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terriblesoftware.org

Nobody gets promoted for simplicity

We reward complexity and ignore simplicity. In interviews, design reviews, and promotions.

infiniteundo.com

Falsehoods programmers believe about time

Many mistakes in both test and application code stem from misunderstandings or misconceptions about time.

cursor.com

How technical support at Cursor uses Cursor

Removing the context-gathering bottleneck for most support work.

library.obys.agency

Obys’ Design Books

A personal selection of titles that show design in ways the screen never could.

dbushell.com

Everything you never wanted to know about visually-hidden

Screen readers need context that visual layouts ignore.

jonkolko.com

A design turn

Why UX must move beyond efficiency to address systemic consequences.

edition.cnn.com

Apollo’s bold, unruly and controversial successor

A visual guide to the audacious moon-landing mission design that put SpaceX and NASA in the hot seat.

typescale.ai

Typescale AI

Generate modular type scales and design tokens instantly.

dropleaf.app

AI Taxonomy

When someone says "AI", ask: "Which category?" Force specificity.

karlkoch.me

On adding homepage delight

A vinyl-style music shelf with spring physics, deflection, hover layers and velocity gating.

hvpandya.com

Expose your design system to LLMs

LLMs drift, fabricate tokens, and start every session from scratch. Here’s how to feed your design system to AI coding agents so they stop guessing.

tylercoderre.com

Design systems checklist

A step-by-step checklist for building design systems.

amplifying.ai

What Claude Code actually chooses

Systematic analysis of how AI systems make decisions — from product recommendations to developer tool choices.

itsnicethat.com

Who owns this book?

The guide for every designer’s worst nightmare: copyright.

martinfowler.com

Design-first collaboration

Before writing code, dialog with progressive levels of design alignment.

bit.ly

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rosipov.com

Are AI productivity gains fueled by delivery pressure?

How pressure to deliver fast erodes the deep thinking necessary for truly functional products.

caidan.dev

ASCII clouds

Generate ASCII patterns that turn technical limitation into a high-fidelity aesthetic.

anthropic.skilljar.com

Anthropic courses

Anthropic’s new Academy transitions from tool-specific tutorials to a mental model of AI fluency.

robinrendle.com

The song of LinkedIn

How corporate platforms force a specific, hollow performance.