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Show HN: Create an onboarding flow on Flutter in 5 min

Hey Flutter devsIf you've shipped apps before, you know how important it is to have an efficient and polished onboarding flow. It's the first thing users see and often the reason they leave.You've probably first focused on the core of your app, what makes it different. And now, you want to push it to the store, but you know you have to build an onboarding flow... and it's a little painful.Onboarding flows are deceptive. They are super easy to build technically, but very diffi

Why is real-world ASR still ~85% when lab models claim >95%?

Curious to hear what approaches people are taking, what the bottlenecks are, and whether anyone here is pushing toward the goal of "AI that understands you, the first time."I've been diving into the gap between benchmark ASR performance and real-world speech. Models like Whisper and Deepgram show impressive >95% accuracy in ideal conditions. But in the wild — accents, noisy environments, emotional speech, code-switching, overlapping speakers — accuracy often drops sharply, ofte

How Aspect Ratios Define Perception, Rhythm, and Flow

A deep exploration of how aspect ratios shape perception, visual rhythm, and usability in modern interfaces. From grids to galleries to video players, this article dissects how proportion silently governs how users see, feel, and interact with content.

The last interface, sycophancy in AI, design is how it wins

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.“At the end of February, a report by Citrini Research caused major shockwaves through the software industry, sending the stock prices of heavyweight SaaS organisations like Atlassian and Slack to nosedive. The Citrini Report follows AI’s current trajectory and projects that 2028 will bring a self-inflicted corporate doom loop: AI makes software so cheap to build that SaaS companies will cannibalise themselves out of business.”The last

Your phone isn’t eavesdropping. The reality is stranger.

The “phones are listening” conspiracy theory is only half the story. What’s actually happening raises harder questions.You’re having a conversation with a friend. Out loud, over coffee, nowhere near a keyboard. You mention a brand, a holiday destination, a product you’ve been vaguely thinking about. You don’t search for it. You don’t type it. And then, a few hours later, there it is. An ad. Sitting in your feed like it was waiting for you.Image by author.Most people have had this experience. And

Show HN: RotaFlow – A privacy-first shift calendar built with SwiftUI

I built RotaFlow to solve the UX disaster of current shift work apps. Most incumbents are web-wrappers laden with ads.The Stack:* Language: Swift 6 / SwiftUI. * Persistence: Core Data synced via CloudKit (NSPersistentCloudKitContainer). * Architecture: MVVM with a custom "LoopEngine" for O(1) shift calculation.The Interesting Part: I implemented a "Future Cliff" paywall. The app is fully functional for the next 30 days. Accessing dates beyond t+30d triggers a blurred UI

Show HN: Synesthetic Computation

"When perception shifts, and the feeling of control takes over")I wrote up a deep dive into a security issue in OpenClaw that escalates from a seemingly small UX/trust boundary problem into full remote code execution via a single malicious link.The article walks through the full exploit chain from a systems perspective rather than just a CVE summary. The key theme is what I call “synesthetic computation”: when subjective context, UI state, agent memory, and system permissions get

Show HN: Aperture Core – a human attention control plane for agent systems

I just released the first public version of Aperture Core, an SDK for deciding which agent events deserve human attention now, which should wait, and which should stay in the background.The core loop is simple: - publish an event - get back a frame if it should enter the human attention surface - render that frame in your UI/workflow - submit the human response back into the engineAs agents get more capable and one human starts supervising more of them, the bottleneck shifts toward human at

Show HN: I built an AI comic generator from scratch using only natural language

I spent ~4 hours building AIComicBuilder [1], a full-stack AI comic/drama generation platform, without writing a single line of code manually. This is a writeup of my "vibe coding" workflow using Claude Code. The app lets you: input a script → AI generates screenplay → character analysis → storyboard generation (with first/last frame images) → video generation. Supports OpenAI-compatible, Gemini, and Bytedance Seedance APIs for text/image/video models, conf

Pixels of the Week – March 15, 2026

This week covers the age verification privacy trap, the design of toggle button states in Material design and the cost of AI tools and their military usage. We also explore women's sizing exclusion chaos, beautiful fonts and some cute clay art.

Are games really “dumbing down”?

From Redguard to Skyrim, the Elder Scrolls games became easier to play. What if that’s actually a better design?Continue reading on UX Collective »

Stop the Generic Portfolio Trap! Design a Stand-Out Portfolio for Your UX/UI Niche

Your UX/UI portfolio is your ticket to your dream job, brief or client. It’s your opportunity to show off your expertise, creativity, and the tangible impact of your work. No matter your niche, your portfolio should be as innovative and polished as the projects it represents.Think of your portfolio as your personal design project—it needs a clear strategy, attention to detail, and a focus on user experience to make an impact.In UX design, every mistake is a learning opportunity. Watch this video

Smile more today

Life is built not only on major events but on countless micro-interactions that quietly define emotional experience. A smile, a ...

Reliability is the currency of opportunity in the age of AI

As technology lowers the barrier to producing work, reliability becomes the trait that determines who gets recommended and ultimately hired.Image source: Adobe StockThe job market can feel uncertain, especially for designers early in their careers. Students and junior professionals are often told to constantly learn new tools, skills, and technologies to stay competitive.But the rise of AI is changing the equation. Tools can now generate layouts, write code, and produce designs faster than ever 

Fried

On AI brain fry, token anxiety, and the robot that won’t let you restContinue reading on UX Collective »

Moving From Moment.js To The JS Temporal API

Almost any kind of application written in JavaScript works with times or dates in some capacity. In the beginning, this was limited to the built-in Date API. This API includes basic functionality, but is quite limited in what it can do.Third-party libraries like Moment.js, and later built-in APIs such as the Intl APIs and the new Temporal API, add much greater flexibility to working with times and dates.The Rise And Fall Of Moment.jsMoment.js is a JavaScript library with powerful utilities for w

The hidden cost of AI design tools - What we’re outsourcing without noticing

The seduction of the blank prompt: The cognitive atrophy of instant gratificationImage Credit: Co-Created with AIIstill remember the distinct smell of markers and the faint squeak of a fresh pen on a pristine whiteboard. That was (still is) the starting line for every great project I’ve been a part of, from global campaigns at top advertising agencies to complex digital transformation strategies in consulting. The blank canvas wasn’t a hurdle; it was an invitation. An invitation to think, to wre

Launch HN: Onyx (YC W24) – Open-source chat UI

Hey HN, Chris and Yuhong here from Onyx (https://github.com/onyx-dot-app/onyx). We’re building an open-source chat that works with any LLM (proprietary + open weight) and gives these LLMs the tools they need to be useful (RAG, web search, MCP, deep research, memory, etc.).Demo: https://youtu.be/2g4BxTZ9ztgTwo years ago, Yuhong and I had the same recurring problem. We were on growing teams and it was ridiculously difficult to find the right information across ou

Instagram Video Downloader: How SSSInstagram Helps Save Videos Easily

What Makes SSSInstagram Different?SSSInstagram is an online service designed specifically for downloading Instagram videos without any technical knowledge. Unlike many apps that require installation or registration, SSSInstagram works directly in your browser and is completely free.The tool supports all major Instagram content types and works equally well on desktop and mobile devices.What Can You Download with SSSInstagram?SSSInstagram allows users to download:- Instagram videos- Reels- Stories

The Limits of Today's AI Systems

Recently, I’ve increasingly come to believe that intelligence is no longer AI’s bottleneck. The systems we build around it are. Input Paradox (1) The first issue is the input paradox. When interacting with AI, if the prompt is highly detailed, the model tends to overfit to the user’s framing and assumptions. If it is too concise, the model lacks the context needed to generate something truly useful. This creates a paradox: to preserve the model’s independent reasoning, you should say less — but