The product designer’s Lens
Four tools that product designers use that have nothing to do with FigmaContinue reading on UX Collective »
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The hidden design problem behind every Black Friday deal
How retailers evolved from preventing stampedes to fighting bots, and why fairness at scale is harder than it looksContinue reading on UX Collective »
Show HN: Zen Moment – A Developer-Friendly Breathing and Meditation Platform
Backstory: As a developer who spent years in front of screens dealing with stress and focus issues, I found most meditation apps either too childish or too commercial. I wanted to create a minimalist, developer-oriented tool that treats meditation as a productivity and mental health necessity rather than a trendy accessory. After optimizing the neumorphic design, SEO performance, and curating a library of natural soundscapes, I'm excited to share this with the HN community. What ma
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
Creativity is dead; long live creativity
My shifting view of creativity shows it grows from slow, deliberate practice, experimenting, failing, refining, not from instant results.Continue reading on UX Collective »
How Designers Can Make Money on Gumroad in 2025
Designers are turning Gumroad into full-time income by selling digital products that earn while they sleep. From $15 icon packs to $149 design systems, here’s the playbook to package, launch, and promote for maximum sales.
Show HN: I built whatstype.org – a free personality test site
Hey HN,I recently built whatstype.org , a free personality test website that helps people explore their thinking, communication, and relationship patterns.Unlike most MBTI-style sites that only give you a short label, Whatstype digs deeper:The test adapts to your responses dynamicallyResults are structured around reasoning style, emotional pattern, and social interactionEach of the 16 personality types includes detailed analysis, strengths, challenges, and real-life adviceNo login, no tracking —
Dawn of the undead peripheral
The saga of making a computer perched on a human face look coolContinue reading on UX Collective »
The internet needs an AI off switch
People want the human internet back.AI Robot getting stuck in a Pinterest filterPinterest’s new AI filter could be the next step in the evolution of the internet. It’s the first major platform to actually adjust to what a lot of people have been feeling. Our feeds across a broad spectrum of apps are being flooded with low-quality AI slop. The effect is a degradation of trust and an increasing desire to have more control over what we actually see. Pinterest’s move is the first real signal that pl
Apps have made shopping and dining less accessible, not more
The entire experience has turned into a confusing and frustrating messContinue reading on UX Collective »
User Personas vs Customer Personas: What's the Difference?
Personas drive both the products users love and the campaigns buyers trust. But mix them up—using a customer persona to solve a UX challenge—and you'll build solutions that miss the mark. Both personas have names, photos, and stories; both seem to represent your audience. Yet, confusing them leads to weak products and ineffective campaigns. With persona clarity, you position yourself to lead, delivering solutions users embrace and marketing that authentically persuades.In this video, William Hud
The Accessibility Problem With Authentication Methods Like CAPTCHA
The Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) has become ingrained in internet browsing since personal computers gained momentum in the consumer electronics market. For nearly as long as people have been going online, web developers have sought ways to block spam bots. The CAPTCHA service distinguishes between human and bot activity to keep bots out. Unfortunately, its methods are less than precise. In trying to protect humans, developers have made much
How AI Took Over Stock Photography
AI didn’t just disrupt stock photography—it buried it. Why pay for a staged handshake photo when you can generate 500 versions in seconds? Stock agencies are scrambling, photographers are furious, and designers are quietly loving every second of it.
What an accessibility conference taught me about designing for all
and how understanding human abilities can transform the way we build products and places.Continue reading on UX Collective »
Design System Culture: What It Is And Why It Matters (Excerpt)
This article is a sponsored by Maturing Design SystemsDesign systems have become an integral part of our everyday work, so much that the successful growth and maturation of a design system can make or break a product or project. Great tokens, components and organization aren’t enough — it is most often the culture and curation that creates a sustainable, widely-adopted system. It can be hard to determine where to invest our time and attention. How do we build and maintain design systems that sup
Florence Nightingale on vanity metrics
The least useful numbers we take the most seriouslyFlorence Nightingale — image generated with aiPeople want numbers. Knowing what those numbers mean usually comes second to watching them move in the right direction. More users, more logins, more clicks. It’s remarkable how quickly a rising metric starts to feel like sound judgment.But a metric that feels good isn’t the same as a metric that helps you decide anything.And that gap (the space between numbers that impress and numbers that matter) i
Why soft skills will define design careers over the next two years
Here’s what 21 design leaders told me is critical for their teamsContinue reading on UX Collective »
Beyond the Report | Matt Thomas (Motability Operations)
Listen now on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.—Matt Thomas is a Design, Research, and Product leader at Motability Operations where he leads the Design and Research efforts for a range of products, from a commerce platform for selling used cars to colleague-facing tools that support that website. His team also designs for a vehicle refurbishment workshop, a completely different challenge with a unique set of users, which keeps things interesting.They work closely with Product and Technology te
Locksmith stickers are annoying, but kind of genius
Locksmith stickers are annoying, illegal, and typographically messy. But by appearing where you least expect them — from letterboxes to…Continue reading on UX Collective »
Black Friday 2025: 10 Unmissable Deals for Web Designers
We’ve curated 10 design-focused deals that deliver real value for creatives—supercharging your projects in 2025 while making the most of Black Friday savings.