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  1. How To Improve UX In Legacy Systems

    Practical guidelines for driving UX impact in organizations with legacy systems and broken processes. Brought to you by Measuring UX...

  2. Identifying Necessary Transparency Moments In Agentic AI (Part 1)

    Designing for agentic AI requires attention to both the system’s behavior and the transparency of its actions. Between the black box and the data dump lies a more...

  3. A Practical Guide To Design Principles

    Design principles with references, examples, and methods for quick look-up. Brought to you by Design Patterns For AI...

  4. The Joy Of A Fresh Beginning (April 2026 Wallpapers Edition)

    With the new month just around the corner, could there be a better occasion to freshen up your desktop? If you’re looking for some unique and inspiring wallpapers to...

  5. The Site-Search Paradox: Why The Big Box Always Wins

    Success in modern UX isn’t about having the most content. It’s about having the most findable content. Yet even with more data and better tools than ever, internal...

  6. Testing Font Scaling For Accessibility With Figma Variables

    Accessibility works best when it blends into everyday design workflows. The goal isn’t a big transformation, but simple work processes that fit naturally into a team’s...

  7. Modal vs. Separate Page: UX Decision Tree

    How to choose between modals and pages, when to avoid modals, and how to determine the right level of interruption or navigation. Brought to you by...

  8. Anime vs. Marvel/DC: Designing Digital Products With Emotion In Flow

    Design is about pacing and feelings as much as pixels and patterns. Alan Cohen explores Emotion in Flow and Emotion in Conflict, showing how anime like Dan Da Dan and...

  9. Moving From Moment.js To The JS Temporal API

    The way JavaScript handles time has evolved significantly, from the built-in `Date` API to Moment.js and now Temporal. The new standard fills gaps in the original...

  10. Beyond `border-radius`: What The CSS `corner-shape` Property Unlocks For Everyday UI

    For years, developers have been hacking around the limitations of `border-radius`, using clip-path, SVG masks, and fragile workarounds just to get anything other than...

  11. Building Dynamic Forms In React And Next.js

    Some forms stay UI, while others quietly become rule engines. Here’s why these two different approaches exist and how to choose between them.

  12. Persuasive Design: Ten Years Later

    Many product teams still lean on usability improvements and isolated behavioral tweaks to address weak activation, drop-offs, and low retention – only to see results...