The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2026/08/13

noemamag.com

Why is everyone in tech so sad?

A lot of people seem to be realizing that knowledge work is mostly pointless.

kuber.studio

I didn’t set a cookie

Everything this page knows about you, it learned in under two seconds. Without a cookie, a permission prompt, or a click.

lethain.com

Middle management roles are also a trap

Most middle management roles make practicing executive skills difficult, and sometimes negatively select against developing them.

backyarddesigners.club

Backyard designers

Draft seven real designers as chunky cartoon kids, stay under the follower-count salary cap, then post your lineup.

imkylelambert.com

Everyone is designing with AI, not for it

We focus on how people are designing and building with AI. I rarely read about how AI is changing “what” people are designing and building.