How designers survive (2026), and more...

Thursday | April 9, 2026

An AI notepad for user interviews by Granola promoted
Jot down what stands out while the participant talks, and Granola fills in the rest from the transcript after the call. Sign up on desktop for a free month.
How designers survive (2026) by Scott Berkun

Good craft always finds its way in the world, it’s just a question of how much you can get paid by an organization for it.
CSS subgrid is super good by David Bushell

I’m all aboard the CSS subgrid train. Now I’m seeing subgrid everywhere. Seriously, what was I doing before subgrid? I feel like I was bashing rocks together.
View transitions toolkit by GoogleChromeLabs

A collection of utility functions to more easily work with View Transitions.
Inverted themes with light-dark() by Dave Rupert

Creating light and dark variable sets isn’t difficult, but delivery has trade-offs.

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

Wednesday | April 8, 2026

Should designers "code"? by Luke Wroblewski

There's a question that never goes away in design: should designers code? My answer has always been yes.
Agents are the most honest reviewers your design system will ever have by Murphy Trueman

The most useful feedback your system has ever produced is on a thirty-day timer.
The rise of the AI-readable design system by Joana Prates

Human-focused language, the language we’re used to seeing in Design System variables, does not translate well when imported to be read by an AI agent.
Building the next web with Corey Moen from Anthropic (video) by Mason Poe, Corey Moen

Mason Poe (Founder, Edgar Allan) sits down with Corey Moen, web designer, former Webflow brand team lead, and now part of the Web team at Anthropic, for a wide-ranging conversation about what's actually changing in design, marketing, and the web.

Tuesday | April 7, 2026

The new era of UX (video) by Tommy Geoco, Jenny Wen

Jenny Wen led design on FigJam, one of the most playful tools to hit design in a decade. Now she's at Anthropic designing Claude. Not just the model, but the product that millions use daily.
Three dimensions of loveable products by Ethan Eismann

A product needs to be useful, usable, and well-crafted. When you do all three well, you have a product people love.
Uber's agentic system for instant design specs by Ian Guisard

How Uber built an agentic system to automate design specs in minutes.

Monday | April 6, 2026

Words before pixels by Roger Wong

The most important design tool right now might be a text cursor.
The invisible layer of UX most designers ignore by Allie Paschal

How your design decisions translate to screen reader output.
How I use Claude Code to vibe code my designs by Jeremy Hsu

The canvas still matters. The craft still matters. Your judgment still matters.
On oklch by Karl Koch

The entire design system flows from one idea: define colours perceptually, derive everything else.
Storybook MCP by Brad Frost, Dominic Nguyen

We get into what it actually feels like to be “scaredcited” right now.

Friday | April 3, 2026

AI in design systems by Elyse Holladay

What’s changing in 2026.
The last quiet thing by Terry Godier

Your possessions came alive. Now they won't stop talking.
The agency pricing playbook by Dan Mall

The three elements of a pricing strategy.
A practical guide to design principles by Vitaly Friedman

Design principles with references, examples, and methods for quick look-up.

Design links for April 9, 2026