Every Ryobi 18V pack I own has the same four green lights on its face, and for years I read them like a gas gauge. Four bars meant full, and […]
I deleted every other PDF app on my PC after trying this free one
Until a few weeks ago, I had three different apps on my PC for working with PDFs. I used Sumatra PDF to view documents, LibreOffice Draw to edit them, and […]
I’ve almost stopped typing on my Android with this one app
Recently, I’ve seen people praising Rambler, a Pixel 11-exclusive AI feature built into Gboard. It can strip out fillers like “ums” and “ahs” and self-correct when you say something like […]
Why Mental Health Apps Shouldn’t Follow Every UI Fashion — Smashing Magazine
Many UI trends are designed to capture attention and signal innovation, but those goals often conflict with the needs of mental health apps: reducing cognitive strain, fostering trust, and providing […]
How To Turn Brand Strategy Into Visual Direction — Smashing Magazine
The strongest visual concepts don’t start in Figma. They start with the right questions. Explore the pre-concept phase of brand identity design, where teams research brand context, uncover hidden assumptions […]
No, People Don’t Want More AI In Their Life — Smashing Magazine
Many companies assume everyone craves new AI features. But the reality is that most people don’t want more AI — at least not in the way most AI leaders envision […]
When It Makes Sense To “Block” The Main Thread — Smashing Magazine
The common rule of thumb is to never “block” the browser’s main thread when running JavaScript tasks. But is this a hard rule? Victor Ayomipo describes a use case he […]
Deserialization Sinks In RSCs — Smashing Magazine
While React Server Components rely on the custom Flight protocol to stream interactive UIs, this same mechanism introduces powerful deserialization sinks that attackers can exploit. Durgesh Pawar breaks down the […]
Digital Design In The AI Era — Smashing Magazine
Many of the AI tools we interact with take the form of text boxes. But what if there was a different way to interact with AI? Oleksii Hrzhehorzhevskyi explores a […]
The Bull And Bear Case For Digital Design In The Age Of AI — Smashing Magazine
As AI reshapes product design, it could give designers greater autonomy or expose the gaps that autonomy makes harder to hide. Exploring both the bull and bear cases, Andy Budd […]