Design is not design is not design
Design is not a homogenous field and applying the right methods to the problem space is important to getting things right.
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How to set up custom design linting in Figma using the Design Lint plugin
A tutorial for creating a design linter specific to your team.https://lintyour.designWhat is Design Lint?Back in 2019, I released a Figma plugin called Design Lint. My goal was to help my team, other designers, and myself to find and fix errors in our work more easily.
Design Lint loops through laye..
How AI programmers can give a more human touch to their work
Beyond the “coder god complex”
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Mistakes I’ve Made as an Engineering Manager
I’ve been a manager for many years at companies of different scale. Through these experiences, I’ve done my share of learning, and made some mistakes along that way that were important lessons for me. I want to share those with you.
But before diving in, I want to mention a strong caveat that my ad..
Recipe websites, data modeling, and user experience
Simeon Griggs with some nice UX ideas for a recipe website:
No math. Swap between units and adjust servings on-the-fly.Offer alternative ingredients.Re-list the ingredient amounts when they’re referenced in the instructions.
I totally agree, especially on that last one:
Of all our improvements I ..
Let’s Create a Custom Audio Player
HTML has a built-in native audio player interface that we get simply using the
Barebones CSS for Fluid Images
Zach takes a look at some fundamental HTML+CSS usage for fluid, responsive images. Most of it, I’d say, is what you’d expect, but things get weird when srcset gets involved.
I poked my way through, and in addition to the weird thing Zach noted, wanted to add one more thing. Let’s start like this:
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Poll: Is Minimalism a Dead Trend Walking?
Since the skeuomorphism of the early 00s, the design trend of choice has been minimalism. In fact, minimalism has been de rigueur for substantially longer than that.
You can make a fair case that minimalism was the defining theme of the 20th century. Beginning with the widespread adoption of grotes..
A 30–60–90 day plan for product designers
I got the job. Now what?Source: UI8A few months ago, I transitioned from UX in the consulting industry to a Product Design position. After working for almost 5 years with clients it was time to challenge myself as an in-house designer.
Of course, I was anxious and nervous before the first day.
How a..
Sagrada Familia: The divine creative freedom of architect Antoni Gaudí
A celebration of science and spirit.
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