Field notes from shipping real code with Claude
A field guide to a new way of building software.
Tuesday06/17
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Life as a physical process
Everyone has their favorite definition of life. Here's a good one.
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700 sleeve designs
Gallery of 700 selected sleeve designs auctioned to raise funds for War Child, a charity helping children affected by conflict.
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Monday06/16
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UX challenges with MCPs
MCP has a long way to go in its user experience to become palatable to a wider consumer base.
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Introducing design mode on v0
Make quick changes to your UI without editing code or spending any credits.
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You screwed up your EAA compliance. What now?
The deadline of the European Accessibility Act (EAA) is near (June 28).
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The restroom archive
Capturing the humorous, chaotic, and often scary nature of these uniquely private publicly accessible spaces.
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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
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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.
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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."
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Does form really shape function?
How complex biological forms emerge through the interplay of physical forces, environment and embodiment.
Thursday06/12
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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.
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Weavy: AI-powered design workflows
Integrate AI models and editing tools in a node-based platform.
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The designer’s hierarchy of career needs
Success is subjective. It means many things to many different people.
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Figma plugin: Image Editor
Manipulate images in Figma with many different color adjustments and filters.
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A knockout blow for LLMs?
LLM “reasoning” is so cooked they turned Gary Marcus' name into a verb.
Wednesday06/11
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Apple retreats
Apple’s WWDC was a retreat from not just last year’s WWDC, but potentially a broader reset for the company.
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Agent management UI patterns
With AI agents doing work for people, agent management becomes a critical part of product design.
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The relationship is the job
What remains when we automate most manual labor and cognitive labor.
Tuesday06/10
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Liquid Glass: Apple vs accessibility
We were always taught that clarity and legibility should be at the forefront of anyone’s mind when designing.
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Where should AI sit in your UI?
Mapping emerging AI UI patterns and how spatial UI choices shape AI experiences.
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Wikipedia collection
A collaboration with German fashion label Armedangels to spell out the importance of equality, freedom, and peace.
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A brief history of JavaScript
In 30 years, JavaScript went from being a little scripting language to one of the world’s most popular.
Monday06/09
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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.
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State of tech talent report 2025
A sharp reset in tech hiring—entry-level roles are vanishing, elite AI labs winning the retention war, and new power centers emerging.
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The grammar of independence
When machines can generate responses that increasingly resemble thought, thinking for oneself becomes about maintaining our cognitive sovereignty.
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I think I’m done thinking about genAI for now
In this particular instance, however, genAI has defeated me. I cannot make it make sense, but I need to stop thinking about it anyway.