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ryo.lu

Struggle together

I learned programming and design by trying, failing, and trying again. When I hit a wall, I figured out how to climb it.

the-brandidentity.com

The New York Times turns 175

A custom 175 mark and identity system to use across editorial, opinion, advertising, events and marketing.

dri.es

Website migration costs are going to zero

What happens when AI makes website migrations almost free?

hairline.lucasmarkes.com

Hairline

Thirty-three isometric line figures that answer the pointer. SVG, no dependencies, for React and for everything else.

texttocad.dev

Text-to-cad

Design physical products with AI. Free, open-source CAD for AI agents like Codex and Claude Code.

atifaz.am

The software factory forgot about design

Code is cheap now. What's still expensive is deciding what to build and how it should feel. I think that's the part the factory is missing.

the-brandidentity.com

Microsoft’s identity for Copilot positions it as a tool for work

Redefining Copilot via dynamic motion geometry, translating software logic into enterprise productivity.

avivbenyosef.com

Shipping the roadmap is the minimum

People look at the roadmap and their commitments, and success is about how much of those they actually shipped.

theremin.bizibah.com

Air Theremin

Tilt your phone, or wave both hands at the camera: spread them for volume, raise them for pitch.

karlkoch.me

On giving people an undo button in AI products

Designing AI edits people can inspect, accept and recover from without losing the work they wanted to keep.

uxdesign.cc

Nobody asked for the sparkle button

Products ship with the same AI panel; people hunt for the off switch, and spend has outrun returns. Build features with AI, not AI features.

niklasroy.com

Glashütte Trash Clock

A fully functioning clockwork made from trash and other stuff that I found in Glashütte, Saxony.

justinjay.wang

Design as a garden

A different way to think about creative work.

digital-collections.princeton.edu

Russian and East European posters

Poster art as used in advertising for performances and films in a variety of Party-sponsored campaigns and ephemera.

denodell.com

Design systems should be fast by default

If a design system’s components are slow to interact with, so are any apps built with it.

algoroxyolo.github.io

Knowing how is not knowing what

What RL environments need to supply: organizational context, domain rules and connected information.

howsadisthischapter.com

How sad is this chapter?

Find out how emotionally devastating a chapter is before you read it.

mattstromawn.com

Code review was never about the code

Code review was always meant as a verification step: does the code produce the outcome we want?

creativeboom.com

André Britz’s landscapes, bound with a pink elastic band

Intuitive drawings of places made from memory alone, in a 64-page book designed to feel unfinished.

mixfont.com

Decoy Font: a TTF font that hides what you type

Decoy Font combines every letter with a decoy, making it harder for AI to read what you type.