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The purpose of UX Design — why product managers need UX designers and design leaders
Industries and trends ebb and flow. I think I might have been working during a peak for “design thinking”. Organisations like IDEO and Apple helped to establish design as the differentiating factor between successful organisations and the rest. But, in recent years I’ve seen a shift. The faith placed in “design thinking” now seems diverted into “product thinking.”
https://danramsden.com/2025/04/15/the-purpose-of-ux-design-why-product-managers-need-ux-designers-and-design-leaders/
CSS Hell, where you will be subjected to 15 unimaginably torturous CSS puzzles.
"What did I do to deserve this?", you ask. But you know perfectly well: you blasphemed Cascading Style Sheets.
https://csshell.com/
Coding as Craft: Going Back to the Old Gym
In a world pushing for “reflexive AI usage,” I’m advocating for something different: thoughtful, intentional collaboration with AI that preserves the essence of coding as a craft.
https://cekrem.github.io/posts/coding-as-craft-going-back-to-the-old-gym
The four pillars model of content design
Introducing a visual framework for practitioners.
https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/the-four-pillars-model-of-content-design-1b49364298b4
 | Ever wonder why some clients over-explain or dodge your questions? Learn how to navigate un clear client communication and keep your design projects on track with practical, experience-based strategies. |
View Transitions Applied: Smoothly animating a border-radius with a View Transition
Because View Transitions animate snapshots, you can morph any element into another element. But when doing same-element transitions, the use of snapshots can sometimes work against you. For example: when an element’s border-radius transitions, you most likely want the border-radius to nicely animate from the old to the new state instead of seeing two snapshots fade.
https://www.bram.us/2025/03/11/view-transitions-border-radius/
Grouping Selection List Items Together With CSS Grid
Grouping selected items is a design choice often employed to help users quickly grasp which items are selected and unselected. For instance, checked-off items move up the list in to-do lists, allowing users to focus on the remaining tasks when they revisit the list.
https://css-tricks.com/grouping-selection-list-items-together-with-css-grid/
Dark Mode and Accessibility: Finding the Right Balance
It didn’t take long for the “dark mode” to become a requirement for every user interface design. What started out as a design trend turned into a must-have feature for offering a comfortable user experience.
https://designshack.net/articles/accessibility/dark-mode-and-accessibility/
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