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Struggle together

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:26:07 GMT

I learned programming and design by trying, failing, and trying again. When I hit a wall, I figured out how to climb it.

The New York Times turns 175

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:25:26 GMT

A custom 175 mark and identity system to use across editorial, opinion, advertising, events and marketing.

Website migration costs are going to zero

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:24:40 GMT

What happens when AI makes website migrations almost free?

Hairline

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:23:28 GMT

Thirty-three isometric line figures that answer the pointer. SVG, no dependencies, for React and for everything else.

Text-to-cad

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:22:51 GMT

Design physical products with AI. Free, open-source CAD for AI agents like Codex and Claude Code.

The software factory forgot about design

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:25:26 GMT

Code is cheap now. What's still expensive is deciding what to build and how it should feel. I think that's the part the factory is missing.

Microsoft’s identity for Copilot positions it as a tool for work

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:24:37 GMT

Redefining Copilot via dynamic motion geometry, translating software logic into enterprise productivity.

Shipping the roadmap is the minimum

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:21:05 GMT

People look at the roadmap and their commitments, and success is about how much of those they actually shipped.

Air Theremin

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:19:44 GMT

Tilt your phone, or wave both hands at the camera: spread them for volume, raise them for pitch.

On giving people an undo button in AI products

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:18:06 GMT

Designing AI edits people can inspect, accept and recover from without losing the work they wanted to keep.

Nobody asked for the sparkle button

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:05:00 GMT

Products ship with the same AI panel; people hunt for the off switch, and spend has outrun returns. Build features with AI, not AI features.

Glashütte Trash Clock

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:04:00 GMT

A fully functioning clockwork made from trash and other stuff that I found in Glashütte, Saxony.

Design as a garden

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:03:00 GMT

A different way to think about creative work.

Russian and East European posters

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:02:00 GMT

Poster art as used in advertising for performances and films in a variety of Party-sponsored campaigns and ephemera.

Design systems should be fast by default

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:01:00 GMT

If a design system’s components are slow to interact with, so are any apps built with it.

Knowing how is not knowing what

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:42:26 GMT

What RL environments need to supply: organizational context, domain rules and connected information.

How sad is this chapter?

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:41:29 GMT

Find out how emotionally devastating a chapter is before you read it.

Code review was never about the code

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:40:51 GMT

Code review was always meant as a verification step: does the code produce the outcome we want?

André Britz’s landscapes, bound with a pink elastic band

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:39:48 GMT

Intuitive drawings of places made from memory alone, in a 64-page book designed to feel unfinished.

Decoy Font: a TTF font that hides what you type

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:38:51 GMT

Decoy Font combines every letter with a decoy, making it harder for AI to read what you type.