How to handle data fetching with React Suspense
Fetching data in React applications has traditionally required useEffect and state management, often leading to boilerplate code and UI flickering. With the introduction of React…
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What Does It Really Mean For A Site To Be Keyboard Navigable
Efficient navigation is vital for a functional website, but not everyone uses the internet the same way. While most visitors either scroll on mobile or…
Leader Spotlight: Building a partnership between stakeholders and product, with Tony Schumacher
Tony Schumacher is a product leader, coach, and consultant. He began his career in software engineering at companies like Daktronics, Norstan Consulting, Connect, and West…
Users hate waiting: Here’s how to make loading screens a bit enjoyable
We’re all becoming increasingly less patient. Especially the younger audience — there’s even a phrase for it now — the TikTok attention span. I realized…
Use TypeScript instead of Python for ETL pipelines
This article illustrates building an ETL pipeline entirely in TypeScript to extract weather data from the OpenWeatherMap API and COVID-19 statistics from a GitHub CSV,…
4 practical lessons from dealing with feature creep
Feature creep is one of the most common and serious issues in product development. It tends to begin with something small like an extra button…
The 500-year-old underdog no one is talking about
What Royal Mail teaches us about optimising for trust, not perfection. Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared on Read More
There’s always more pie
A man presents a woman with pie. She’s ecstatic! Pies fill the kitchen and cover the floor. Credit: My own human hands and brain I work…
Fostering An Accessibility Culture
A year ago, I learned that my role as an accessibility engineer was at risk of redundancy. It was a tough moment, both professionally and…
Leader Spotlight: Driving initiatives with believers, with Aliza Carpio
Aliza Carpio is Sr. Director of Technical Product Management at JLL and a self-described “passionate community builder.” Aliza began her career at Hewlett-Packard as a…
Best React chart libraries (2025 update): Features, performance & use cases
Here is a quick summary of the adoption and popularity of the React chart libraries we’ll discuss below: Library Stars Downloads Rendering Backed by Recharts…
Designing button states: Tutorial and best practices
Buttons are one of the most common components in user interface design. Every app and website uses buttons of various types to perform key actions,…
Testing your UX ideas with vibe coding
How UX designers can use AI app builders to their advantage As AI continues to disrupt many industries (particularly software development), it’s critical to continue…
Skeleton loading screen design — How to improve perceived performance
A skeleton loading screen is a popular UI design technique that effectively indicates the loading state by mimicking the final UI structure with animated visual…
Why typography still matters in UX design
Typography is one of the cornerstones of any website or application. You may think: Isn’t typography just choosing the right fonts for my page? But,…