Vol_2.17.25

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Website of the week:

Bring back the bezels Towards a skeuomorphism of the soul https://designlobster.substack.com/p/bring-back-the-bezels

Build for the Web, Build on the Web, Build with the Web If you’re going to go all-in on a framework or, heaven forbid, an SPA, give the long term some serious consideration, and make sure you do a really, really good job. https://csswizardry.com/2025/01/build-for-the-web-build-on-the-web-build-with-the-web/

Using data-driven storytelling to shape product strategy A process for identifying the key insights and narratives in UX design research https://adobe.design/stories/leading-design/using-data-driven-storytelling-to-shape-product-strategy

From pixels to personalization:
The future of design Learn how to use technology to create experiences that are more anticipatory, personal, and genuinely human than ever before.
https://webflow.com/blog/future-of-experience-design

Thoughts on Tailwind 4 
The Tailwind CSS v4.0 beta was just released, and I wanted to share some thoughts on it. More specifically, I have some concerns that I have not seen covered elsewhere.
https://nmn.sh/blog/2024-11-30-thoughts-on-tailwind-4

Website hero section library Curated collection of beautiful website hero sections. https://www.supahero.io/

I keep turning my Google Sheets into phone-friendly webapps, and I can’t stop How I tackled takeout, spices, and meal ideas with spreadsheets and Glide. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/making-tiny-no-code-webapps-out-of-spreadsheets-is-a-weirdly-fulfilling-hobby/

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