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sopd.design

State of product design

Workflows, burnout, AI impact, career growth, and job market insights across regions and company types.

android-dreams.ai

Android dreams

A prediction essay for the next 20 years of intelligent robotics.

mckinsey.com

The state of AI in 2025

Report by McKinsey on agents, innovation, and transformation—and how companies are in the early stages of capturing value with AI.

wired.com

AI of a thousand faces

What happens now that AI is everywhere and in everything? 17 readings from the furthest reaches of the AI age.

itsnicethat.com

Why Gothic endures in visual culture

Gothic has moved from subcultural spaces into mainstream design practice. What’s causing its resurrection?

itsnicethat.com

If print is not dead, who’s keeping it alive?

Some of the people crafting our tangible visual worlds about what the next generation of printmaking might look like… and if there is one.

interconnected.org

Cyborgs vs rooms: two visions for the future of computing

Loosely there are two visions for the future of how we interact with computers.

osmarks.net

AI companion futures

How chatbots will likely develop as general life advisers.

jenson.org

Boring is good

Technology flows downhill, and we usually start on the wrong path.

youtube.com

Why did our friends stop posting on social media?

After two decades of sharing more online, it looks like more people are deciding to share less.

youtube.com

Why everyone is quitting social media

Viral stunts, immature pranks, choreographed dances, anxiety, depression, and the disruption of the very fabric of society.

figma.com

Why is corpcore suddenly such a thing?

Software swag has upped its swag factor. Here’s why wearing your app on your sleeve has gone from cringeworthy to cool.

taylorgordonlunt.substack.com

My AI predictions for 2027

Nothing particularly scary happens (beyond the kind of hype-driven scariness already present in 2025).

hvpandya.com

The age of the super IC

Taste in building products is a function of energy and runs a real risk of waning if not cultivated properly.

fika.bar

AI is eating the internet

An exploration of the internet to come.

jennywanger.com

The rise of product ops

The rise of product ops began with changing PM expectations. Then the pandemic brought 3 challenges, making dedicated ops support essential.

yidingjiang.github.io

The era of exploration

The next breakthroughs in AI may hinge more on how we collect experience through exploration, and less on how many data points we have.

maalvika.substack.com

Why are we lying to young people about work?

Hard work isn’t the tax you pay for living, it’s the tuition for a life worth having—your fav gen z philosopher x.

monotype.com

Human Types: AI & typography

Monotype's report: the interplay between humans and machines in typography and graphic design.

hvpandya.com

AI and state of software dev

Thoughts on AI’s current penetration, deep value delivery and human partnership on the left and right side of code.