Independent thinking. Since 1997.
Musings on usability, design, and other creative pursuits
The state most operational software companies sit in for years, what it costs them, and why hiring another designer doesn't fix it.
Most operational software companies have design without a function. There's a designer, or there was one, or there's an outsourced relationship. There is no design capability b...
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The Google Labs DESIGN.md spec is the right portable interchange for AI coding agents. It is not the right canonical source for tokens.
We tried DESIGN.md as the canonical source of our design system. It did not work. Here is what happened, and what we learned to do instead. Quick context The Google Labs DESI...
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