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Don't let AI design "blind"

Desiging a new calendar component reminds me of the old times ...

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I tried AI code reviews ... as a team of one

I tested CodeRabbit across a dozen pull requests on my startup. The summaries were genuinely helpful. The code suggestions? Not so much.
Eric Keating’s 4 product manager responsibilities that great PMs embrace

In his article, Eric shares 4 key behaviors that separate good from great PMs. Here are my brief notes.
Dana Levine: how to use customer value chains in your product development strategy

Putting customers at the heart of your product development strategy is a "no-brainer." How to do so? Dana share's his thoughts and I share my notes.
Google Design Sprints: a new technique for rapid product innovation

Design Sprints are more popular than ever before. How can the process help your team?
Learning to go fast by moving slow

Being productive while managing Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
Hacking The Bourbon Experience

Kentucky gets a digital bourbon flight
Switching to Middleman

In early 2013, I switched my personal site away from WordPress to a static-site generator called Jekyll. Now, I’m making to move to a different static-site generator called Middleman. Is it possible to be addicted to tweaking your site?
Setting web typography in the browser with Typecast

Typecast is a great new tool that allows you to set web typography in the browser. It comes packed with features that allow you to establish vertical rhythm, contrast, font classes, and pull in fonts from your favorite web services.
UX vs Development: Bridging the Gap

As a user experience designer, working with a developer should be easy. After all, both groups are working together to build the best product they can for our clients. Unfortunately, it's rarely that easy. Even the most well-meaning designers and developers step on each other's toes during a project.
How to use HAML, CoffeeScript, & Sass without creating a Rails app

HAML, CoffeeScript, & Sass are 3 wonderful tools that make the life of your neighborhood front-end developer much easier. Think of them as shorthand mark-up for HTML, Javascript, & CSS respectively.
Joining the Code Academy

This kid is going to bootcamp!
“The Cobbler’s Children Have No Shoes”

What is it about “craftsmen” that makes it impossible for us to design our own sites?