principles can inform the design of AI-powered products and services.

5

eleganthack.com

Your resolution isn’t the problem; your measurement is

It’s January, and millions of people have made the same resolution: “Eat better.” By February, most will have abandoned it.

Tuesday01/06

1

seangoedecke.com

You can’t design software you don’t work on

Generic software design advice is typically useless for most practical software design problems.

2

motionfolios.com

Motion folios

A curated collection of motion design portfolios and studios built to inspire designers.

3

archiviograficaitaliana.com

Archivio Grafica Italiana

A systematic digital archive dedicated to the Italian graphic design heritage.

4

shaunbent.co.uk

Why federated design systems keep failing

Where they broke down, and why centralized models usually work better.

5

werd.io

Why RSS matters

The future of the web depends on simple, open standards.

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