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Your design buddy, here to explore the existential crisis of being a product, UI, or UX designer in the age of AI, where roles blur, new tools arise, and the question 'what’s my value?' lingers...

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Do designers still need a mouse?

Agents are on the canvas now. So when should we prompt or drag?

Should designers build and ship in the age of AI agents?

In the name of design and AI coding agents, we build.

Insights from a United Nations UX Strategist: What the AI Era Means for Designers

A new kind of rigor, homogenized web, and designing for AI

The designer skills that stay essential and resilient

Exploring what sets professional UX designers (and adjacent roles) apart as AI automates more of the work and makes creation accessible to everyone.

Anton Stén on AI, Taste, and the Designer’s Expanding Role

Reflections from a veteran designer on his practical use of AI today and how design will evolve in the age of AI

The skills that become more essential in the age of AI

When I started my master’s research project, I focused on the disappearance of entry-level jobs, an issue that felt increasingly relevant. The causes are mixed, a slow economy, global uncertainty, and although AI isn’t the main reason, it’s still eating up entry-level tasks or making them easier.

Not every AI tool is worth your time

A simple framework for choosing tools that truly add value.

Testing Claude Code to Build a Lightweight Tool

What if AI could help you build the plugin, tool, or script you actually need to do your work?

AI Prototyping: First Impressions and Thoughts on v0

The game-changing prototyping flow Figma AI doesn’t (yet) offer

The techniques that boost your ideation and make AI brainstorming better too

The one thing crazy 8s is missing