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How to Automate Docker Image Creation for Postgres Using Shell Commands

If you have certain lines of code that repeat over and over again in a project, there's a pretty standard solution for it: using a function. But what about...

Modern CSS Might Make Your Front-End More Complex

Replacing JavaScript with a modern CSS feature can simplify a piece of code while making the wider application harder to reason about. Gabriel Shoyombo explores what happens when...

What do you do when a design solution is already pre-built?

How to deal with the “Fastest Idea in the Room”Continue reading on UX Collective »

Agents struggle with the same bad UX we do

What I learned teaching AI prototyping at university

The pole and the stake

On going with the current, changing it, and what designers are asked to doContinue reading on UX Collective »

When colors pass but palettes fail

The accessibility challenge of generative AI diverging color palettes.Continue reading on UX Collective »

How to Partner with Design Studios on Client Builds: A Freelance Developer's Guide

Let's say a design studio gets a new client project. The branding is ready, the wireframes are approved, the Figma file is polished, and every screen looks...

Sparkle buttons, Autonomy by design, AI reckoning in UX, Figma with MCP

How to Find and Fix Common Technical SEO Issues on Your Website

Let's say you've built a website. You've invested in the design, bought a domain, and so on. But a website isn't only what you see on the screen. A lot...

Everyone is building AI agents. Who’s designing the stop button?

Virtue ethics in everyday interface design

Learn Vector Databases for Beginners – Embeddings, Similarity Search & ChromaDB

A vector database stores data as lists of numbers called embeddings, which lets it search by meaning instead of matching exact keywords. It's the piece behind...

I let AI build. I don’t let AI decide.

State of a system