The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2026/02/27

joshbrake.substack.com

The prompt you’re missing

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

3dicons.co

Open-source 3D icons

1440+ beautifully crafted open-source 3D icons that you can use completely free and without attribution for personal or commercial project.

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.

shoe-finder-wine.vercel.app

Shoe Finder

Explore our endless collection of sneakers—a fun little demo.

oreilly.com

How to write a good spec for AI Agents

Simply throwing a massive spec at an AI agent doesn’t work—context window limits and the model’s “attention budget” get in the way.