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Writing With Unnatural Constraints
John Gruber discusses Marcin Wichary’s writing on unnatural constraints—arguing that line length, monospace, and lipograms are not neutral frames, and that constraint always shapes the quality of the writing.
3 min · 687 words
AI-generated posters don’t have to be horribleA practical workflow for event posters that don’t look like every other AI flyer
John Hartnup shows how to stop AI event posters looking identical: constrain composition, type, and color with concrete prompts and layout rules so the result still looks designed rather than generically generated.
6 min · 1,414 words
Four CHI '26 papers I wish I wrote
Janet Davis highlights four CHI 2026 papers she wishes she had written, reflecting on research themes and why each piece of HCI scholarship stood out.
13 min · 3,021 words
Software is still about thinking
Cursor’s head of design argues AI coding creates an illusion of speed without structure: unclear systems thinking now produces slop at scale, while clear architecture compounds into 100x leverage.
2 min · 468 words
The Graph Will Set You Free: Why Every Creative Tool Is Becoming a Node Canvas
Hirad Sab traces node-based creative tools from Sketchpad to modern AI canvases, arguing graphs are the right abstraction when generation becomes a networked, composable process.
8 min · 1,935 words
Website footers are (literally) bigger than ever. Here's why
Elizabeth Goodspeed on The Big Footer™: full-viewport logos at the bottom of sites, how print/fashion logo culture and better screens revived ornate marks, and why footers became the unexpected stage for brand recognition.
5 min · 1,132 words