Design links for April 2, 2026

When agents absorb the middle of the workflow, what's left is what always mattered.

Design jobs are flat. The design process is "dead." So why does design matter more than ever?

This article describes the skills that Figma provides for the Figma MCP server.

What a rising job title reveals.

AI doesn't threaten craft—the temptation to skip iteration does.

We are officially entering the era of agentic scale. The challenge now is learning how to orchestrate it gracefully.

One of the coolest transitions on this blog.

The Figma basics you were told to get right just became the foundation for something much bigger.

On judgement, context, and why AI makes taste more important, not less.

I spent too much time looking at too many colo(u)rs to try and optimise them for csskit. Here are some interesting findings.

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.

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

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.

There’s a difference between recognizing that something is good and understanding why it’s good.

Buy-in is down. Adoption is stalling. But AI is changing the game.

How I built my own AI team with nothing but text files, a conversation in Claude Cowork, and a lot of character.

Who’s designing?

Prototyping is an increasingly important skill for any designer working in AI.

10 agents that run an inclusive design process while you direct.

AI is not just a better chat box.

Success in modern UX isn’t about having the most content. It’s about having the most findable content.

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