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helenmin.com

Software isn’t dying, but it is becoming more honest

A giant leap towards outcomes-based billing.

notbor.ing

The joy of building slow

A different path to success for product makers.

blog.raed.dev

Agentic workflows are not conversations

The chat interface is fine for users. The flat message model behind it is a bad fit for agentic systems. Here’s what it erases.

every.to

How to design software with weight

A look at the design principles that guided Every's smart dictation app from desktop to iPhone.

lmnt.me

Have we forgotten how to design?

Modern software feels identical because we prioritize speed over craft.

figma.com

How to supercharge your design system with slots

Five field-tested tips from early Figma users to help you unlock more freedom without giving up control.

terriblesoftware.org

Nobody gets promoted for simplicity

We reward complexity and ignore simplicity. In interviews, design reviews, and promotions.

cursor.com

How technical support at Cursor uses Cursor

Removing the context-gathering bottleneck for most support work.

dbushell.com

Everything you never wanted to know about visually-hidden

Screen readers need context that visual layouts ignore.

jonkolko.com

A design turn

Why UX must move beyond efficiency to address systemic consequences.

edition.cnn.com

Apollo’s bold, unruly and controversial successor

A visual guide to the audacious moon-landing mission design that put SpaceX and NASA in the hot seat.

typescale.ai

Typescale AI

Generate modular type scales and design tokens instantly.

karlkoch.me

On adding homepage delight

A vinyl-style music shelf with spring physics, deflection, hover layers and velocity gating.

hvpandya.com

Expose your design system to LLMs

LLMs drift, fabricate tokens, and start every session from scratch. Here’s how to feed your design system to AI coding agents so they stop guessing.

tylercoderre.com

Design systems checklist

A step-by-step checklist for building design systems.

martinfowler.com

Design-first collaboration

Before writing code, dialog with progressive levels of design alignment.

bit.ly

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rosipov.com

Are AI productivity gains fueled by delivery pressure?

How pressure to deliver fast erodes the deep thinking necessary for truly functional products.

joshbrake.substack.com

The prompt you’re missing

Four categories of task that you should consider before turning to AI.

thoughtshrapnel.com

Agentic commerce is a catastrophe for brands who rely on friction

Our current neoliberal version of capitalism has built a rent-extraction layer on top of human limitations that agents don't have.