September 23, 2025

Issue #711: 5 UX frameworks

Taste matters, Developing product sense, Design handoff, The value of design, CSS to speech, Functional personas, and more.

The guide every product designer wishes they had - Smart, unflinching, and no-nonsense. A book about real-world product work: research, communication, tradeoffs, and building with care. - Anton Sten promoted
5 UX frameworks - Your UX design every day carry - Jon Daiello
Why taste matters more - What rarely gets talked about and showcased in portfolios is the one thing that actually makes a designer memorable: taste. - Carl Barenbrug

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

How to develop product sense - In this episode, we unpack the elusive skill of product sense: what it really means, why it matters, and exactly how to build it. - Lenny Rachitsky, Jules Walter
Fixing the design handoff gap - By asking “Does this look right to you?” early and often, teams can catch misalignments before they become delivery risks. - Patrick Semple
The value of design - If design is so revolutionary, why do so few companies embrace design? - Joe Smiley

CSS to speech - Alternative text for CSS-generated content. - Sara Soueidan
One list to rule them all - This list helps you stay up to date with what’s new in CSS and what to learn next. - Adam Argyle

Functional personas with AI - Functional personas focus on what people are trying to do, not who they are on paper. - Paul Boag
The new skill in AI is not prompting, it's context engineering - Context Engineering is new term gaining traction in the AI world. - Philipp Schmid

Design as trust; Design as doubt - As a designer, I know you can't just design trust. You can't just make it. You can't wish it to happen. You've got to earn it. - Lee Moreau

Is it time to look for a new job? And how do I start? - This is one of the most frequent questions I get asked, so I wanted to share what has worked for me. - Ami Vora