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The Feed & The Thread - May 16, 2026
We explore the structural trap where designers are expected to be the glue holding teams together yet lack the power to enforce alignment, a tension Laura Klein identifies as a systemic issue rather than a skill gap. By framing UX as "engineering insurance" through Carrie Webster’s cost-of-error data, we examine how to prove our worth in the boardroom while navigating community debates on everything from AI prompting vocabulary to the ethics of paid work trials.
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What Designers Actually Struggle with on Product Teams (Laura Klein) — Designers' primary challenge is alignment, not…
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