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doc.cc

The algorithmic atelier

Generative AI and the long history of artistic automation.

guess-the-designer.replit.app

Which AI? — Guess the designer

A daily guessing game. Spot whether each landing page was designed by Gemini, Claude, or GPT.

blog.jim-nielsen.com

Make it work vs. make it good

That’s the work of design: to make something so good, it’s obvious.

uisfx.com

UI SFX

78 open-source, semantic UI cues in 12 switchable feels. Seamless loops for web, mobile, SaaS, and games.

karlkoch.me

On layout choreography

Layout animation keeps spatial memory intact when lists reorder, panels expand, and items enter or leave.

uxdesign.cc

AI personality is a design problem

Right now it’s an accidental byproduct of AI alignment. It could be an interface we build deliberately.

uncovered.ink

Uncovered.ink

Judge a book by its writing. Read first pages blind. No cover, no name, no hype. Find out what you actually fall for.

philmorton.co

A side project is the fastest way to upskill in the age of AI

Don’t miss out on the learning you get from building a real thing.

youtube.com

The Java Story (official doc)

Java's journey is one of radical innovation, strategic pivots, and enduring community strength.

carmenansio.com

Setting type like a printed page

Fluid scales, balanced headings, drop caps, optical sizing, hanging punctuation, and more.

parakeet.co

The shape of apps

How mandating rounded square app icons is downright heartbreaking to long-time Mac OS X users.

noclip.website

noclip

A digital museum of video game levels. An open source project.

karolinaszczur.com

Against design system federation

Avoid the fraught model that will set your design system back.

franktisellano.github.io

Datatype

An OpenType variable font that turns simple text expressions into inline charts. No JavaScript, no images—just type.

layers.jamiemill.com

Layers: AI skills for product designers

AI skills for product designers—guidance through the seven layers of product design.

hermit-tech.com

AI mania is eviscerating global decisionmaking

The reality of how much damage AI mania is doing to our ability to run institutions effectively.

doc.cc

Five to Nine: a photographic series

This series slips into the hours after the badge comes off—the unbranded life where designers become someone the job never meets.

replit.com

The self-driving company

We are beginning to see what happens when a company learns to operate itself.

loading-ui.com

Loading UI

Free and open source CSS and React loaders, spinners, and animations to create polished, accessible loading states for modern web apps.

itsnicethat.com

Are we stuck in the typographic principles of the 20th century?

A manual for the most unstable art: type design.