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Biggest update to my UX component system directory yet: 160 design libraries indexed, design.md files that compose instead of duplicate, and localization as a first-class citizen (zero hardcoded strings). ux-components.com

Claude Design for Decks is the bees knees. Just saying.

"The goal right now should be learning, not optimizing." That line from Jorge Arango stuck with me. Right now we're seeing teams flooded with overlapping AI agents, more competition than collaboration, and lots of ad-hoc proofs-of-concept that don't actually solve strategic problems. He makes the case that best practices haven't emerged yet, and pushing for efficiency too early just breeds anxiety. For those of us designing with AI, the move is fast, small, directed experiments — and patience. jarango.com/2026/05/13/the-c… #UX #AI #ProductDesign #DesignStrategy

The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees. The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance. Access to all other Claude models is not affected. We apologize for this disruption to our customers. We believe this is a misunderstanding and are working to restore access as soon as possible. Read our full statement: anthropic.com/news/fable-myt…

Using Fable to write an email is the equivalent to going down to the market for a carton of milk. #ux #ai

What if the spec, not the code, became the real artifact engineers write? This breakdown of Notion's AI engineering workflow is worth a read. The spec-first loop—dictate an idea, have an agent format it into a proper spec, commit it, then let the agent implement and verify—reframes how we think about intent vs. output. For anyone designing AI tools, it's a useful look at custom agents, subagents, and MCP integrations in practice, plus why fast feedback loops matter more than ever. lennysnewsletter.com/p/spec-… #AI #UX #ProductDesign #AIAgents #ProductManagement

If anyone can vibe code a prototype now, what's actually left for designers? This piece argues the answer is intent — and I think it's right. Execution has become cheap and fast, so racing to ship the quickest mockup is a losing game. What AI can't do is understand which problem is worth solving, where users get stuck, and why a solution will land before you build it. That thinking is the job. somedesigners.substack.com/p… #UXDesign #ProductDesign #AI #DesignThinking

Dieter Rams avoids computers. His ten rules still fit designing for AI. By @usabilitycounts uxdesign.cc/dieter-rams-avoi…

People disagree with this, but anyone who shipped something online 15-20 years ago knows this. This is simply because the market didn't used to be so saturated and distribution was straightforward and building was still the barrier. At one point I knew almost every single cool website that launched, simply because not many launched cool websites and word quickly got around. The same goes for software or apps. Building used to be a lot harder, which is why we rewarded it with easier distribution. Now it is flipped, building is easy, distribution is hard (due to saturation, higher expectations & pay to play mechanics)

Designers aren’t tired of design. They’re tired of keeping up. New tools every day.m, a new “must learn” every week. All while processing post-pandemic life. replacement anxiety. capitalism. midlife crisis. layoffs. AI-fatigue. wars. We’re all carrying too much. ❤️‍🩹

AI is advancing at a pace our policymaking institutions were never built for—and the gap between the two is becoming the central challenge of the technology. In his latest essay, our CEO Dario Amodei lays out how to close it. We're launching three new initiatives to support the efforts he outlines.

Some news: I'm joining @figma to work on AI and design systems. The work I've been doing on the outside is now the inside work. Still a little surreal, mostly just excited to get to work!

We have to rethink our process. This is an interesting article to start the conversation. medium.com/user-experience-d…

The death of the empty state in AI products. uxdesign.cc/the-death-of-the… AI products replaced 20 years of empty-state research with a prompt box, and the first-session drop-off shows it. "About 70% of new installs of a Chrome extension I co-built never come back for a second session. The empty state is the single biggest reason. We rebuilt it three times. The version that performed worst was the one that looked most like every modern AI product."

What makes generated UI worth keeping? uxdesign.cc/what-makes-gener…

UX Bukowski: the machine wrote it. fine. good. now read it like it's going to your mother, your landlord, the guy who got the error at 3 a.m. the model doesn't know what your product sounds like when it's tired. it doesn't know the weight of an apology. sit with the copy. read it out loud. cut the line that flinches. if no human touched it, no human will trust it. ship after you've bled on it, not before. #ux #ai

Design is governance: uxdesign.cc/how-design-is-go… "When customers have similar design problems with online/digital apps, we can’t simply move chairs and tables around, or give direct feedback to the owner."