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Raw design and startup lessons. From craft to chaos, learn how great apps are built, and the truths nobody shares. For ambitious builders.
Raw design and startup lessons. From craft to chaos, learn how great apps are built, and the truths nobody shares. For ambitious builders.
Why the AI bubble argument misunderstands both bubbles and AI.
The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.
Em dash, en dash, hyphen, minus symbol - what do they have to do with AI and how do screen readers treat them?
Just say those words to any room full of recruiters, and everyone will give a wry chuckle and roll their eyes. We've all heard it a million times.
The end of prohibition but also the start of the Great Depression and the looming threat of war. What a mix.
From analytics and ideation to prototyping and visual design—where AI fits and where it doesn’t, illustrated with real-world examples.
Digital spaces must also support people whose minds process information differently.
What if most of the benefit from successful technology change doesn’t come from the technology at all?
Thinking in terms of legibility and illegibility explains so many of the things that are confusing about large software companies.
This is culture surveillance. No one notices, no one consents. But it's not about catching criminals. It's about catching vibes.
Every generation of poster artists unconsciously documented their era’s visual language.
A candid talk about the murky waters of client selection, the logistics and risks of rejecting work on moral grounds.
A collection of handcrafted background patterns and gradients. Easy to use and customize.
The “AI” Bubble feels more like the all-encompassing wasteland that was the 2007 bubble in Iceland than anything else.
In a world of intangible assets, the only way to identify a bubble is to see it pop.
Use this technique to drastically improve the quality of your vector curves.
The 3 different archetypes of product leaders: the craftsperson, the operator, and the visionary.
What began as a side project in Amsterdam during the 1990s became the software powering AI, data science and some of the world’s biggest companies.
Nothing particularly scary happens (beyond the kind of hype-driven scariness already present in 2025).
TV UI design is a unique, fascinating, and often overlooked field. Decades of evolution and innovation, yet still firmly constrained by its legacy.
Success in design requires mastering things we often avoid. Here's how I get clients, predict their quirks, and ship effortlessly every day.
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
Good estimation isn’t about control or tracking every minute of your day. It’s about creating trust and transparency in your team.
Imagine a web page that loads instantly, deploys effortlessly, and never needs a security update.
How much instability, lack of quality, or impermanence can we tolerate in our tools?
Too bad most websites nowadays don't use links for navigation and actions. Here's a fix.
A full-ish history of user interfaces that can be themed to meet the opportunities and constraints of the time.
A practical framework for designing human-AI oversight that actually works.
With every new technology platform, the concept of an application shifts. Now with AI it's happening again.