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Show HN: UseWhisper.dev – AI Code Reviewer (please test and roast it)

Hey HN!I built UseWhisper.dev — an AI code reviewer that analyzes your code diffs, PRs, or snippets and returns review feedback instantly. It runs in the browser with no signup required, and is meant to give developers quick second opinions on logic, style, security, and best practices.https://usewhisper.devWhat it does:Paste a diff, GitHub PR link, or code snippetGet line-by-line intelligent feedbackSuggestions on readability, errors, anti-patternsNo login, minimal UI, fast responsesW

Ask HN: Anyone doing production image editing with image models? How?

Hey HN — I’m building an app where users upload “real life” clothing photos (ex. a wrinkly shirt folded on the floor). The goal is to transform that single photo into a clean, ecommerce-style image of the garment.One key UX requirement: the output needs to be a PNG with transparency (alpha) so we can consistently crop/composite the garment into an on-rails UI (cards, outfit layouts, etc.). Think “subject cutout that drops cleanly into templates.”My current pipeline looks like: 1. User-uploa

Show HN: utils.live – Developer utilities that run entirely in your browser

I kept opening different websites for simple dev tasks — formatting JSON, encoding Base64, testing regex patterns. Each one had ads, signup walls, or sent my data to a server. I wanted a single place where everything runs client-side with nothing leaving my browser.Each tool is a stateless pure function defined with Zod schemas. The schemas validate input at runtime and also generate the UI automatically — editor language, form fields, and output format are all inferred from the schema shape. To

Show HN: Intentify – Point at your UI, describe a change, get a PR

Intentify is now generally available.It turns UI change requests directly from your app into structured tickets and pull requests.How it works: 1. Point and describe – Click on any element in your app and describe the change in plain language. 2. Review the proposal – Intentify generates a preview by updating the page. You review and approve 3. Create a PR – A pull request is opened for engineers to review and merge.Engineers stay in control. Nothing auto-ships.Intentify adapts to your code patt

Show HN: VantageKit – a lightweight data room with staging, analytics, & AI Q&A

Hi HN,I’m the solo developer behind VantageKit. I was a PM for a long time and recently decided to get back into coding. I’ve been building this part-time for just under two months (first commit was Dec 26). I was able to move this fast largely by leaning heavily on Claude Code to accelerate my workflow, and I wanted to share the result here to get your feedback.THE PROBLEM: - Sharing pitch decks, proposals, or due diligence docs is full of friction. You either send PDF attachments (and fly blin

Show HN: I built a Chrome extension to let my OpenClaw Bot remote in

Sharing a build-in-public update.I’ve been working with my assistant “Gideon” (running inside OpenClaw) to solve a very specific problem:I want the agent to control my real browser (logged-in sites, my normal cookies, my actual tabs) - not a sandboxed headless browser - while still keeping the control surface simple and auditable. This means my OpenClaw won't break the moment a site gets "clever".So... We built it! I say we but it was mostly Gideon and I was along for the ride as

What do you do if your best design work is a small project?

What 6 emojis can teach you about translating your impactContinue reading on UX Collective »

Low cortisol solution to big problems

The strange details we only notice when we slow down.Continue reading on UX Collective »

The death of the empty state in AI products

AI products replaced 20 years of empty-state research with a prompt box, and the first-session drop-off shows it.Editor’s note: I wrote this article from firsthand experience as a founder and engineer. I used Claude Code as a writing assistant for structural feedback and copy editing. All insights, data, decisions, and stories are my own.Disclosure: I co-founded browser extensions that add features to major AI chat products. I have a commercial interest in those products having UX gaps that thir

Be like water: Rethinking the design process with AI

What Bruce Lee can teach us about structure, flow, and intention.Continue reading on UX Collective »

How I use AI to partner on design problems

A design workflow where AI holds the context, I do the thinking: from brainstorm to prototypeWorking through a complex design problem means holding a lot in my head. Research synthesis, product metrics, a Slack thread with stakeholder feedback, Figma comments, decisions made in the last iteration. Multiply that across iterations, and it’s hard to keep up.Most AI tools push toward visual generation. Faster UI, pretty mockups, vibe-coded prototypes. It’s fast, and it looks good. But it skips the h

Rethinking design with your hands in the AI world

Why design isn’t found in a prompt, but in toil and the creator’s “thinking hand.”In a world of automated perfection, the “thinking hand” reclaims the grit, soul, and human conviction that make design truly come alive. (image source: jonmiura)Lucasfilm and the Art of the Matte PaintingFor close to 50 years, the same Star Wars story continues to expand numerous times. Yet, it still feels both refreshing and oddly familiar, like poetry. In the latest rendition of the franchise, 20-year-old subsidi

The thinking was never just mine

Maybe “mine” was never about origin. Maybe it was about what gets carried forward.I’ve been trying to figure out when, exactly, an idea becomes mine.Recently, I was working on a problem. It was some flow that wasn’t really working, and I did what I now often do: I opened Claude and started talking. Not with a clear prompt, really. More like thinking out loud into a box.The first answer gave me something obvious, and not even that good. I pushed back. The second answer was less obvious and more r

Prompt is not interface, UI patterns that won’t survive, how to make Claude follow your design…

Prompt is not interface, UI patterns that won’t survive, how to make Claude follow your design systemWeekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.“The most advanced artificial intelligence systems in history now ask us to communicate through a blinking cursor in an empty text box. We have, in the most literal sense, gone backward. For the last forty years, the entire trajectory of interaction design has been a movement away from the command line and toward direct manipulation.”Th

The Evolution of the “Buy” Button: 1995–2026

From a clunky grey box on a 1995 dial-up screen to the invisible, AI-driven "zero-click" purchases of 2026, the "Buy" button has evolved into a seamless biometric handshake. We’ve spent three decades systematically deleting the "friction of thought," turning the entire physical world into a clickable, autonomous storefront.

Micro-interactions still matter

It's the little UI/UX touches that make your app feel alive. Let's look at 4 simple lines of CSS that can transform a boring interaction ...

Increase Website Engagement with Micro Interactions

This CXL Feed explores the use of micro-interactions on websites and landing pages, inspired by Apple's iPhone 16 launch page.

Discovery is the work AI gives back

Productivity is the floor of AI’s value, not the ceiling. New McKinsey research on where the durable returns actually live, and what that means for teams deciding what to build.Generated with AI by AuthorAt the end of 2025, almost nine in ten organizations surveyed by McKinsey in The state of AI in 2025: Agents, innovation, and transformation reported using AI in at least one business function. Ninety-four percent reported they were not yet seeing significant value from those investments.That ga

Why User Experience?

Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs asserts that when we fulfill unconscious goals such as food, shelter and approval, we improve our quality of life. The improvement of technology has also been driven by the fulfillment of human needs; that’s why the shift to service orientation in the digital world has meant that user experience (UX) has become increasingly important in the field of HCI.Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Note that some authors call level 1 “physical needs”.In Abraham Maslow’s 1943 p

Pixels of the Week – May 10, 2026

This edition covers how output (generated by AI) isn't design, AI fatigue in engineering, and skills for sustainable accessibility programs. Also: beautiful illustrations exploring the human psyche, a distraction-free writing tool, and 43 years of Apple Mac history in one dataviz.