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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...

How to Build Real-Time Update Systems with MQTT and Express.js

Real-time updates are everywhere – like live sports scores, stock tickers, chat applications, and IoT dashboards. If you want to build systems that push data...

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

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