The five best design links, every weekday

Tuesday01/20

1

zeldman.com

Cold storage

Good UX is what companies do when they have to. A company that has your stuff locked away doesn’t have to.

2

anacyclosis.info

Anacyclosis: the cycle of political revolution

An interactive visualization of Polybius’s theory of anacyclosis—the cyclical succession of political regimes.

3

terriblesoftware.org

Creating your own opportunities

The best career opportunities don’t necessarily come from your manager. They come from seeing potential in the boring work already on your plate.

4

wantmymtv.vercel.app

I want my MTV

Celebrating 44 years of continuous music videos. Stream classic music videos 24/7.

5

uxdesign.cc

Usability heuristics and competition in games

When a game’s UI does not meet these expectations, it negatively affects the entire experience. Сompetition drives progress (or burnout).

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Monday01/19

1

bit.ly

Widgetsmith is hiring a Senior DesignerSponsored

Help us create new widget designs, themes, and aesthetic options for our millions of users. You’ll help them make their phone their own.

2

jakub.kr

Using AI as a Design Engineer

Design engineers, a role that's all about craft, thoughtfulness and creativity, should be skeptical of AI. But here's the other side.

3

ilovetypography.com

Heart-shaped books

Heart-shaped books transformed the printed page into a profound symbol of piety and romance.

4

technologyreview.com

10 breakthrough technologies 2026

Here are our picks for the advances to watch in the years ahead—and why we think they matter right now.

5

hsu.cy

Times New American: a tale of two fonts

A less romantic truth is that aesthetic standards rarely travel alone; power tends to follow in their wake.

Friday01/16

1

staticmade.com

Humanity as differentiator

NRF 2026 wasn’t billed as a “retail & AI” conference, but that’s exactly what it was.

2

uxdesign.cc

Designers as agent orchestrators

Designers hold the best qualities to get refine AI outputs that’s needed for building successful products.

3

detail.design

Detail

A curated study of the tiny design decisions that make products feel right.

4

tante.cc

Software as fast fashion

Clothes have never been cheaper. Same thing is happening with software.

5

boagworld.com

What I’m seeing for UX as we move into 2026

Not predictions. Just what I’m noticing among the UX professionals I work with right now.

Thursday01/15

1

spyglass.org

Hello, computer

With AI and an appetite for new hardware, vocal computing seems primed to take off. For real this time.

2

goodcomponents.io

Very Good Components

A curated collection of HTML UI components ready to drop into your next project.

3

anildash.com

How to know if that job will crush your soul

Aspiring towards roles that enable us to do our best work, to have the biggest impact, and to live according to our values.

4

jobtitlemaxxing.com

Linkedin Job Title Maxxing

Turn perfectly normal jobs into fully maxxed-out LinkedIn headlines. Recruiter-ready. Meaning, optional.

5

intelligence-curse.ai

The Intelligence Curse

This series examines the incoming crisis of human irrelevance and provides a map towards a future where people remain the masters of their destiny.

Wednesday01/14

1

hvpandya.com

The invisible work

The coordination work that holds projects together disappears the moment it works.

2

superkeen.studio

KCTL case study

Taking pride in a Brooklyn nonprofit.

3

oilwell.app

Oilwell: Meditate through the meltdown

A wellness app to help you embrace climate chaos, created by Edelman, Oil and Gas PR.

4

fangpenlin.com

Manufacturing as code is the future, and the future is now

When you realize that the physical form of objects can be defined by digital bits, it opens up unbounded possibilities.

5

addyosmani.com

21 lessons from 14 years at Google

Lessons learned from 14 years of engineering at Google, focusing on what truly matters beyond just writing great code.

Tuesday01/13

1

antirez.com

Don’t fall into the anti-AI hype

It does not matter if AI companies will not be able to get their money back and the stock market will crash.

2

evilcharts.com

Evil Charts

A library of beautiful charts components that are easy to use and customize, built with Tailwind CSS and React.

3

userinterface.wiki

Sounds on the web

Sound is the forgotten sense in web design. Used well, it adds feedback, personality, and presence that visuals alone cannot achieve.

4

kodo7.com

KODO-7 — UI Odyssey

Create sci-fi terminal animations. Pure type. No ornaments.

5

rlancemartin.github.io

Agent design patterns

Effective agent design largely boils down to context management.

Monday01/12

1

bit.ly

Vibe Coding Camp: build real products with AISponsored

A hands-on program for designers and PMs who want to actually build—using Cursor, Supabase, Vercel, and AI-first workflows.

2

andrew.grahamyooll.com

Try to take my position

"You want to get promoted? Try to take my position." Here's why this was the best career advice ever.

3

hnbooks.pieterma.es

Hacker News book map

The 1000 most popular books on Hacker News visualized on an interactive map.

4

ideas.zudiay.me

World map of human ideas

Explore the birthplaces of ideas that shaped civilization.

5

nngroup.com

Humanizing AI is a trap

LLMs humanize by design. Adding personality/emotion amplifies risk. Design real tools, not fake friends.

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