Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 2,346 posts.
Great design from Apple on this interaction with Siri. It was a bit after midnight (which was technically October 21), but since it was so close to the previous day, Siri wanted me to clarify which “tomorrow” 9am I really meant… 9am on the 21st (which was technically wrong, but it…
Once upon a time, a frontend ticket landed on my queue which was not properly mine, but the only other Arabic reader on the team was on leave. It went roughly as follows; a block of mixed-content Arabic prose on the …
The Embroidered Computer uses historic gold embroidery materials to craft a programmable 8 bit computer.
For a while I’ve been wanting to update my website, but I’m really not a designer and I knew any attempts to improve on what I already had would be a haphazard mess.
Compromise is neither good nor bad, it’s something we do every day. It’s decision making. Prioritizing. It’s finding the right balance between two competing ...
We present an innovative technique to detect ads in radio streams and podcasts, featuring machine learning and Shazam-like detection. It works pretty well!
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
Making the claim “users want control” is the same as saying you don’t know what users want, you don’t know what is good, and you don’t know what their goals are.
iOS 13’s Music App gets worse as iOS gets better.
Exclusive video footage of Steve Jobs talking about his design vision and philosophy and how design worked at Apple.
Why can’t we just use vector-based icons in our application? This question, in a variety of reinterpretations, keeps on resurfacing in various forums, blogs and articles. It is asked in the context of desktop applications where the same icon is used in different ways, starting from very small 16*16 icons in file…
Mathematician and software engineer. Formalisation and AI
Last month we removed our live chat bubble and replaced it with a link to live chat in our navigation.
TL;DR I use an Excalidraw, wrap the elements of interest with a frame, name it with export_ prefix, my forked excalidraw extension automatically generates SVGs for light and dark mode.
Explore Pageflows blog for insightful articles on user experience and interface design. Dive into case studies, tips, and trends shaping the digital product design world.
Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry
I’m a responsible web designer, and as such, since WordPress (finally) accepts media uploads of image/webp MIME type and since all web browsers newer than …
Behind the scenes - how I'm making redblobgames.com - interactive explanations of game development algorithms and math
The problem with z-index is that very few people understand how it really works. It’s not complicated, but it if you’ve never taken the time to read its specification, there are almost certainly crucial aspects that you’re completely unaware of.
Reducing an interface until only the absolutely necessary elements remain is one of the most satisfying tasks in design.
This post highlights a few powerful lines of CSS that do some serious heavy lifting and help you build robust modern layouts.
appearance vs. reality in art & business
Digital inpainting can extend or repair photos, artwork, and other images. See how it works in the Wolfram Language, and try it yourself.
