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smashingmagazine.com

Designing stable interfaces for streaming content

Streaming UIs are an easy concept on the surface, but are quite complicated in practice.

griddyicons.com

Griddy icons

A free open-source icon family with a unique utilitarian vibe.

cognitivebiasindex.com

Cognitive Biases

A tool for identifying and mitagating the systematic errors in thinking that affect the decisions and judgments that humans make.

every.to

A guide to agent-native Product Management

A step-by-step guide to using agentic capabilities for better product management

research.perplexity.ai

Designing, refining, and maintaining agent skills at Perplexity

How to build more predictable AI behaviors with agents.

tui.studio

TUIStudio

A Figma-like visual editor for TUI applications. Drag-and-drop components, edit properties in real-time, and export to 6 frameworks with one click.

designtools.fyi

designtools.fyi

Compare design tools across different capabilities. Find the best tools for designers, design engineers, and non-designers.

joshwcomeau.com

Scroll-driven animations

The new Animation Timeline API allows us to create dynamic scroll animations without any JavaScript.

github.com

A11Y.md

A context system for building accessible software by default—for developers and AI, with enforceable rules aligned to WCAG.

interconnected.org

Headless everything for personal AI

Headless services are quicker and more dependable for the personal AIs than having them click round a GUI with a bot-controlled mouse.

developers.openai.com

GPT image gen prompting guide

Prompting patterns, best practices, and example prompts drawn from real production use cases for gpt-image-2.

webaim.org

The WebAIM Million

The 2026 report on the accessibility of the top 1,000,000 home pages.

smashingmagazine.com

How to improve UX in legacy systems

Practical guidelines for driving UX impact in organizations with legacy systems and broken processes.

davidmello.com

Playwright accessibility testing

Axe and Lighthouse miss 60–70% of WCAG violations. Learn the limitations of automated accessibility testing and how to write smarter Playwright tests.

pawelgrzybek.com

SVG favicons that respect theme preference

A small detail that builds trust through consistent accessibility.

ai-interaction.com

AI Interaction Atlas

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

nngroup.com

The 3 C’s of informational microcopy

Well-written informational microcopy should be clear, concise, and have character.

smashingmagazine.com

A practical guide to Design Principles

Design principles with references, examples, and methods for quick look-up.

howmuch.tax

HowMuch.Tax

Calculate, visualize, and compare taxes across countries. See how your income is taxed with interactive charts and insights.

edkf.fyi

Portfolio Tips

Tips from designer friends on what they like to see in portfolios.