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anildash.com

Actually, people love to work hard

When effort stems from purpose, agency, and trust, rather than oversight.

printmag.com

James Junk is the voice design needs now

Redefining what it means to be a creative in the age of the algorithm.

titlescream.cameronaskin.com

Title Scream

Type + Graphic inspiration from 8/16bit games.

martinfowler.com

Principles of mechanical sympathy

Memory access patterns, false sharing, the single-writer principle, and natural batching.

mitchellh.com

The building block economy

How "building blocks" thrive by letting AI and niche users handle the customization.

lukew.com

Should designers "code"?

There’s a question that never goes away in design: should designers code?

hii-mag.com

Hii Magazine

Hii Magazine is an online destination for sound culture and the listening-obsessed.

cuberule.com

The Cube Rule

Identify your food based on the location of structural starch. Is a hot dog a sandwich? No, it’s clearly a taco.

pawelgrzybek.com

SVG favicons that respect theme preference

A small detail that builds trust through consistent accessibility.

greaterwrong.com

My picture of the present in AI

A scenario forecast, but for the present (which is already uncertain) rather than the future.

siddhantkhare.com

AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it

You’re using AI to be more productive. So why are you more exhausted than ever? The paradox every engineer needs to confront.

youtube.com

Bernie vs. Claude

Speaking to Anthropic’s AI agent Claude about AI collecting massive amounts of personal data and how that violates our privacy rights.

shotoniphone.lorenzobocchi.com

Shot on iPhone in black & white

No warmth borrowed from a golden hour, no colour to flatter or distract. Just light, and the absence of it.

blog.pope.tech

Making emojis and icons screen reader accessible

How emojis and icons are often not traditional images that need special considerations to be screen reader accessible.

chrbutler.com

Craft is untouchable

AI doesn’t threaten craft—the temptation to skip iteration does.

ergosphere.blog

The machines are fine. I’m worried about us.

On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn’t replaceable.

shadcnthemer.com

ShadCN Themer

Browse and create stunning themes for shadcn/ui. Customize colors, fonts, and export with one click.

uxdesign.cc

Designers finally have a say in the product they design

AI didn’t teach designers to code. It gave them back the decisions that were always theirs.

ai-interaction.com

AI Interaction Atlas

Comprehensive reference for designing AI experiences. 100+ patterns, visual examples, and reusable components.

karlkoch.me

On velocity gating

EMA smoothing, split engage/disengage thresholds, and directional hysteresis prevent strobe effects without debounce lag.