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How Baseline Can Help You Ship Less JavaScript
The gap between “you need a library for this” and “the browser does this” keeps closing. A practical guide to auditing your dependencies and finding what the web platform can now handle for you.
Small Joys And Big Adventures (August 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
Whether you’re enjoying some well-earned time off this August or are jumping headfirst into a new project, how about some new desktop wallpapers to accompany you on all those big and small adventures the month might bring? Well, we’ve got you covered!
The Bull And Bear Case For Digital Design In The Age Of AI
As AI reshapes product design, it could give designers greater autonomy or expose the gaps that autonomy makes harder to hide. Exploring both the bull and bear cases, Andy Budd examines what happens when designers need less permission to act.
Thinking Outside The Box: Digital Design In The AI Era
Many of the AI tools we interact with take the form of text boxes. But what if there was a different way to interact with AI? Oleksii Hrzhehorzhevskyi explores a different approach to creating a new AI assistant and how designers can navigate the field as AI continues to change it.
Weaponizing And Defending The React Flight Protocol: Deserialization Sinks In RSCs
While React Server Components rely on the custom Flight protocol to stream interactive UIs, this same mechanism introduces powerful deserialization sinks that attackers can exploit. Durgesh Pawar breaks down the mechanics behind the CVSS 10.0 “React2Shell” vulnerability to show how protocol manipulation can lead to remote code execution.
When It Makes Sense To “Block” The Main Thread
The common rule of thumb is to never “block” the browser’s main thread when running JavaScript tasks. But is this a hard rule? Victor Ayomipo describes a use case he encountered involving a screenshot extension where he made an exception to the rule and decided that blocking the main thread was absolutely the right thing to do.
No, People Don’t Want More AI In Their Life
Many companies assume everyone craves new AI features. But the reality is that most people don’t want more AI — at least not in the way most AI leaders envision it. Brought to you by Design Patterns For AI Interfaces, friendly video courses on UX and design patterns by Vitaly.
From Kickoff To First Concept: How To Turn Brand Strategy Into Visual Direction
The strongest visual concepts don’t start in Figma. They start with the right questions. Explore the pre-concept phase of brand identity design, where teams research brand context, uncover hidden assumptions with stakeholders, and turn shared direction into a visual foundation before a single concept is created.
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Is Design Dead In The Age Of AI?
As AI becomes more powerful, the quiet dread that human designers could be replaced is unsettling many designers. Jessica Walsh shares her hopeful take on the question, “Is design dead in the age of AI?”
Component Contracts And Schemas
Component contracts and schemas establish principles to shape, design, and communicate design intent. Nathan Curtis wrote a comprehensive guide on how to use contracts and schemas to guide work.
Combining Typefaces
With the right strategy, combining typefaces isn’t as hard as it might seem. Tim Brown’s Pocket Guide to Combining Typefaces is a wonderful resource that helps you take the guesswork out of your type decisions.
You Don’t Have A Design System
Even when teams pull from the same component library, the visual experiences often aren’t consistent. Matt Rothenberg dives deeper into the problem and how to make decisions reusable.
Eight Pillars Of User Research
How to take UX research initiatives off the ground in your organization? “The Eight Pillars of User Research” is a comprehensive model with roles, tools and processes to deliver and scale UX research impact.
Building Accessibility Research Practices
Disabled users are often underrepresented in user research, which means their needs aren’t adequately considered. Maya Alvarado shares insights into how Booking.com built accessibility research practices to change that.