10 principles for fluid UI, and more...

Wednesday | March 25, 2026

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10 principles for fluid UI by Karl Koch

Physics-based, interruptible motion and direct manipulation transform interfaces from lifeless slideshows into experiences that feel genuinely alive.
AI and the Rosetta Stone by Yann-Edern Gillet

How AI turns translation into runtime and why preserving intent between human ambiguity and machine precision is now the real craft.
Progressive web components by Ariel Salminen

Introducing Elena, a simple, tiny library for building Progressive Web Components.
Raising the machine by Christine Vallaure

Claude, Anthropic, and why the AI you choose matters more than you think.

Read all week, picked once. The best design links, every Tuesday.

Tuesday | March 24, 2026

The creative infinite by Brad Frost

Never before in human history has it been possible for anyone to simply ask for something to exist, and then it just…exists.
Design is more by Marcin Wichary

During my first year at Figma, I designed and printed a run of posters for the office titled “Design is more.”
Sorry, designers, we don’t decide the future of design by Michael Buckley

From making things to deciding things — how AI is forcing a renegotiation of what being a designer actually means.
Code as a tool of process by Jim Nielsen

Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.

Monday | March 23, 2026

Designing with Claude Code (video) by Steve Schoger

How I've been using Claude Code as my primary design tool.
Modal vs. separate page: UX decision tree by Vitaly Friedman

How to choose between modals and pages, when to avoid modals, and how to determine the right level of interruption or navigation.
Don’t design for average users by Jakob Nielsen

The average user is a terrible design target for digital products.
On clip-path animations by Karl Koch

WorkCard uses a circular clip-path reveal growing from the trigger button center, not a fade.

Friday | March 20, 2026

The existential designer by Dan Saffer

Facilitating meaning through interaction.
Stitch by Google Labs by Google Labs

Meet the new Stitch, your vibe design partner.
Your design skills are commoditising by Marie-Claire Dean

AI is making some parts of design easier than ever. At the same time, it’s making a different set of capabilities far more valuable.
Design engineering 101 by Florian Schulz

Typeahead like Spotlight and Omnibox.
contrast-color() beyond black & white by Una Kravets

Two techniques that bypass the black-or-white limit of contrast-color() for custom color palettes.
More easy light-dark mode switching by Bramus Van Damme

light-dark() is about to support images.

Thursday | March 19, 2026

The design-to-code AI workflow you’re looking for doesn’t exist by Phil Morton

It’s not you – there isn’t an end-to-end tool that ticks all the boxes.
The product designer's paradox by Barry Prendergast

How UX design’s quest for more influence led to its quiet subordination.
Emil Kowalski’s UI polish skill by Emil Kowalski

This skill encodes Emil Kowalski's philosophy on UI polish, component design, animation decisions, and the invisible details that make software feel great.
Balancing stability and innovation in design systems by Tony Ward

Embrace a model of internal innovation, while not negatively impacting the Design System externally.
Astro 6.0 by Emanuele Stoppa, Florian Lefebvre, Matt Kane, Matthew Phillips

Astro 6 introduces a broad set of new capabilities, including a built-in Fonts API, Content Security Policy API, and more.

Design links for March 25, 2026