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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.

Wednesday | March 18, 2026

Designing in cuts by Filip Skrzesinski

How to gain conviction in design.
Onboarding is a transaction by Anton Sten

Onboarding is one of the few moments where you have a user’s complete attention and their clear intent.
Morphing icons with Claude by Benji Taylor

I've been experimenting more with Claude Code lately, trying to push the limits of its animation and craft skills.
AI upskilling map for designers and UX researchers by Noah Ratzan

Map your AI skills and plan your next move.
Folded corner with CSS by Kitty Giraudel

A technical walkthrough of creating a folding corner effect with CSS.
OpenUI by Thesys

The open standard for Generative UI.

Tuesday | March 17, 2026

5 design skills to sharpen in the AI era by Madeline Stafford

Our latest research highlights the skills designers need to meet the moment.
How to run a UX design critique by Jakob Nielsen

A design crit should implement strategic participant roles, 24-hour context share, and rigorous prioritization frameworks.
Management in the age of AI by Stay SaaSy

AI tools hit a true inflection point in late 2025. Building things got cheaper. AI tools got expensive.
SVG favicons that respect theme preference by Paweł Grzybek

If you’ve been building web for a while, you probably remember the mess of six million files in your head element just to have a well-supported favicon.
The value of z-index by Amit Sheen

How we look at the stacking order of our projects, how we choose z-index values, and more importantly, the implications of those choices.
Using CSS animations as state machines by Patrick Brosset

Recently, I was searching for a way to style an element depending on whether it was ever focused.

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