The Feed & The Thread

The Feed & The Thread - September 4, 2026

We explore the tension between flashy interfaces and the hidden algorithms driving them, questioning whether we’re paying a high price for "spectacle debt" as Patrick Nee

The Feed & The Thread - September 3, 2026

As control slips from static interfaces to autonomous agents, we ask who really runs the show when the canvas starts acting on its own. We explore Aurélie Radom’s warning

The Feed & The Thread - September 2, 2026

We explore the friction between AI’s speed and our human capacity to interpret it, noting that Julie Zhuo argues you can’t mandate transformation from the top down while

The Feed & The Thread - September 1, 2026

As the interface dissolves into fluid agents, we grapple with who controls the look and feel when Patrick Neeman warns against rebuilding fragmentation and Luke Wroblewsk

The Feed & The Thread - August 31, 2026

We explore what happens when software stops waiting for us, examining Lucas Camara’s warning that we must design transparency for agentic behavior and Jeff Gothelf’s caut

The Feed & The Thread - August 30, 2026

We chase frictionless experiences, yet Elizabeth F. Churchill and Mikael Wiberg argue that this seamlessness often erodes user agency by encouraging mindless consumption.

The Feed & The Thread - August 29, 2026

We’re trading speed for depth as AI generates convincing layouts but fails to provide the messy, specific evidence needed for true empathy. Rachel Krause warns that this

The Feed & The Thread - August 28, 2026

We’re moving past the hype of AI as a conversational partner to tackle the mechanical failures of bolting chat windows onto complex workspaces. Drawing on Dan Saffer’s ca

The Feed & The Thread - August 27, 2026

We explore the paradox where raw AI capability is becoming a commodity, yet the real competitive edge lies in the subtle art of making users feel understood. Drawing on D

The Feed & The Thread - August 26, 2026

We explore the tension between trusting the systems that remember us and the humans behind them, asking who gets to define valid evidence in a landscape where AI blurs th

The Feed & The Thread - August 25, 2026

We explore how the speed of modern tools is erasing the visible proof of design effort, breaking the unspoken contract with stakeholders who no longer see the complexity

The Feed & The Thread - August 24, 2026

We’re trading friction for speed, assuming AI and tools will do the heavy lifting while we avoid the difficult conversations that actually build shared understanding. Pav

The Feed & The Thread - August 23, 2026

We examine why our industry clings to mid-century advertising rituals even as Patrick Neeman argues that AI is breaking the billable hour model and demanding tangible bus

The Feed & The Thread - August 22, 2026

We question whether our pursuit of efficiency is actually delivering value or just making us use broken tools faster, drawing on Perre DiCarlo’s argument that user failur

The Feed & The Thread - August 21, 2026

We explore the quiet tension between ceding control for convenience and maintaining rigorous design standards, starting with Patrick Neeman’s warning that AI wins through

The Feed & The Thread - August 20, 2026

We explore how the language we use around AI shifts accountability from code to character, drawing on Slava Polonski’s research and Bob Baxley’s call for design courage.

The Feed & The Thread - August 19, 2026

As the interface disappears and our traditional artifacts vanish, we explore how to validate design work when success metrics are shifting beneath our feet. We examine Ar

The Feed & The Thread - August 18, 2026

We explore why smarter tools often fail when layered onto outdated workflows, featuring Luke Wroblewski’s shift to precise classification and Roman Pichler’s call for an

The Feed & The Thread - August 17, 2026

We chase speed because we think it shields us from bad decisions, but as Pavel Samsonov argues, it only hides the opportunity cost of the work we didn’t do. We explore ho

The Feed & The Thread - August 16, 2026

We explore whether accessibility, typography, and code are separate disciplines or just different expressions of the same structural logic, drawing on Hope Turner’s argum