The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2026/10/02

renatovaldes.com

What happens when you can build it all yourself

What speed is doing to my expectations, my attention and the case for startup funding.

thinkingorbs.com

Thinking orbs

A React component library of well-crafted, animated orbs for AI: thinking, searching, compacting and more status indicators. Free, open source.

useblume.dev

Blume

The open-source docs framework for humans and agents. Drop Markdown into a folder and ship a fast docs site.

philipwalton.com

Modern web types

TypeScript intentionally doesn’t support all new APIs, but there’s an easy fix.

brookslybrand.com

Do frameworks matter anymore?

How abstractions constrain AI agents, helping engineering teams evaluate long-term web architecture choices.