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    A collection of thinking on design, tech, and the art of making sense.

    What we learned building AI style guides for product copy

    Feedback loops, LLMs, and honing your craft

    A running list of plainspoken usability truths

    The atomicity model for product prioritization

    I don’t want your generative AI for design

    Apple’s Live Captions are often worse than nothing

    Charting surgery

    That time I ate chicken parmesan five times in one day because our customers cooked it

    Thoughts on inclusion as a constraint and catalyst for design

    It’s weird how design systems are so rote, yet so difficult

    Welcome to unreality

    AI: Seasoning, not the main course

    A few echos on hearing that’s not quite there

    Design syntropy

    Perceived effort: Cycling, work, and the power of momentum

    How I stopped worrying and learned to love the AI

    How I approach writing

    There, here, and back again: Expanding Sourcegraph from an on-premise product into a cloud offering

    strings: the Sourcegraph blog

    The language of collaboration (and the phrase that gives you superpowers)

    Mustard

    Email addresses are a pain in the ass

    Can You Hear me? No, But We Read You

    Fast Company

    These are Design Principles for Real-time Captions in Video Calls

    Captions in Video Calls: Better Accessibility, but Harmful Side Effects

    We Cancelled Our User Research Because of the Coronavirus

    Stop Relying on Gut Decisions and Define Your Principles

    UX Collective

    Stop Blaming People: It’s a Design Problem

    The Possibility Gap: It’s Time to Label This Dark Pattern

    Stoppers & Stallers: What Happens When Your Product Goes Off-Script

    The Books That Shape How I Think About UX, Brand, and Business

    The Things We Forget on the Inside Looking Out

    It’s Time to Rethink UX Design Challenges

    Is Your Product Team Feeling Stifled?

    Ship Something

    What I Ask Candidates During UX Job Interviews

    Accessibility is Trendy (and That’s a Good Thing)

    Those Dumb Quotes

    Distress Signals: User-generated Solutions to Usability Problems

    UX Collective

    Bridging the Moat

    A Close Look at Closeness

    Medium

    Carry many pairs of shoes

    That’s Enough

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