The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2026/05/01

medium.com

On being a designer in the most interesting, exhausting moment of our careers

Prioritizing mental clarity over speed to maintain high craft standards.

keithcirkel.co.uk

CSS or BS?

Think you know CSS? Real property or made-up nonsense? 20 rounds. No mercy.

hidde.blog

Open web vs AI: what can W3C do?

Thoughts after breakout at AC meeting.

nngroup.com

Boost design autonomy with an information pipeline

A four-step framework for building influence over product direction by closing the information gaps that large, complex organizations create.

dir14.com

Users own the present. You own the future.

Users know their day. They don’t know your roadmap. Why smart users give convincing wrong answers, and how to do research that opens product space.