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alfy.blog

Your URL is your state

A deep dive into how thoughtful URL design can enhance usability, shareability, and performance.

how-did-i-get-here.net

How did I get here?

A dynamic traceroute + an informative article about how the BGP routing protocol works and guides the shape of the Internet.

den.dev

You need to become a full stack person

AI tools are commoditizing single-skill roles. The future belongs to people who can think, build, and ship across the entire stack.

byte.tsundoku.io

Byte Magazine: a visual archive

A zoomable map shows every page of every issue of BYTE: a monthly mainline of the entire personal computing universe.

mckinsey.com

The state of AI in 2025

Report by McKinsey on agents, innovation, and transformation—and how companies are in the early stages of capturing value with AI.

bit.ly

Make Maps a real UI component in WordPressSponsored

SVG-first, CSS-styleable maps you can ship fast – locators, floorplans, and data-visualization without heavy iframes.

medium.com

The shortest path from thought to action

Reassessing Fitts’ Law in the age of multimodal interfaces.

vimeo.com

Apple TV mnemonic behind-the-scenes

How the new Apple TV logo and opening sequence was created.

raphkoster.com

Game design is simple, actually

A twelve-step program for understanding game design.

slack.engineering

Build better software to build software better

Combining modern, high-performance build tooling with classic software engineering principles.

johannesippen.com

How design helped Zohran win

A campaign design analysis of "Zohran for NYC"—and what you can take away from it.

design.dev

Metallic text effect generator

Create metallic text effects with CSS gradients. Choose from gold, silver, chrome, and more with real-time preview.

piccalil.li

View transitions: practical examples to elevate your UI

A powerful way to create animated transitions between two states.

inclusivecolors.com

Accessible color palette creator

A tool for making custom branded color palettes built to meet accessible contrast requirements for WCAG, ADA and Section 508.

nngroup.com

AI prototyping in real design contexts

Good from afar, but far from good.

wreflection.com

AI’s dial-up era

We’re in 1995 again. This time with Artificial Intelligence.

amazonclimatejustice.org

AI open letter by Amazon workers

Telling Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Every single signature makes the message stronger.

blog.pragmaticengineer.com

Comparing interviews at 8 large tech companies

In three months, Puneet did more than 60 interviews at 11 companies, including Google, Uber, Amazon, Atlassian, and others.

mikegallagher.org

Design principles for teams working in healthcare

An attempt to define what we mean when we say a “good user experience” in the context of the NHS.

waspdev.com

Some software bloat is OK

The software efficiency in an era of fast CPUs, gigabytes of RAM and terabytes of storage.