The Bull And Bear Case For Digital Design In The Age Of AI — Smashing Magazine
As AI reshapes product design, it could give designers greater autonomy or expose the gaps that autonomy makes harder to hide. Exploring both the bull
Digital Design In The AI Era — Smashing Magazine
Many of the AI tools we interact with take the form of text boxes. But what if there was a different way to interact with
Deserialization Sinks In RSCs — Smashing Magazine
While React Server Components rely on the custom Flight protocol to stream interactive UIs, this same mechanism introduces powerful deserialization sinks that attackers can exploit.
When It Makes Sense To “Block” The Main Thread — Smashing Magazine
The common rule of thumb is to never “block” the browser’s main thread when running JavaScript tasks. But is this a hard rule? Victor Ayomipo
No, People Don’t Want More AI In Their Life — Smashing Magazine
Many companies assume everyone craves new AI features. But the reality is that most people don’t want more AI — at least not in the
How To Turn Brand Strategy Into Visual Direction — Smashing Magazine
The strongest visual concepts don’t start in Figma. They start with the right questions. Explore the pre-concept phase of brand identity design, where teams research
Why Mental Health Apps Shouldn’t Follow Every UI Fashion — Smashing Magazine
Many UI trends are designed to capture attention and signal innovation, but those goals often conflict with the needs of mental health apps: reducing cognitive
WordPress’s First Visual Builder With An Infinite Canvas — Smashing Magazine
s and no unnecessary wrappers, resulting in faster load times and higher scores across all boards. Elementor, on the other hand, added heavily nested markup
They Need Seamless Integrations — Smashing Magazine
A closer look at why users don’t need more tools in their daily lives. What they need are seamless integrations of useful features to match
Designing The Right Interface — Smashing Magazine
We’ve fallen into conversational tunnel vision, defaulting every AI capability into a chat-based interface simply because LLMs are trained on dialogue data. But great UX
