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How to Build a Serverless RAG Pipeline on AWS That Scales to Zero

Most RAG tutorials end the same way: you've got a working prototype and a bill for a vector database that runs whether anyone's querying it or not. Add an...

CI/CD in Production with Jenkins

Automation is no longer just a "nice-to-have" skill, it powers modern software development. To help you master automation and CI/CD, we’ve just released a...

How to Build an MCP Server with Python, Docker, and Claude Code

Every MCP tutorial I've found so far has followed the same basic script: build a server, point Claude Desktop at it, screenshot the chat window, done. This is...

What happened to the car designed for women, by women?

Lessons learned from the Volvo YCC and feminized crash test dummiesContinue reading on UX Collective »

Why B2B UX features fail

The one question you always need to keep in mind for B2B projectsContinue reading on UX Collective »

We thought AI feedback was making our designers faster. It was making them shallower

The designs shipped faster; the designers grew more slowly.Continue reading on UX Collective »

Design is not just how it works. Design is how it wins.

In the age of AI, “working” is a commodity while “winning” is the new mandate.Continue reading on UX Collective »

Building Dynamic Forms In React And Next.js

Some forms stay UI, while others quietly become rule engines. Here’s why these two different approaches exist and how to choose between them.

Persuasive Design: Ten Years Later

Many product teams still lean on usability improvements and isolated behavioral tweaks to address weak activation, drop-offs, and low retention – only to see results plateau or...

Leading design teams is easy, but we made it complicated

Experience Thinking and AI Strategy: Designing Beyond Technology

AI is a popular topic right now. There are many talks, many tools, and many opinions about where it is going and what it means. I am adding to that conversation today, but I want...

How to Implement the Strategy Pattern in Python

Have you ever opened a food delivery app and chosen between "fastest route", "cheapest option", or "fewest stops"? Or picked a payment method at checkout like...

A Comprehensive Guide to Financial Storytelling using Data Visualization

In any analysis project, raw tables of numbers often don’t tell the full story. Visualisations simplify complexity by transforming data into shapes that our...

How to Build an Autonomous AI Agent with n8n and Decapod

I tried out Open Claw two weeks ago. I loved the potential, but did not enjoy the tool itself. I, like many others, struggled with the installation process....

How to Use Flex in Tailwind CSS and Justify Flex Items

Hey there! If you're building modern web interfaces, chances are you've already fallen in love with Tailwind CSS for its speed and flexibility. One of the...

Learn how to fine-tune LLMs in 12 hours

The goal isn't just to train a model; it's to build a system that understands your specific data as well as you do. We just posted a massive, 12-hour course...

How to Build a Spam Email Detector with Python and Naive Bayes Classifier

Ever wondered how Gmail knows that an email promising you $10 million is spam? Or how it catches those "You've won a free iPhone!" messages before they reach...

How to Find the Top-K Items: Heap and Streaming Approaches in Go

Finding the top K items in a dataset pops up everywhere: from highlighting the hottest posts in a social feed, to detecting the largest transactions in a...

Why safe AGI requires an enactive floor and state-space reversibility

The calm and charm of cosy games in a chaotic world

Sycophancy: the emperor’s new clothes

Product ethics, AI adoption theatre, an architecture that no longer exists

The deceptive side of robot cuteness