The five best design links, every weekday

Friday05/30

1

staysaasy.com

AI makes bad managers

It’s performance-review season and we're all watching folks kneecap their careers with ChatGPT.

2

szupie.github.io

Life & supercontinents

A history of Earth’s supercontinents and their impact on evolution.

3

figma.com

Figma plugin: Dither

Apply dithering effect for any images: fine-tune details, add noise, adjust brightness, and enhance glow.

4

talkingrobot.com

The captcha paradox

A world where humans must increasingly pass tests designed to thwart the very intelligence they have created.

5

steveklabnik.com

I am disappointed in the AI discourse

Why is all of the discussion online around AI so incredibly polarized?

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Thursday05/29

1

manuelmoreale.com

On browsers, AI, and the web

What in the world did The Browser Company just do?

2

90s.dev

90s.dev

A custom built gaming platform for game-engine engineers, pixel artists, and game developers.

3

dithering.niccolofanton.dev

Dithering shader demo

A dithering shader implementation with React Three Fiber.

4

vidclue.com

Vidclue

Video ideas and examples designed for brands and businesses.

5

dcurt.is

Thoughts on thinking

Every time I sit down to do something, I come to the same realization: in the context of AI, what I’m doing is a waste of time.

Wednesday05/28

1

doc.cc

Consistency

On compounding patterns and the art of divergence.

2

thewayofcode.com

The way of code: the timeless art of vibe coding

Rick Rubin brings ancient wisdom to the modern age in The Way of Code, a meditation on the art and science of vibe coding.

3

anthonyhobday.com

Factors of a good interface designer

A simple list—because it's actually quite simple.

4

mynameisjehad.com

Stronger design principles start with one question

One of the hardest parts about writing down principles is to ensure they’re opinionated enough to be helpful.

5

everywhere.tools

everywhere.tools

Collection of open-source tools for designers & creatives.

Tuesday05/27

1

uxdesign.cc

Figma’s new grid

Why you must understand CSS Grid as a designer.

2

the-brandidentity.com

Case study: Green, grids, and growth

Konpo’s richly layered revamp of Coachable signals success for engineers.

3

blog.pope.tech

Alt text in the wild

The thought process for writing great alternative text.

4

ohnotype.co

OH NO type company

Retail and custom typefaces. Life’s a thrill, fonts are chill.

5

lethain.com

Stuff I learned at Carta

Will Larson's learnings from being Carta's CTO for the last couple of years.

Monday05/26

1

bit.ly

psd.to.design Figma pluginSponsored

Import Photoshop files into Figma with drag-and-drop—fully editable with layers, masks, effects, and pixel-perfect, just like you designed it.

2

internetphonebook.net

Internet phone book

An annual publication for exploring the vast poetic web.

3

nngroup.com

UX copy sizes: long, short, and micro

Better target user needs by understanding the three sizes of copy: long-form, short-form, and microcopy.

4

figma.com

Material 3 design kit

A comprehensive introduction to the design system, with styles and components to help you get started.

5

made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io

Five attitudes towards climate change

For years, I thought that there were two “sides” to the discussion around climate change. There are way more.

Friday05/23

1

blog.damato.design

Done with components

Component libraries aren’t design systems until people start caring.

2

gt-standard.com

GT Standard

GT Standard is a contemporary response to the modernist pursuit of standardization.

3

cntrl.site

Control: design websites

A tool for design purists: create custom, fully-editable websites in your browser.

4

youtube.com

Organizational scaffolding for accessible design

This talks highlights tools for product management, UX design, web development, and content creation to embed accessibility.

5

baldurbjarnason.com

Foggy feeds

Why is there a decline in everyone's feed reader subscriptions?

Thursday05/22

1

andybudd.com

Why AI interviews could be bad for honest designers

Technically? Very slick. But something about the experience left me uneasy.

2

doodad.dev

DOODAD.dev

Reduce the file size of an image… but in a stylish old-school way.

3

fabiensanglard.net

Building my childhood dream PC

Restoring an IBM 2168 and maxing out DOOM.

4

nordicdesign.gallery

Nordic design gallery

Gorgeous web design from the Nordics and their neighbors.

5

blog.pragmaticengineer.com

Stack overflow is almost dead

Stack overflow has almost as few questions asked per month as when it launched back in 2009.

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