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The Feed & The Thread - February 5, 2026 · The Feed & The Thread

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  Today we're diving into an article about the AI delegation
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  matrix, which helps determine when to let AI take over tasks
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  in UI designs versus keeping human control. And there's a
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  thread where a VP of Design expresses frustration with pop-
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  ups and the expectation for designers to integrate code
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  using AI tools. O M G so much AI today, oh my!
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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!
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  The industry's been busy over the past day. Here's what's
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  catching our attention and worthy of yours. Taras
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  Bakusevych at UX Design.cc introduces a scoring model in
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  "The AI delegation matrix: what parts of your UI shouldn’t
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  exist?" He outlines three modes—Human-Led, Assist, and
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  Delegate—to determine when to delegate tasks to AI. The
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  article argues that effective integration requires deciding
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  who holds the 'steering wheel' based on task complexity and
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  stakes. Marty Cagan's latest at Silicon Valley Product Group,
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  "Product Coaching and AI," discusses a significant shift
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  towards integrating AI into product coaching and management.
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  Marty emphasizes the necessity of adapting to new technologies
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  despite contradicting past recommendations, highlighting
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  the need for reevaluating traditional roles in product
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  development. Over at Codrops, Vladislav Penev's piece titled
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  "Making Motion Behave: Inside Vladyslav Penev’s Production-
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  Ready Interaction Systems" explores his approach to
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  building seamless 3D systems. He focuses on integrating CSS,
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  WebGL, and interactive elements to ensure a cohesive user
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  experience, providing practical applications and case studies.
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  Also publishing recently: MeasuringU, Smashing Magazine,
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  and Roman Pichler. Be sure to check them out in your feeds!
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  Okay, what's the community buzzing about? So over in the
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  UX Design subreddit, designers are feeling the pressure to ship
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  code alongside their designs thanks to AI tools. This one got
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  fifty-seven upvotes, and it's tough when the work starts to
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  feel like everything but design. One commenter put it well:
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  "honestly this is just 'do the work of 3 roles and we might
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  keep you,' dressed up as innovation." Can't argue with
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  that. Meanwhile, there’s a thread about pop-ups where folks
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  are just plain exhausted by them. It's like they're
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  everywhere now, right? And speaking of frustrations,
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  another post talks about take- home assignments - it's enough
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  to make anyone feel the burnout. No one enjoys the unpaid labor
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  of most take-home assignments, and the hiring manager's ability
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  to estimate the amount of time it takes to do a job well is
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  borderline science fiction. And over in UX Research, sociology
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  and anthropology majors are weighing in on whether this
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  career path is better than their alternatives. There’s a real
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  sense of exploration here, trying to figure out where their
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  skills fit best. That's what folks are buzzing about today!
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  Lots to chew on, for sure.
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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 talked about Taras Bakusevych's scoring model for
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  integrating AI into UI design. And over in the community,
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  designers are feeling the pressure to do more with AI
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  tools, which is a real shift in how they work. And, of course,
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  take-home exercises are still indicative a poorly-designed
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  interview process. Thanks for tuning in — we'll catch you next
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  time.
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  That's The Feed and The Thread for today. Keep designing with
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  intention!