Are Closed Ecosystems Like Apple’s a Necessary Evil?
The walled garden. The fortress of control. The golden handcuffs. Whatever you want to call it,…
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How I Use OpenAI to Autogenerate WooCommerce Product Descriptions
The other day, I met my friend for coffee, and we were talking about her WooCommerce…
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The Death of the Double Click: How UX Finally Buried a Relic of the Desktop Era
Let’s be honest: double-clicking is dead. And if it isn’t, it should be. What began as a clever…
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Intent-Based UI Is Replacing Navigation—Are We Designing Ourselves Out of the Interface?
We spent decades perfecting the art of navigation: breadcrumbs, sidebars, hamburger menus, sticky headers, site maps….
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Federated Learning: Training Models Without Sharing Raw Data
As machine learning programs require ever-larger sets of data to train and improve, traditional central training…
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Dear Designers: Stop Using System Fonts Like It’s 2005
Remember system fonts? Good old Times New Roman, trusty Arial, and the unkillable Courier New. Fonts…
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The 10 Foundational UX Principles Every Designer Should Know
If you’ve ever rage-closed an app because it wouldn’t let you “go back” or stared at…
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Designing for Dribbble Killed Real Web Creativity
It started with a shot. Not a launch. Not a live site. Not even a prototype….
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Your SDLC Has an Evil Twin — and AI Built It
You think you know your SDLC like the back of your carpal-tunnel-riddled hand: You’ve got your…
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What Is Web Design in 2025?
Let’s start with a gentle truth: web design in 2025 no longer means what it used to….
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Confessions of a Web Design Generalist (a.k.a. The Person Who Does Literally Everything)
There’s a special kind of web designer out there. You won’t always spot them in the…
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Exciting New Tools for Designers, September 2025
Web design tools that use artificial intelligence are still dominating new and beta launches, while hopefully…
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Simplicity in Web Design? It’s All Smoke and Mirrors
Let’s get one thing straight: Simplicity in web design? It’s a lie. We’ve all been told…
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From Cleaning Hacked Sites to Melapress: How Robert Abela Built Security Plugins Trusted by Thousands of Users
From cleaning hacked WordPress sites to running a 7-person security plugin company, Robert Abela never planned…
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The Evolution of Web Design: From Pixel Art to AI-Generated Experiences
Web design has always lived at the intersection of creativity and technology. It’s a practice that’s evolved…
