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alecscollon.com

I think I have LLM burnout

I didn’t expect to get so tired of reading LLM output.

getdesign.md

Getdesign.md

Browse independent design system analyses from popular websites. Drop one into your project as design reference for your coding agent.

carmenansio.com

Ease in, ease out, and everything between

If you have ever grabbed a handle in the pen tool, you know how to write a CSS easing curve.

soullessmusic.com

Soulless Music

A list of AI artists hiding on Spotify and stealing from real artists. An open source project.

seldo.com

AI has torched the market for junior programmers

Junior programming roles are getting destroyed by AI. Meanwhile, millions of non-developers are shipping real software without the job title.

whynothugo.nl

98% isn’t very much

Why a 98% browser support metric still excludes millions of users.

ileivoivm.github.io

InkField Gallery

A gallery of InkField JSON recordings — humans and agents learning from each other.

tomtunguz.com

Most AI work can wait

Prioritize routing over model choice. Most AI work runs on cheap local models.

shaders.paper.design

Paper Shaders

Ultra-fast zero-dependency shaders for you to use in your projects, as React components or GLSL.

nngroup.com

Stop reporting UX activity and report business outcomes

UX teams should report business outcomes to show impact on revenue, cost, risk, speed, retention, and to secure resources.

uxdesign.cc

Never mind the prompts, here’s the thinking

A year rebuilding my studio’s entire design process around AI. It didn’t make us faster, and that’s exactly why it worked.

echo.logicaleap.com

Echo chamber: a healthy public square

How people end up in bubbles, and how easily a crowd can be split. A data visualization project.

thinkroom.kieranklaassen.com

Closing the verification loop

How a branch proves itself ready: browser reality, persona eyes, and fixes that carry their own evidence.

astryx.atmeta.com

Astryx Design System

An open source design system that is fully customizable and agent ready.

anthropic.com

A global workspace in language models

Interpretability research on Claude’s internal thoughts.

bencallahan.com

What is product craft in the age of AI and design systems?

A design system can only raise the quality floor.

bambamramfan.github.io

The AI Compass

15 questions. Two axes. Which of 30 AI archetypes are you?

marcelochaman.ca

Design engineering

What design engineering is, how it’s changed, and where it’s going.

openalternative.co

Open source alternatives to popular software

Best open source alternatives to everyday SaaS products. Save money with reliable tools hand-picked for you.

diamond.jaydip.me

How diamonds are made

Journey of a very old rock. An interactive data visualization.