Why designers abandoned their dreams of changing the world
Design was once seen as a tool to improve lives — but as modernism has become marketing, that sense of social purpose has drifted away.
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All CategoriesShould designers be paid the same as engineers?
People aren’t remunerated based on knowledge or effort, but on how much value they generate, protect, or multiply—plus accountability.
What could have been
Even if we manage to snap out of the AI bubble, we are never going to get these years back.
On being haunted by my corporate software past
The kind of software that generates heaps of money but nobody involved is happy with: not the people writing it and not the people using it.
The specialization of app gen platforms
The world of AI app generation isn’t winner-take-all. There’s space for multiple breakout companies, each carving out its own niche.
Whose job is safe from AI?
As artificial intelligence becomes ever more capable, is any job secure?
The product design talent crisis
Why we should invest in the next generation of product designers.
The rise of the designer as influencer
Designers are no longer just making work; they are the work. But what started as promotion now risks swallowing design itself.
How to avoid that your post about AI helps the hype
If we’re not cautious, we may accidentally feed the AI hype by talking about it in specific ways.
Hypercapitalism and the AI talent wars
The AI talent wars challenge the shared trust and mission that aligned founders, employees, and investors.
Machines of faithful obedience
In the next decade, AI progress will be extremely rapid, and such periods of sharp transition can be risky.
State of Devs 2025
"This is going to be too controversial”, they said. The results from the first ever State of Devs survey.
Career advice, or something like it
If I could offer you a single piece of career advice, it’s this: avoid negativity echo chambers.
Where the design jobs are now
FastCompany's guide to who’s hiring right now, and what they’re looking for.
Design is care (and sensing carelessness)
Why design is care, and how the experiences we shape and deliver will be defined by how people sense that care in the future.
State of tech talent report 2025
A sharp reset in tech hiring—entry-level roles are vanishing, elite AI labs winning the retention war, and new power centers emerging.
When memory was measured in kilobytes
Back when RAM was precious, clever code reigned. Take a peek into early computer vision’s elegant solutions.
My AI skeptic friends are all nuts
My smartest friends have bananas arguments about LLM coding.
Syntax
This series examines core concepts shaping our designed world, tracing their origins and dissecting their practical significance.