Taste is not a feature, and more...

Tuesday | March 31, 2026

Taste is not a feature by Joshua Leigh

On judgement, context, and why AI makes taste more important, not less.
Too much color by Keith Cirkel

I spent too much time looking at too many colo(u)rs to try and optimise them for csskit. Here are some interesting findings.
Designers, you’re not at the kids’ table anymore by TJ Pitre

There's never been a better time for designers to ship real code, and you don't need to "learn to code" to do it.
What your components look like as data by Murphy Trueman

Why every layer name, variant, and token reference is an architectural decision

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

Monday | March 30, 2026

The future of apps by Dan Saffer

I opened Spotify this morning to make a playlist, and halfway through I realized I was doing something that might feel, in a few years, like winding a watch.
Taste isn't a screenshot by Anton Sten

There’s a difference between recognizing that something is good and understanding why it’s good.
Design Systems Report 2026 by zeroheight

Buy-in is down. Adoption is stalling. But AI is changing the game.
A human approach to Agentic AI. One person. One text file. Five agents. by Christine Vallaure

How I built my own AI team with nothing but text files, a conversation in Claude Cowork, and a lot of character.
GenUI vs. Vibe Coding by Kate Moran

Who’s designing?

Friday | March 27, 2026

Beyond prototyping by Nate Parrott

Prototyping is an increasingly important skill for any designer working in AI.
I built a design team out of AI agents by Marie-Claire Dean

10 agents that run an inclusive design process while you direct.
Designing the AI user experience by Jakob Nielsen

AI is not just a better chat box.
The site-search paradox: Why the big box always wins by Carrie Webster

Success in modern UX isn’t about having the most content. It’s about having the most findable content.
The evolution of craft by Carl Sziebert

The new era is strategically richer, technically deeper, and far more impactful.

Thursday | March 26, 2026

Your AI edge is the vocabulary you already have by Matt D. Smith, Caden Damiano

What a decade of design fundamentals taught me about delegating to Claude Code—and why Shift Nudge was secretly an AI onboarding course before AI existed.
The color system I wish I understood sooner by Kyle Van Deusen

Does your system for naming colors always feel like it falls short? This two-layer approach solves so many problems.
The great CSS expansion by Pavel Laptev

CSS now does what Floating UI, GSAP ScrollTrigger, Framer Motion, and react-select used to require JavaScript for.
The soft skill that matters most when AI makes teams smaller by Phil Morton

With greater individual responsibility, being able to own an outcome end-to-end will be critical.

Wednesday | March 25, 2026

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.