You’re still archiving. Your files have already become substrate.
Same files. Second function. Different architecture entirely. Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared on Read More
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Quick Tip: How To Use WordPress Block Notes
The WordPress Block Editor is great for creating custom layouts. There are plenty of core and third-party blocks to choose from. They bring a world…
A New Choice: Use an Existing Plugin or Vibe Code Your Own?
The process for adding functionality to your WordPress website has been the same for years. You find a plugin that fits your needs (or gets…
6 Best Free Syntax Highlighter WordPress Plugins in 2026
Even in the era of blocks, custom code still has a place in the WordPress admin. For example, we might embed a third-party widget or…
20+ Best Free Geometric Fonts for Designers
Great typography is the art of arranging type to make written language clear, readable, and attractive. The right font can transform a design from ordinary…
The psychological cost of moving too fast
Why discovery still matters in the age of AI Historically, I used to pitch investment in early UX work as a cost-saving effort. Engineering time and…
Employment expiry and the end of workplace loyalty
Employment no longer ends. It expires. Two signatures, one signature visible in clear blue ink, a second signature faded, barely visible. Talking about their experiences with layoffs,…
Your user doesn’t care about your organization chart
Your user never sees the org chart you fight over. So when it cracks, who do you let pay for it? Continue reading on UX…
Design’s alive and kicking. It just got some flashy new names.
Here’s which design roles are emerging in the age of AI. Source The tech community has been gripped by a collective anxiety. If you browse tech…
Designing for care, not growth
From healing fiction to smart feeders, the booming pet economy shows what design looks like when households shrink instead of grow. The modern companion of choice:…
You’re not building a product. You’re running a project
I said those words to a £30M bootstrapped CFO mid-interview. Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared on Read More
The rhetorical mask of innovation
How a single word lets us claim progress before we prove it 1970s Reliant Robin | Image source: What is innovation? We hear this word…
A Problem Framing Kernel
What you need before you have a problem worth solving A few weeks ago, I caught up with my good friend Lucas Mara, a thoughtful…
How To Make Your Design System AI-Ready
AI-generated prototypes often don’t deliver consistently decent results because of tiny inconsistencies scattered all across a design system. I’s decisions made but not documented, hard-coded…
AI-created document fatigue: how I designed my way out of it
AI promised us a leisure revolution but delivered us more documents to consume. I designed a voice-first app to move my work away from the…