Design Thinking4 min read
Are UX Designers Being Replaced by AI? What the Data Can Say
BLS projections, employer expectations and job ads measure different things. What they can tell UX designers about AI, and where the evidence stops.
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Business7 min read
Custom Illustration vs Stock: Cost and Outcome
Compare stock and custom illustration by licensing, product fit, consistency and total cost, with dated stock prices and an illustrative custom-work budget.
Design Thinking7 min read
Explainer Video Cost vs Vision Film Cost (2026)
Compare an explainer, a vision film and a working prototype by the decision each supports. Build an itemized video budget instead of relying on a market average.
Design Thinking7 min read
What Is a Design System? A Working Definition, With Two Real Ones
A design system is the set of decisions, components, and rules a product is built from, kept in code and in use. What is in one, how it differs from a style guide, what it costs, and two real examples: a 115-icon system for an enterprise networking product, and the one this site runs on.
Startups4 min read
I Gave Things 3 an AI Agent (Because Things 4 Is Still "Any Decade Now")
SUUR Things is a free, open-source MCP server + local dashboard for Things 3. Connect Claude to your tasks and get Kanban boards, an Eisenhower matrix, time-blocking, and a ⌘K palette, all without touching the Things database.
Business3 min read
Quality UI Is Cheap. Quality UX Takes Work.
A designer's perspective on the difference between a polished screen and a dependable experience, with a concrete layout failure and a review checklist.
Design Thinking7 min read
AI in Web and App Design in 2026: Threat or Tool?
How AI changes web and app design work in 2026, where human accountability remains, and what two shipped products show about our process.
Design Thinking8 min read
Color in SaaS Design: Choosing a Palette That Works
How to choose a SaaS color palette in 2026: what color psychology cannot prove, the WCAG ratios you must hit, and two real palettes measured pair by pair.
Design Thinking3 min read
Minimalism vs. Maximalism: Choose by the Task
A practical decision guide for minimalist and expressive interfaces, using task demands, brand recognition, accessibility and measured performance.
Business3 min read
Roast My Site: Turn Blunt Feedback Into Useful Work
What a useful website critique should contain: a specific observation, evidence, a proposed fix and a way to check it, with a worked example.
Design Thinking6 min read
Designing for AI: Making a Model Feel Trustworthy
Why designing an AI product is harder than it looks, and the five things that make users trust one, with examples from AI products we designed and shipped.
Design Thinking4 min read
Understanding User Intent in Travel Websites
Map travel visitors by the task they need to complete, using interviews, search and funnel evidence rather than assumptions about leisure, business or device.
Design Thinking3 min read
When Visual Polish Hides a Startup Website Problem
How to tell whether a polished startup website obscures the offer, slows the task or hides missing proof, without assuming ugly sites perform better.
Design Thinking6 min read
Less Is More, Until It Is Not
Minimalism is a tool for hard tasks, not a house style. Where it helps, where it turns into sameness, and how two of our own apps use both on purpose.
Design Thinking7 min read
Five Landing Page Elements: A Practical Review Framework
Five landing page elements to review, illustrated by the InFlight launch site and dated checks from October 6, 2026.
Design Thinking8 min read
Why Design Is a Strategic Tool for Startups
Use a design decision exercise to connect audience, message, evidence and scope. A bounded Biteful example shows how brand and website choices become concrete.