Vol_2.30.26

We curate web design resources.

Website of the week:

AI Bubble: Nobody will pay for unsubsidised AI | Ed Zitron
“If these services were worthwhile, they wouldn’t have subscriptions.”
Author of Where’s Your Ed At news letter and Host of the Better Offline podcast Ed Zitron tells the Tech Report’s Isaac Pound the subscription models used for to pay for AI services are heavily subsidised and not sustainable.
https://youtu.be/oAbpVCn-Ox0?si=XCizdRyqjymPrj_h

Fran Sans
A display font in every sense of the term. It’s an interpretation of the destination displays found on some of the light rail vehicles that service the city of San Francisco.
https://emilysneddon.com/fran-sans-essay

Anatomy of a CSS Phone Mockup
A step-by-step walkthrough of how a realistic iPhone frame is built from scratch — bevel gradients, layered shadows, glass shine effects, and mouse-reactive 3D tilt.
https://www.conor.fyi/writing/anatomy-of-a-css-phone-mockup

The design process is dead. Here’s what’s replacing it. | Jenny Wen (head of design at Claude)
https://youtu.be/eh8bcBIAAFo?si=Ld_L9i3hXmNR9meg

AI-generated art can’t be copyrighted after Supreme Court declines to review the rule
https://www.theverge.com/policy/887678/supreme-court-ai-art-copyright

On clip-path animations
The WorkCard detail panel is not a fade-in block. It is a circular reveal that grows out of the same point as the trigger button. That one decision makes the interaction feel connected instead of layered on top.
https://karlkoch.me/writing/on-clip-path-animations

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