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The Feed & The Thread - February 13, 2026 · The Feed & The Thread

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  Today we're looking at why your brain rebels against app
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  redesigns, even good ones, and the concept of automaticity that
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  drives that resistance. We've also got a new piece from
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  Mitoware making the case that AI products need proper UX rigor,
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  plus Fabricio Teixeira's AI delegation matrix for deciding
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  what to automate and what to keep human.
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  Welcome to The Feed and The Thread, brought to you by
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  Chicago Camps. Our next UX Camp event is coming up on February
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  twenty first. Tickets are very affordable & free options
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  available. Don't miss out! Hey! Did you know that we also
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  launched The Feed & The Thread in the App Store? Get your
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  and conversations. See you there!
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  Let's see what the experts are pontificating about today. In a
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  new piece titled "Why your brain rebels against redesigns — even
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  good ones," Dora Cee at UX Design.cc explains why users
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  often resist app redesigns, despite improvements. She
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  highlights 'automaticity,' where frequent use leads to
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  unconscious navigation patterns that get disrupted by changes,
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  causing frustration. The Sonos app redesign is cited as a case
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  study where user backlash led to significant financial losses.
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  Over at UX Design.cc, Fabricio Teixeira's latest "Intuitive
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  designer, AI delegation matrix, the new UX toolkit" introduces
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  an 'AI delegation matrix' for deciding which parts of UI
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  should be automated or managed by humans. The article
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  emphasizes maintaining human oversight while leveraging AI
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  for data analysis and evaluation to streamline processes without
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  sacrificing user-centered solutions. Over at Mitoware, a
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  new piece titled "AI Needs UX: Principles for Integration,
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  Trust, and Clarity" argues that AI products need the same UX
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  rigor as any other digital product. The article lays out
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  practical principles for building trust through
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  transparency, maintaining user control, and designing AI
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  interactions that feel collaborative rather than
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  opaque. Also worth noting – new pieces recently from Codrops,
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  CSS-Tricks, and MeasuringU. Be sure to check them out in your
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  feeds!
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  Okay, what's the community buzzing about? So over in the
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  UX Design subreddit, folks are diving into some fresh UX design
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  resources for 2026, and it's got thirty-seven upvotes - that's a
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  good sign they're hitting home. And speaking of tools, there’s
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  this thread about PMs popping up in Figma files, which has
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  sixteen upvotes. It seems like project management is becoming
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  an even bigger part of the design process. Now, one
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  designer over there is pondering whether to learn React or stick
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  with no-code solutions. Thirteen upvotes on that one - it's a
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  tough call for many folks out there. I mean, can't blame them
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  for feeling torn between diving deep into code and keeping
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  things simple; someone is always prattling on about designers
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  should code, however, does that even matter anymore? Should
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  designers vibe code, Jared? And in the design subreddit, we’ve
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  got this fascinating watch dial that’s breaking every rule of
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  legibility but still manages to be captivating. Forty-one
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  upvotes on it - pretty wild, right? One commenter put it
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  well: "As someone who's not a toddler, it doesn't really
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  change the way you read the dial." I mean, that's fair.
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  Meanwhile, there’s a tutorial for gradient effects getting
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  some love with thirty-seven upvotes. Worth checking out if
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  that's your thing today. So yeah, that's what the
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  community's talking about today! Lots to chew on!
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  Chicago Camps is hosting UX Camp Winter on Saturday, February
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  21st. There will be plenty of great presentations, all online,
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  so you can join from anywhere in the world! Tickets are only
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  thirteen dollars and fifty cents and there are plenty of
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  complimentary passes available thanks to the generosity of the
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  community. Get tickets now at Chicago Camps dot org. This is a
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  great value!
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  Today we covered why users resist redesigns even when they
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  are improvements, courtesy of Dora Cee. We heard from Mitoware
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  on why AI products need the same UX discipline as everything
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  else. And the subreddit had some solid conversations worth
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  checking out. Thanks for tuning in; we will catch you next time.
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  That's The Feed and The Thread for today. Keep designing with
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  intention!