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I wonder if vibe coding might fill a similar place to 3D printers in a few years: great for prototyping or personal projects, but nowhere...

I wonder if vibe coding might fill a similar place to 3D printers in a few years: great for prototyping or personal projects, but nowhere near robust enough for large scale production.

Icon design is so therapeutic.Except for when it’s an absolute nightmare.

Icon design is so therapeutic.

Except for when it’s an absolute nightmare.

AI can make something beautiful, but only humans can make something meaningful

AI can make something beautiful, but only humans can make something meaningful

I don’t think I’ve seen parallax used in a contained window like this before (usually it’s full width). It’s giving me “pop-up...

I don’t think I’ve seen parallax used in a contained window like this before (usually it’s full width). It’s giving me “pop-up book” vibes, in a good way.
https://mastodon.social/@hejchristian/114247910747883787

ChatGPTs progress in generative text rendering is definitely impressive, but it’s interesting that the results are more like lettering...

ChatGPTs progress in generative text rendering is definitely impressive, but it’s interesting that the results are more like lettering than typesetting.

Curious to see if that’s a fundamental limitation of diffusion models, or whether they’ll be able to accurately replicate typefaces in time.

Love this proposal to add a “Gap Rule” property to CSS, for easily adding separators within...

Love this proposal to add a “Gap Rule” property to CSS, for easily adding separators within layouts
https://mas.to/@patrickbrosset/114190131195880221

This article by @Brilliantcrank feels even more relevant after Apple admitting their AI ads have been BS...

This article by @Brilliantcrank feels even more relevant after Apple admitting their AI ads have been BS https://brilliantcrank.com/ai-wants-to-rule-the-world-but-it-cant-handle-dairy/

Where would you go for a good blackletter these days?

Where would you go for a good blackletter these days?

Rewatching The Princess Bride, never noticed before how much influence it seems to have had on the first Monkey Island game

Rewatching The Princess Bride, never noticed before how much influence it seems to have had on the first Monkey Island game

Whoa, serious camera lust https://www.sigma-global.com/en/cameras/bf/

Whoa, serious camera lust https://www.sigma-global.com/en/cameras/bf/

This is a fun page https://whimsy.joshwcomeau.com/

This is a fun page https://whimsy.joshwcomeau.com/

Atlist is a lovely example of a simple, polished, “do one thing well” app https://atlist.com

Atlist is a lovely example of a simple, polished, “do one thing well” app

https://atlist.com

So goodhttps://www.404media.co/openai-furious-deepseek-might-have-stolen-all-the-data-openai-stole-from-us/

So good

https://www.404media.co/openai-furious-deepseek-might-have-stolen-all-the-data-openai-stole-from-us/

I will never understand the design choices of American toilet cubicles

I will never understand the design choices of American toilet cubicles

Head’s buzzing with ideas after catching up with @timbrown IRL

Head’s buzzing with ideas after catching up with @timbrown IRL

https://seths.blog/2025/01/trusting-ai/

https://seths.blog/2025/01/trusting-ai/

Has anyone tried playing Scrabble with Catan-like trading mechanics, e.g. “I’ll trade you an A for an E”, or “2 vowels for a...

Has anyone tried playing Scrabble with Catan-like trading mechanics, e.g. “I’ll trade you an A for an E”, or “2 vowels for a Q”?

Curious whether it would add an interesting dynamic, or just completely kill the game.

Flight taking off in the fog from Amsterdam Schipol airport

Flight taking off in the fog from Amsterdam Schipol airport

Noticing some tasteful design updates on the BBC news site https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15zgvnvk4do

Noticing some tasteful design updates on the BBC news site https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15zgvnvk4do

Players gonna playhttps://aural.icu/@amie/statuses/01JHMYJFS8GZNPFV4YDDSJYJGH

Players gonna play
https://aural.icu/@amie/statuses/01JHMYJFS8GZNPFV4YDDSJYJGH