Optical vs. mathematical alignment: why curves need to overshoot
It gives you a crisp way to explain to clients why 'pixel-perfect' math sometimes looks wrong and optical adjustment looks right.
Icon and label alignment when text wraps across lines
A copy-pasteable CSS fix for a misalignment bug that's probably sitting in one of your current design systems right now.
Above Water drink branding using custom variable typeface for constraints
Shows a variable typeface used as an actual engineering solution to a packaging constraint, not decoration, which is the kind of argument that justifies custom type work to a client.
Gemini Livespeech-to-speech with WebSocket-based browser UI
Willison's no-dependency WebSocket build is a concrete template for prototyping voice-agent UX yourself without waiting for a wrapper library.
Bottlenecks as design features, not engineering failures
Reframes bottlenecks as intentional, human-scaled design choices, useful ammunition next time a client wants to 'remove friction' that's actually load-bearing.
The wireframe was never the deliverable
Puts language to something you already practice: the wireframe was never the deliverable, understanding the problem was, which is a useful line when clients ask why you're not shipping mockups fast enough.
Ntsal uses film time as design metaphor
A model for deriving motion and type behavior from a conceptual metaphor rather than trend-chasing, worth stealing for your next identity or product animation brief.
Mother Design gives psychic platform Keen retro-futuristic identity
Shows how deliberately reclaiming an 'ugly' aesthetic can be a sharper positioning move than safe minimalism, a useful counter-example when Swiss restraint isn't the answer.
Optical vs. mathematical alignment: why curves need to overshoot
It gives you a crisp way to explain to clients why 'pixel-perfect' math sometimes looks wrong and optical adjustment looks right.
Open Shadeed's align-items:start + translateY fix and check whether any of your own icon-label pairs in production are subtly off.