Tag: AI
All the articles with the tag "AI".
- Apr2026
The Two Edges of Judgment
When the middle compresses, what is left is the front edge of intent and the back edge of evaluation. Three ways of standing there are defensible.
- Apr2026
The Disappearing Middle of Software Work
The middle of software work is collapsing. A lot of what designers called craft was execution, and the grief is about that discovery.
- Mar2026
Where the Capability Lives
The consequential design decision is rarely visual hierarchy. It is where a capability sits inside someone's workflow, before Figma opens.
- Mar2026
Ownership Beats Advocacy
Consensus does not scale, process will not save a wrong direction, and design leadership that only advocates has already signaled that design is optional.
- Mar2026
Clarity Before Agent Action
Waiting for alignment feels responsible. At agent speed it is how you ship a confident, well-built product in the wrong direction.
- Mar2026
Design Leadership Has Evolved
AI agents execute in an afternoon what used to take a team weeks. The beliefs I had about design leadership did not survive that speed.
- Feb2026
Two Paths for Interface Work
Front-end work is forking. One path owns the system agents build with. The other owns the craft AI still can't evaluate. Both need intent.
- Feb2026
Front-end Composability
AI made screens cheap and consistency expensive. The new front-end job is the interaction vocabulary that humans and agents both have to obey.
- Feb2026
Throwing Away the Prototype
For PMs and strategic designers, throwaway code replaced the wireframe. The prototype is the conversation, not the product.
- Feb2026
The Death of Front-end Development
The barrier to a functional interface is gone. What remains is directing agents that are fast, chaotic, and good enough to change who gets to build.