The five best design links, every weekday

Friday06/20

1

mynameisjehad.com

Approaching AI as a design leader

How AI can help remove the burden of administrative work and transform non-administrative work for customers.

2

nngroup.com

Designing for serial task switching

A natural user behavior that lowers productivity and increases stress and the chance of errors.

3

vystery.com

Vystery

Unveil the mystery image, one click at a time (game).

4

garden.bradwoods.io

Sphere & mesh

How to animate a mesh across the surface of a sphere using three.js and GSAP.

5

martinfowler.com

Expert generalists

Being an Expert Generalist should be treated as a first-class skill, one that can be assessed and taught.

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Thursday06/19

1

ingrids.space

What Google Translate can tell us about vibecoding

Turns out the number of jobs for translators and interpreters has actually been increasing.

2

openaifiles.org

The OpenAI files

The most comprehensive collection to date of documented concerns with governance practices, leadership integrity, and organizational culture.

3

fastcompany.com

Where the design jobs are now

FastCompany's guide to who’s hiring right now, and what they’re looking for.

4

spectrum.ieee.org

Why JPEGs still rule the web

Thirty years ago, the JPEG became the dominant way we share digital photos on the Internet.

5

80000hours.org

How not to lose your job to AI

An essay on the skills AI will make more valuable, and the potential paths forward.

Wednesday06/18

1

benholliday.com

Design is care (and sensing carelessness)

Why design is care, and how the experiences we shape and deliver will be defined by how people sense that care in the future.

2

blog.singleton.io

Coding agents have crossed a chasm

Somewhere in the last few months, something fundamental shifted with autonomous AI coding agents.

3

metorial.com

MCP servers

Explore thousands of MCP servers. And connect to them in a single function call.

4

turso.tech

Working on databases from prison

In prison there isn’t exactly a whole lot to do and programming absolutely consumes Preston's life.

5

figma.com

Figma plugin: Ruri shader

Create stunning liquid metal effects for any shape, text, or logo.

Tuesday06/17

1

diwank.space

Field notes from shipping real code with Claude

A field guide to a new way of building software.

2

invertedpassion.com

Life as a physical process

Everyone has their favorite definition of life. Here's a good one.

3

ui.glass

Glass UI generator

Generate CSS and HTML components using glassmorphism design specs.

4

secret-7.co.uk

700 sleeve designs

Gallery of 700 selected sleeve designs auctioned to raise funds for War Child, a charity helping children affected by conflict.

5

smoothui.dev

SmoothUI

A collection of great test components with smooth animations.

Monday06/16

1

hvpandya.com

UX challenges with MCPs

MCP has a long way to go in its user experience to become palatable to a wider consumer base.

2

community.vercel.com

Introducing design mode on v0

Make quick changes to your UI without editing code or spending any credits.

3

yatil.net

You screwed up your EAA compliance. What now?

The deadline of the European Accessibility Act (EAA) is near (June 28).

4

restroomarchive.jakewelch.design

The restroom archive

Capturing the humorous, chaotic, and often scary nature of these uniquely private publicly accessible spaces.

5

arielsalminen.com

Introducing brands for Nord Design System

Unifying two design system platforms into a single one that can serve all of the feature teams.

Friday06/13

1

stevejobsarchive.com

Stay hungry, stay foolish

20th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford commencement speech, a digitally enhanced version of the video, and some behind the scenes.

2

charity.wtf

How long it takes to know if a job is right for you

"I took a senior management role at this company six months ago. But it’s just not clicking."

3

seangoedecke.com

The first big AI disaster is yet to happen

Nobody’s slowing the train down now.

4

icons.obra.studio

Obra icons

A simple, consistent set of icons, perfect for user interfaces.

5

quantamagazine.org

Does form really shape function?

How complex biological forms emerge through the interplay of physical forces, environment and embodiment.

Thursday06/12

1

designbeyondbarriers.com

Design beyond barriers

Answer all your burning questions about accessibility—like how to design for everyone, even those juggling a hot coffee and a pet hamster.

2

weavy.ai

Weavy: AI-powered design workflows

Integrate AI models and editing tools in a node-based platform.

3

chrbutler.com

The designer’s hierarchy of career needs

Success is subjective. It means many things to many different people.

4

figma.com

Figma plugin: Image Editor

Manipulate images in Figma with many different color adjustments and filters.

5

garymarcus.substack.com

A knockout blow for LLMs?

LLM “reasoning” is so cooked they turned Gary Marcus' name into a verb.

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