The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2026/09/16

pop.rdi.sh

Dario, please

Debunking AI apocalypse hype and exposing CEO calls for open-source bans as self-serving tactics to protect corporate moats.

brainfunctioncollapse.com

Let’s talk about gradients

A short essay on tools, with a working exhibit.

opusfived.dev

Opusfived

Make one button blue. Change nothing else. A short interactive comedy about agentic AI assistants that can never just do the thing.

rauno.me

Rauno's field notes: 5

How removing pagination arrows in favor of interactive card stacks solves tight UI spatial constraints.

sidebranch.dev

Sidebranch: worktree visual diffing

Review PRs from inside your running app: switch branches from an in-page widget and compare worktrees side by side.