Tootfinder

It was unavoidable that this week I'd end up writing about Apple's latest blunder. But in the context of Figma's Sites bullshit and Shopify recasting designers as "artists" it's even worse than one OS making a stupid decision.
The mission of #UXdesign is being changed: orienting away from making useful products that work for everyone, and towards branding.
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Apple's Liquid Glass is a grim portent for UX
Industry leaders like Apple and Shopify are redefining design excellence from making products usable to solely luxury branding.

For years, execs and managers were able to get away with pretending to do some kind of job - and #AI has greatly accelerated their ability to pretend.
Unfortunately, that led to garbage strategy and garbage execution. The quality of #UX suffered. The stability, performance, and security of code degraded…

The AI Hangover Era (The Everything App Part 3)
Some leaders are starting to realize the extent to which AI has broken their ability to prioritize and ship value. Others are still doubling down.

Unfinished Git thoughts.
#ux #git #VS_Code #programming