Past editions

Why an empty canvas freezes us and a finished one feels untouchable, a close read of the visual world of Blade Runner, and a clear-eyed look at the copyright ground under models trained on books. Also a case that UX still runs on 1960s ad agency habits.

Two clear-eyed takes on how taste is actually built and why vibe-coded apps all look the same, plus a million clicks on LinkedIn's AI slop button and a language written for agents rather than people.

A year spent fighting scrapers on a 1.5 million page site, a look at how Raycast's rewrite keeps its speed, and practical advice on breaking up your design system so agents can actually read it. Plus honest talk about why designers feel uneasy about AI right now.

Figma opens up agent skills and Cursor starts hosting your repos, while Lea Verou makes the tidy case that dark mode needs two states rather than three. Also a word game with a rude assistant, and an uncomfortable read about where training data comes from.