<![CDATA[Sidebar]]>https://sidebar.iohttps://sidebar.ioimg/favicon.pngSidebarhttps://sidebar.ioRSS for NodeTue, 22 Sep 2026 01:01:16 GMT<![CDATA[The AI notepad for back-to-back meetings]]>Notes, actions and memory. Without a meeting bot.
]]>https://notes.erlend.sh/3muwdtclths2d9DzdmLsK5nfLN8PKnMon, 21 Sep 2026 07:56:00 GMT<![CDATA[How Rob Farmer turns half-baked sketches into New York Times covers]]>The motion designer discusses procedural software, editorial deadlines and why perfectionism is the enemy of good work getting seen.
]]>https://www.creativeboom.com/work/how-rob-farmer-turns-half-baked-sketches-into-new-york-times-covers/uhDfbtjTtpYjFnFboMon, 21 Sep 2026 07:55:06 GMT<![CDATA[Walking Men]]>A series of public art installations of pedestrian traffic icons assembled from around the world, presented in humane scale.
]]>https://walking-men.com/suuDxAZp3QTKg2KE7Mon, 21 Sep 2026 07:54:19 GMT<![CDATA[Email has never been free]]>The question is only who pays for it, and how.
]]>https://buttondown.com/blog/metered-emailQNggFTGnGJh7T6z23Mon, 21 Sep 2026 07:53:24 GMT<![CDATA[For the Designless]]>On the value of cultural references, and the cost of losing them at scale.
]]>https://craft.gustavofior.com/fsfwMQ2Qj6yKrjLiEFri, 18 Sep 2026 07:51:14 GMT<![CDATA[We are all Product Engineers now]]>Where, in fact, is the entire industry of software going in the next decade?
]]>https://seldo.com/posts/we-are-all-product-engineers-now/bwB4d9Qo9Tm8iA9zsFri, 18 Sep 2026 07:50:12 GMT<![CDATA[Why your numbers look wrong]]>It’s the figures your font gives you by default, and the better ones it keeps a switch away.
]]>https://www.carmenansio.com/articles/opentype-features-css/jMJnfv5L2vSo8vMenFri, 18 Sep 2026 07:49:13 GMT<![CDATA[Designing with AI]]>How a career of building creative teams and design systems led to AI tools that increase speed without lowering the quality bar.
]]>https://buzzusborne.com/work/designing-with-ai/zsnpzMJzjpdWzPZ3dFri, 18 Sep 2026 07:48:17 GMT<![CDATA[Five eras of UX design and the lessons to keep in the AI era]]>Human factors has reinvented itself every decade since Bell Labs, the oldest lessons are the ones pointing the way forward.
]]>https://uxdesign.cc/five-eras-of-ux-design-and-the-lessons-to-keep-in-the-ai-era-d76a548747a9fQ3kdxyaGNPnat483Thu, 17 Sep 2026 04:40:11 GMT<![CDATA[WCAG Accessibility Guidelines Explorer]]>Learn and understand web accessibility standards with interactive demos showing violations vs. solutions.
]]>https://emesstyle.com/a11y-design/yNDEwECYqASetLTTFThu, 17 Sep 2026 04:39:39 GMT<![CDATA[Maybe we shouldn’t be reviewing all this code]]>Or, perhaps the problem isn’t that AI has broken code review, maybe it’s that we’ve been using code review to solve the wrong problems
]]>https://martinfowler.com/rachels-ramblings/code-review.htmlNg4fJCnmo8PHDi3rJThu, 17 Sep 2026 04:39:09 GMT<![CDATA[The most important product decision is what you don’t build]]>Ask a team what they shipped this year and you’ll get a list. Ask what they killed and the room goes quiet.
]]>https://liamnugent.me/posts/what-you-dont-build/vxDzFAhA44dCpRFx3Thu, 17 Sep 2026 04:38:25 GMT<![CDATA[Seats and sunsets]]>Understanding agent orchestration economics, model capability thresholds, token burn rates, and structural failure modes.
]]>https://yegge.ai/essays/seats-and-sunsets/vXRnSLpuuLPSNpsgfThu, 17 Sep 2026 04:37:58 GMT<![CDATA[Dario, please]]>Debunking AI apocalypse hype and exposing CEO calls for open-source bans as self-serving tactics to protect corporate moats.
]]>https://pop.rdi.sh/dario-please/QcECXeJaj6JJTKkmdWed, 16 Sep 2026 07:47:35 GMT<![CDATA[Let’s talk about gradients]]>A short essay on tools, with a working exhibit.
]]>https://brainfunctioncollapse.com/projects/gradientsE3GdG3eN5G3oHrDHMWed, 16 Sep 2026 07:45:05 GMT<![CDATA[Opusfived]]>Make one button blue. Change nothing else. A short interactive comedy about agentic AI assistants that can never just do the thing.
]]>https://opusfived.dev/SxxxZZDLAXy6vbeayWed, 16 Sep 2026 07:44:23 GMT<![CDATA[Rauno's field notes: 5]]>How removing pagination arrows in favor of interactive card stacks solves tight UI spatial constraints.
]]>https://rauno.me/notes/5cpy4s4oT6J4Jmsx8XWed, 16 Sep 2026 07:43:58 GMT<![CDATA[Sidebranch: worktree visual diffing]]>Review PRs from inside your running app: switch branches from an in-page widget and compare worktrees side by side.