AI Didn’t Kill Your Craft. It Exposed It. Over the past year, something subtle has shifted in the products we use. Interfaces look better.Layouts are cleaner.Components align, accessibility checks pass,…
This often comes at the cost of real user-centered design. We like to think we design for people, but this belief covers up the real purpose of UX today. We…
People use a few related terms: Technical debt: shortcuts in code/architecture that make changes slow and risky later. UX debt (aka UX technical debt / design debt/experience debt): shortcuts that…
Why Design Responsibility Goes Beyond the User, Especially in the Age of AI The recent discussions at DDX revealed something important. Not a minor methodological debate.Not a branding nuance. A…
The WCAG Rules That Actually Get Violated (And Cost Millions) The Big Four Lawsuit Triggers css /* 1. Missing Focus Indicators - 34% of lawsuits */.bad-practice { outline: none; /*…
What Actually Changed WCAG 2.2 became the legal standard (June 2024) New success criteria that break existing “accessible” designs Stricter cognitive accessibility requirements Focus on dynamic content and interactive elements European…
I worked on a project that had a poor UI color scheme and lacked a design system. To address these issues, I conducted research and developed a color palette that…
After the TikTok ban deadline on June 9th, many Western "TikTok refugees" found themselves using the Chinese app RedNote (小红书). Last month, the temporary TikTok ban in the US sent…
The “Almost There” Button Loading State Transform dead clicks into engaging momentsConversion impact: +12% in our A/B tests Why it matters: Our A/B tests showed that users were 12% more…
Large Language Models (LLMs) do not store entire images, such as complete frames from a Miyazaki film. Instead, they decompose these images into their component parts and are trained on…