The word modern has become the cure-all solution, promising to solve not just our immediate problems, but somehow prevent future ones entirely.

The disruption is real. It’s also predictable.

Here’s a thought experiment for pondering the effects AI might have on society: What if we invented teleportation?

We’re witnessing the final generation of people who translate ideas into code by hand.

Why the AI bubble argument misunderstands both bubbles and AI.

In a world of intangible assets, the only way to identify a bubble is to see it pop.

I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.

Most AI output has a bland sameness, but that also sounds like a lot of contemporary graphic design. Is AI a chance to break free?

The fundamental design challenge, then, is not just about creating useful software. It’s about designing for ephemerality.

Seemingly conscious AI is coming.

Current AI interfaces lull us into thinking we’re talking to something that can make meaningful judgments about what’s valuable.

Simple is the opposite of complex, where easy is something that’s familiar to us. Different things. Especially in software.

A designer’s search for meaning in a world that's hyper-focused on productivity.

Even if we manage to snap out of the AI bubble, we are never going to get these years back.

Gardens are so slow-moving that they’re anchored in our past choices, and don’t represent our current knowledge or skills.

How does generative creation influence our creative processes?

Why it can be hard to believe that people get work done using these tools.

A vital shift is underway in software development, one that redefines how we build, but also who we are as developers.

If we were still in the zero-interest-rates era, maybe I would have increasingly baroque conditions about what job I’m willing to accept.

On chatbot sycophancy, passivity, and the case for more intellectually challenging companions.