Designers as agent orchestrators
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
“In 2025, AI-assisted building closed this chasm. Translating how software should work was never the hard part for designers. Translating that understanding into code was. AI didn’t lower the bar; it removed it.”
Designers as agent orchestrators: what I learnt shipping with AI in 2025 →
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Editor picks
The case for the uncertain AI →
Why chatbots should say “I’m not sure.”We made it all complicated →
Building technology products is easy.Why design systems fail to resolve disagreements →
How design lost the ability to evaluate work.
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Very Good Components: a curated collection →
Make me think
Software as fast fashion →
“This is exactly where we are with software now. We are turning software into fast fashion. Because “AI”. (…) This is often framed as liberation: Every human being can now have the software tool they want. Without having to learn to code or without having to ask someone else. You think it, you get it.”The invisible work →
“I am generally curious about the concept of legibility of work. Look around in your workplace. You can find documents, messages, presentations, design files. Evidence of people’s work. While it may look like a lot, there is a whole other type of work that is very hard to see. The invisible work.”Don’t fall into the anti-AI hype →
“It does not matter if AI companies will not be able to get their money back and the stock market will crash. All that is irrelevant, in the long run. It does not matter if this or the other CEO of some unicorn is telling you something that is off putting, or absurd. Programming changed forever, anyway.”
Little gems this week
Usability heuristics and competition in games →
How reading patterns have changed →
Tools and resources
Cursor: the new design tool →
Designing with AI-readable design systems.Beyond chat →
8 core user intents driving AI interaction.How UX directly impacts P&L →
Converting product value into business revenue.
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