The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2025/09/09

spyglass.org

A cynical read on Anthropic’s book settlement

$1.5B. Damn. Who can afford to pay that? A very cynical read.

oklch.fyi

OKLCH color picker, generator and converter

Build unique and uniform color palettes. Preview on UI components, export CSS or Tailwind variables, and learn why OKLCH outperforms RGB and HSL.

blog.frost.kiwi

Video game blurs

How to build realtime blurs on the GPU and how the best blur algorithm works.

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.

addyosmani.com

A history of our browser

Chrome turns 17 this week, and it feels like a good time to reflect on how far we have come in terms of Chromes guiding principles.