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The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It’s brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what’s happening across UX.
Episodes
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - November 10, 2026
We explore the tension between human intuition and machine precision, asking whether persuasion is now about aligning with team identity rather than just…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - November 9, 2026
We’ve solved the "can we build it" problem, but Jeff Gothelf argues we’re now drowning in an "internal DDoS" of intent, where AI speed has outpaced our…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - November 8, 2026
When AI can generate polished interfaces in minutes, we have to ask if speed is still the point, or if the real value lies in the quality of our thinking. Nil…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - November 7, 2026
We question whether usability is a fixed product trait or a relative measure of human context, as Raluca Budiu argues that value depends entirely on the…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - November 6, 2026
We’re asking whether the tools we use to verify quality are actually eroding the human trust they claim to protect. From Mathieu Poli arguing that native…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - November 5, 2026
We’re asking whether our obsession with speed is quietly eroding the empathy and trust that define good design, a tension Russell Pinkston argues is just…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - November 4, 2026
We’re asking who holds the final judgment on design quality when AI generates the options, a tension highlighted by Michał Krztoń’s argument that we must now…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - November 3, 2026
We explore the growing gap between the speed of modern tools and the rigidity of our governance frameworks, asking whether static design systems are becoming…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - November 2, 2026
We’re building AI features on sand while trying to control the weather, a tension Fabricio Teixeira and Dan Maccarone dissect by arguing that our "sparkle…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - November 1, 2026
We’re asking whether the industry’s obsession with zero friction is accidentally stripping away the resistance that makes design feel human and meaningful…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 31, 2026
We’re asking whether the push for AI-driven efficiency is quietly erasing the human judgment that makes software truly useful. From Tanner Kohler’s warning…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 30, 2026
We grapple with the urgent question of how to preserve genuine human intent when AI tools like Claude 2.0 are reshaping our workflows faster than our ethical…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 29, 2026
We’re moving from prompting AI to governing it, a shift Lisa Liu illustrates by treating distinct agents as a managed team to achieve deep structural mastery…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 28, 2026
We examine the breaking assumption of user-centered design as Adrian Levy argues that AI agents are becoming proactive actors who drive the interaction flow…
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The Feed & The Thread - October 27, 2026
We ask whether the time AI saves you is actually being spent on strategy or just swallowed by scope creep, as Kai Wong argues that without deliberate…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 26, 2026
We examine whether the industry’s rush to merge design and engineering via AI is trading necessary friction for speed, risking the loss of our ability to…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 25, 2026
We ask whether our mental models still match reality as tools split, shrink, or ignore job titles, examining how Deel and Rippling force different workflow…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 24, 2026
We explore the uncomfortable gap between AI’s speed and our lack of trust, asking why 99% of practitioners use these tools yet remain lukewarm about their…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 23, 2026
We question whether a $142k median salary actually buys a better life when inflation and location gaps quietly erode your buying power, a reality Jeff Sauro…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 22, 2026
We explore the dangerous conflation of AI-assisted creation with actual product judgment, arguing that the ability to build is no longer the bottleneck—knowing…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 21, 2026
We explore the uncomfortable gap between AI’s ability to simulate average users and its failure to capture the "bad days" that drive innovation, a limitation…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 20, 2026
We ask why designers are still essential when AI can generate code in seconds, arguing that the answer lies in judgment rather than execution. Fabricio…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 19, 2026
We’re asking whether the line between designing and building is actually dissolving, or if we’re just shifting the burden of coordination onto product managers…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 18, 2026
We explore why repetition feels so comfortable, from Luke Wroblewski’s argument that intelligence is built on simple, repeated blocks to Dora Czerna’s warning…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 17, 2026
We ask whether treating AI as a shortcut for user research trades necessary depth for speed, noting that while synthetic users match broad conclusions, they…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 16, 2026
We’re asking why our organizations are failing at AI adoption despite having the tools, arguing that the real friction lies in a cultural gap where staff see…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 15, 2026
We’re asking whether intelligence is a destination we build or a capability we weave into existing work, a question Dan Maccarone answers by arguing that…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 14, 2026
We explore the gap between automating transactions and maintaining human relationships, asking whether AI can finally handle the logistical friction that keeps…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 13, 2026
We’re producing more output than ever, yet we’ve confused activity with progress, a gap Mathieu Poli highlights by showing how AI defaults are eroding our…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 12, 2026
We’re past asking if AI is fast enough; now we have to ask if it’s honest, especially when tools like Strava start defining who we are more than our own…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 11, 2026
We ask whether AI’s speed is actually improving our work or just shifting complexity to users who must now manage the "evaluation plumbing," as Patrick Neeman…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 10, 2026
We’re facing a quiet shift where the bottleneck in design has moved from generation to curation, as Tanner Kohler argues that we’re losing value by manually…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 9, 2026
We explore the dangerous illusion of synthetic research, where Kyle Soucy argues that LLM-generated users create a false confidence that masks bad decisions…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 8, 2026
We examine the growing gap between AI’s expanding capabilities and our ability to control them, starting with Patrizia Bertini’s argument that recent safety…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 7, 2026
We ask what remains of human judgment when machines handle the heavy lifting, a tension that forces us to move from passive reporting to strategic…
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The Feed & The Thread - October 6, 2026
We’re asking whether the tools that make us faster are quietly eroding the deep expertise that defines our craft, as Slava Polonski warns of "AI skill atrophy"…
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The Feed & The Thread - October 5, 2026
We’re drowning in AI tools but starving for strategy, so we ask whether we’re using these tools to ship faster or to understand deeper. Jeff Gothelf proposes a…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 4, 2026
We keep building for the average user, but the real friction lives at the edges where standard heuristics fail the bottom third of our audience. Patrick Neeman…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 3, 2026
We examine whether AI speed is actually a pressure valve that traps us in constant cognitive load, as Pedro A. Brêtas argues that saved time just fills with…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 2, 2026
We ask who actually holds the power to decide in design, exploring Stacie Sheldon’s argument that empathy often masks unchecked authority and Luke Wroblewski’s…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - October 1, 2026
We explore the widening gap between AI capability and human intent, asking whether precision in prompting, as argued by Theresa-Marie Rhyne, or owning the…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - September 30, 2026
We’re shifting from capturing attention to governing it, a move Aurélie Radom argues is necessary now that AI has made machine focus cheap and human attention…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - September 29, 2026
We explore whether AI’s speed is liberating us for strategy or simply triggering a Jevons Paradox that demands more output, drawing on Daniel Ruston’s warning…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - September 28, 2026
We’re building AI systems faster than we can define who’s responsible when they fail, creating a dangerous gap where everyone feels they’re doing their job but…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - September 27, 2026
We ask who is responsible when the tools we rely on to store our work disappear, noting that a quarter of web pages from the last decade have already vanished…
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The Feed & The Thread - September 26, 2026
We examine the blurring line between browsing interfaces and direct answers, asking where trust and value reside when the tool disappears. Taylor Dykes and…
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The Feed & The Thread - September 25, 2026
We ask whether AI should feel like a tool or a companion, pitting Julie Zhuo’s argument for the "mom test" of approachability against Luke Wroblewski’s push…
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The Feed & The Thread - September 24, 2026
We argue that the real friction in design isn't the craft itself, but the business realities and power structures that dictate who pays and what gets measured…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - September 23, 2026
We examine how the UX pipeline is breaking as AI absorbs the entry-level work that used to train our judgment, a shift Patrick Neeman argues threatens the…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - September 22, 2026
We explore the tension between designing for machines and humans, asking why we rely on generic loading states and rigid code checks when user trust actually…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - September 21, 2026
We’re losing the language to critique AI actions, and today we ask who is actually responsible when those systems fail. Jeff Gothelf argues we must measure…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - September 20, 2026
We examine the friction between standardized design patterns and the growing demand for distinct, premium aesthetics, asking why we often mistake AI-generated…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - September 19, 2026
We explore the widening gap between AI’s generative speed and the semantic clarity users actually need, asking whether we’re building intelligent products or…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - September 18, 2026
We examine the dangerous industry deflection that blames users for "prompting" AI wrong, drawing on Patrick Neeman’s parallel to Ralph Nader’s automotive…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - September 17, 2026
We’re asking why the heavy UX processes that once protected us are now slowing us down, as Patrick Neeman argues the Double Diamond is obsolete in an era where…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - September 16, 2026
AI has removed the friction that once forced teams to define coherent structures, leading to what Patrick Neeman calls a "Winchester Mystery House" of isolated…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - September 15, 2026
We examine whether our rush to build faster is outpacing our intent, starting with Slava Polonski’s argument that AI carries hidden cultural biases rather than…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - September 14, 2026
We’re trading clarity for velocity, risking a future where AI automates the messy conversations that build trust and leaves users hypervigilant in a scam-heavy…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - September 13, 2026
We explore the tension between automation and judgment, asking who decides what is safe and what is good when friction disappears. Slava Polonski argues that…
- The Feed & The Thread
The Feed & The Thread - September 12, 2026
We explore whether speed is eroding trust, as Megan Chan argues AI lets us test complex interactions earlier while Alex Williams insists we must prove UX ROI…