The world’s cheapest compliment

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Between the oracle that knows everything and the genius that does everything, AI design is creating a desert for human thought. And I almost got lost in it. “When you gaze long enough into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.” — Nietzsche (All conceptual images in this article were generated by AI and edited by the Author) … Weiterlesen

Product ethics have never mattered more

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OpenAI just struck a deal with the Pentagon. Anthropic refused. And users noticed, which tells us something important about the future of values in product design. In the last week of February 2026, something unusual happened. A sitting US president took to social media to brand a private technology company a political threat. The Secretary of … Weiterlesen

Accessibility testing takes more than a scan

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Uncover accessibility issues that automated tools can’t catch When you evaluate a webpage for accessibility, it’s appealing to use automated scanners to quickly get an “accessibility score,” identify issues, and then move on. Browser-based accessibility extensions make this easy…in just a few minutes, you can generate a list of accessibility defects from missing labels to low … Weiterlesen

When design teams get rid of writers, nobody wins

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Products get worse. Users get stuck. Layoffs are happening everywhere. Talented people with decades of experience are being caught up in “restructurings.” In the process, many digital product design teams are parting ways with the people who focus on words. With every layoff, we’re losing something essential. Writing is core to the design process. Every design team … Weiterlesen