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uxdesign.cc

We become what we behold

A discussion of AI + Design and our shifting roles.

webaim.org

The WebAIM Million

The 2026 report on the accessibility of the top 1,000,000 home pages.

marginalia.nu

AI makes you boring

Prompting an AI model is not articulating an idea. You get the output, but in terms of ideation the output is discardable.

smashingmagazine.com

How to improve UX in legacy systems

Practical guidelines for driving UX impact in organizations with legacy systems and broken processes.

daverupert.com

When moving fast, talking is the first thing to break

Talking takes time. Consensus is expensive and slow. When speed is the priority, there’s no incentive to improve or invest in the shared system.

maggieappleton.com

One developer, two dozen agents, zero alignment

Why we need collaborative AI engineering.

font-stealer.vercel.app

Analyze any font

Extract and analyze fonts from any website instantly.

reuters.com

How California fights fires from the skies

High-stakes data visualization saves lives. This breakdown shows how clear mapping helps people navigate chaos.

davidmello.com

Playwright accessibility testing

Axe and Lighthouse miss 60–70% of WCAG violations. Learn the limitations of automated accessibility testing and how to write smarter Playwright tests.

lukew.com

The new designer/developer collaboration

A collaboration model that shined a light on how things could (no, should) be.

matthiasott.com

Design and engineering, as one

Most of us are still running product teams on a model that was designed for a problem we don’t have.

awwwards.com

Case study: 100 Lost Species

A digital story about extinction that people could actively explore.

acolorbright.com

Aesthetics of AI

Observations on the visual identities of standout AI brands and the trends shaping them.

robonomics.substack.com

Org design in the age of AI

Everyone is adding AI to their workflows. Almost no one is rethinking why the workflow is shaped that way in the first place.

aestheticamagazine.com

The endurance of brutalism

This new exhibition spotlights Scotland’s post-war modernist architecture, selected from Phipps’ photographs of 160 buildings across the country.

joshwcomeau.com

Squash and stretch

Using Disney's animation principles to create SVG micro-interactions that feel way more natural and believable.

trainjazz.com

Every train, a note

A jazz combo played in real time by every active NYC subway train.

theyseeyourphotos.com

They see your photos

Upload a photo to find out how much an AI sees. Spoiler alert: more than you think.

nngroup.com

Handmade designs: the new trust signal

In an era of AI-generated-everything, AI-fatigued users want designs that look like they were made by a person.

factory.ai

How missions work

Agent sessions work well for focused tasks, but most real projects are too broad and complex for a single context window.