The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2026/10/06

doc.cc

Prompting as self-portrait

AI installed a distorted mirror where the blank page used to be.

leadershipfolios.com

Leadership folios

Portfolios from design managers, directors, VPs, and executives, each annotated with what it shows, why it works at that level, and what to steal.

uxdesign.cc

Is Meta’s new AI agent easier to trust because it’s cute?

Muse comes with an avatar you design and a keyring gadget. Few people would hand Meta their passwords, yet it topped the US App Store.

lukew.com

Many agents, many views

You manage agents, they manage more agents, and those agents manage even more agents.

nytimes.com

In defense of the detour

On craft, A.I. and what gets lost when we skip the slow part.