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vandelaydesign.com

Why AI-generated UX still feels off

Human skills in anticipatory design and user flows are crucial to combat the ‘uncanny valley’ of AI UX.

cachemonet.com

Cache Monet

An exploration into the serendipitous collisions that occur between two randomly generated arrays.

nngroup.com

Statistical significance isn’t the same as practical significance

Determining whether something is worth acting on.

europeantechmap.eu

European Tech Map

Find European tech, software, and service alternatives that respect your data sovereignty, are built with GDPR in mind, and store data in Europe.

passo.uno

New habits for tech writers in the age of LLMs

Any LLM can put together plausible docs with some context and a simple prompt.

buzzusborne.com

Designing AI experiences people actually use

AI doesn’t just add intelligence — it redistributes it. Here’s how that shift can make or break a product.

aatishb.com

Pattern Collider

Create and share mathematical tiling patterns.

terminaltrove.com

Terminal Trove

A comprehensive collection of terminal tools with advanced search and filters.

lapcatsoftware.com

The evolution of Mac app window corners

Is “a softer feel and elegant concentricity” a nonsense?

conor.fyi

Anatomy of a CSS phone mockup

A step-by-step walkthrough of how a realistic iPhone frame is built from scratch.

seldo.com

Do AI-enabled companies need fewer people?

AI-native startups are doing more with less — 40% smaller teams, 6x higher revenue per employee — and the data confirms it’s not just hype.

funes.world

FUNES – 3D Cultural Heritage Archive

FUNES digitizes monuments and cultural heritage into high-quality 3D models, panoramas, and guided stories.

acairns.co.uk

Cognitive debt

The growing gap between the code your team ships and the code your team understands. It’s not technical debt. It’s worse.

allsvgicons.com

All SVG Icons

Browse and download 250,000+ free SVG icons for your projects that are free to use and customizable.

sequoiacap.com

Services: the new software

The next $1T company will be a software company masquerading as a services firm.

bit.ly

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seangoedecke.com

I don’t know if my job will still exist in ten years

When the work you love goes away.

conor.fyi

Accessibility and AI agents

Accessibility was designed for humans, but the surface it exposes in your apps can benefit your agents and save you money — if you populate it.

grainrad.com

Grainrad

Free WebGPU-powered ASCII, dithering, and retro effects at 60fps.

blog.florianschulz.info

Design engineering 101: Typeahead

Implementing a text input field with typeahead suggestions, step by step.