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With every new technology platform, the concept of an application shifts. Consider the difference between compiled apps during the PC era, online applications during the Web, and app stores during mobile. Now with AI it’s happening again.
Design tokens may be the latest incarnation, but software creators have been creating themeable user interfaces for quite a long time! As with all things, we can study history to learn from our past to inform our future. So let’s dig in!
For a design system program where the goal is often stable, high quality, durable output, how much instability, lack of quality, or impermanence can we tolerate in our tools? That’s the question Nathan Curtis and I asked the design system community for Episode 060 of The Question.
I know estimates have a bad reputation. Most engineers hear “estimate” and immediately think of micromanagement, unrealistic deadlines, and that manager who asks “is it done yet?” every few hours. I’ve seen teams reflexively pad their numbers by 3x just to avoid the inevitable disappointment when reality doesn’t match the plan.
I think a lot of blogging is reactive. You read other people’s blogs and you’re like, no, that’s totally wrong. A part of what we want to do with this scenario is say something concrete and detailed enough that people will say no, that’s totally wrong, and write their own thing.
TV interface design is a unique, fascinating, and often overlooked field. It’s been guided by decades of evolution and innovation, yet still firmly constrained by its legacy. Follow Milan into the history, quirks, and unshakable rules that dictate how we control these devices.
For developers, working more efficiently isn’t just about being faster, but also reducing friction in their workflows. Forrester tells us how to save them time and headache—all in service of shipping better products.
We’ve all been there. You spend hours polishing a layout, only to end up with rows of blank grey circles staring back at you where faces should be. It feels dead. Lifeless.
How Jitter reimagined its website to highlight collaboration, creativity, and motion design at scale.
First things first, this article isn’t exclusively for designers but it was written for them. If you aren’t a designer but interested in LLMs, you are free to stick around and learn something about how to shape the behind the scenes of the technology that you are very likely to interact with later today. Your call, no pressure.