The Magic 8-Ball vs. Gen AI: a surprisingly interesting comparison
Two products. Both fortune-tellers. Wildly different operating costs. One Is a Plastic Sphere Filled With Alcohol. The Other Is a Trillion-Dollar Bet on the Future…
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Why the best part of the flow isn’t the end
South Korea’s “dopamine sites” let you order food that never arrives. Strip out the transaction and what’s left still works — which should… Continue reading…
Two modernisms
Mies hid the steel. Beck removed the geography. Radix stripped the styles. None of them were making a philosophical statement — they were… Continue reading on UX…
Enterprise software is getting personal
Three design trends reshaping the user experience of enterprise software as we know it. Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared…
What Is SKILL.md, and Why Should Web Designers Care?
AI coding assistants are quickly becoming part of everyday web design and development. They can generate CSS, scaffold components, explain bugs, review code, write tests,…
What do UX roles look like in 2026? 19 UX job titles explained
Wondering where a career in UX could lead? Explore 19 in-demand UX roles, what they involve and the skills needed to succeed in an industry…
One skill separates the designers who survive 2026 from the ones who don’t
AI is putting the future of UX designers in jeopardy, unless they are willing to become builders, makers, and system thinkers. Every few weeks, another…
We used to know that it was a person who wrote it
Reading used to come with a guarantee that a person was on the other end. We spent it down, and now you check everything. Continue…
Your strategic guide to winning design awards
A roadmap to transform recognition into rocket fuel for your career and company. Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared on…
The CSS Upgrade Your AI Coding Assistant Needs
AI can write CSS now. That does not mean it writes good CSS. Anyone who has used an AI coding assistant for front-end work has…
The Agile Trap Designers Fall into: Feeding the Beast
One of the most common complaints designers have about working on agile teams is the feeling that there’s never enough time. There’s always another feature…
A2UI under the hood: Designing for the new era of radically adaptive UI
An introduction for designers As a designer, I am optimistic about this one, and that is not my usual reflex with AI interface design. You…
While everyone talks about AI, design is gaining power
Some of the world’s biggest technology companies are quietly elevating design from a support function to a strategic one. Something interesting has been happening in…
Lord of the TTL chips
One Steve to rule them all, One Steve to find them, One Bill to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them (or, the…
Designing With Uncertainty: How AI Supercharges Probabilistic Thinking
In 2024, an Air Canada customer asked a chatbot about bereavement fares. The bot confidently gave him a refund policy that didn’t exist. The airline…