The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2026/08/28

ajwaxman.com

Software for one

Robin Sloan wished for a HyperCard that could build a family app in a day. That world showed up.

itsnicethat.com

Step inside Teddy Blanks’ film title design process

Teddy Blanks, the Chips co-founder behind the title sequences for Barbie, Weapons and Robert Eggers’ upcoming Werwulf, unpacked.

borretti.me

Futurism is always extreme

Rigorous thinking about the future produces extreme outcomes.

claude.com

The AI-native SDLC playbook

Anthropic’s stage-by-stage playbook for the AI-native SDLC: how teams plan, design, build, test, deploy, and maintain software with Claude.

gatesnotes.com

The turbulent AI era is here

If the world takes the right steps, AI will be a force for good and leave everyone better off.