A quick, fast, and dirty list of things to review.

A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record

Memorize the color. Score as many points as possible.

Left Behind by the Hype: What Small Museums Really Need in the Age of AI MCN 2025 Ignite October 20, 2025 Minneapolis, MN http://www.mcn.edu

A 4.5-hour journey from idea to working fitness app with LLM agents

We weren't planning to write this blog. Then we found out that Harvest, our long-time time-tracking tool, is auto-renewing customers at up to 10x their previous fees, without notifying anyone until…

The WordPress Accessibility Team has overhauled its theme accessibility-ready guidelines for the first time since 2012. Theme authors have until June 30 to comply.

A close mentor of mine long ago drilled the phrase “monitor and adjust” into my brain.

Mat Marquis has waited 14 years to write this article. The sizes attribute has been a necessary evil but now, with an auto value capability, it’s completely transformed authoring responsive images on…

Most of us will experience anxiety at some point, sometimes triggered by a stressful moment, other times as a chronic condition. By taking thoughtful, intentional steps, we can ensure our designs at…

PocketOS founder blames ‘Cursor running Anthropic's flagship Claude Opus 4.6’ plus Railway’s infrastructure for data disaster.

A blog about software craft and quality

When one of us soars we all soar! Exploring our philosophy of sharing information and continuing to learn together.

Cloudflare is a great resource for increasing site security, improving speed, and managing DNS records. Here are some quick instructions for creating and sharing access to your account.

An opinion on why we shouldn't switch to the smallest design too early.

If you asked to see a computer in the 1700s, no one would point you to a glowing rectangle. They’d point you to a person. Yes, a human. For centuries, "computer

A curated study of the tiny design decisions that make products feel exceptional in AI era. For designers and engineers who believe the small things can make big difference.

The majority of us are a bunch of self taught people with rather spotty knowledge and that's fine! Kilian (also self taught) is here to share some of the computer science fundamentals you probably…

For anyone working in branding, digital marketing or agency land, there are three things worth doubling down on.

Nineteenth-century women turned music lessons into interactive entertainment, complete with spinning wheels and ivory counters.

Although the debate over SEO versus AEO/GEO continues, there are signs that a consensus is emerging.

Although design systems promise consistency, most still fail without someone actively enforcing the rules and making teams follow them.

What gets lost when everything is effortless? For years, good digital design has been framed as the removal of friction. Faster flows. Fewer steps. Instant …

The tech world was once dominated by women.

Happy birthday to us!

The future of the web depends on simple, open standards.

The coordination work that holds projects together disappears the moment it works. On the unfairness of recognition and finding leaders who see it anyway.

Shifting our focus from the designer or artist, and putting a spotlight on the printmakers and presses behind their projects, we spoke to some of the people crafting our tangible visual worlds about…

FAIR’s architecture is inspired by Bluesky’s distributed moderation, uses cryptographic DIDs for provenance, and is federating cautiously to balance security with decentralization.

Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe

Matthew Butterick

Practical UX guidelines to keep in mind for 466 million people who experience hearing loss. More design patterns in Smart Interface Design Patterns, a **friendly video course on UX** and design…

A lot of people say AI will make us all “managers” or “editors”…but I think this is a dangerously incomplete view!

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) compliance window for websites, content and mobile applications is approaching. Here's what you need to know.

Frank Chimero’s Personal Website

Understanding how dithering works, visually.

In an age of virtual connectivity and increased reliance on the internet for daily functions, including by marginalized groups, can companies and technologists reframe their features or standards to…

Frederick's delirious rants

When companies mistake volume for value, and incentivise outputs over outcomes.

This year, dot com turned 40.

We’ve all seen the pictures of the Raptor engine for the SpaceX rockets, and if you look at the various iterations, they go from easy-to-vary to hard-to-vary. Because the most recent version just…

Generate responsive type scales with CSS clamp() values. Perfect for SCSS, WordPress, and Elementor. Create fluid typography that scales beautifully across all devices.

We are all living through a time which is noticeably fallow in good will and good intentions. Increasingly there is no discovery, organic or otherwise, and the value of participation can not be…