PhotoCraft Review: I Tested the Free, Open-Source Photoshop Alternative With 4 Real Edits
Photoshop costs $22.99 a month . PhotoCraft costs $0 , it's open source, and in under three weeks it passed 66,000 stars on GitHub . So I put it to…
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Designing an MCP server for a personal data app: 6 lessons from 10 wardrobe servers
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets an AI assistant such as ChatGPT or Claude call tools on your server. Several closet apps already have an MCP s…
Textbook Conventions vs. Creative Niche Layouts: A Front-End Engineer’s UX Dilemma
We’ve all been there. You get a new freelance client—maybe a boutique local bakery, a high-end tattoo parlor, or a trendy fitness studio. You open u…
Understanding Aspect Ratios in CSS and Canvas: Formulas, Responsive Rules, and Image Cropping
When building responsive image galleries, hero sections, or interactive media canvases, aspect ratio mismatches are among the common causes of Cumul…
The Best AI Image Generators for Social Media Graphics in 2026: What Actually Matters
If you mostly think of AI image generators as tools for photorealistic scenes, social graphics can feel like an awkward fit. That was the surprising…
Designing Contextual Learning Recommendations for Language Learners
Recommendation systems in education should not optimize for clicks alone. A learner may enjoy a video without learning from it, complete many exerci…
Designing a discussion forum without turning it into a social network
I've spent much of the last few months designing and building Public Voice, a new independent discussion forum. I'm a graphic designer first and a d…
CO Dynamic Shielding: A Forgotten Spacecraft Design Tool?
CO₂ Dynamic Shielding: A Forgotten Spacecraft Design Tool? While investigating 3I/ATLAS, I stumbled onto an idea that may have applications far beyo…
50+ Free Resources for Designers: Tools, Assets, and Libraries
Every design project comes with its own set of challenges. Whether you're designing a website, building a UI, creating social media graphics, or pre…
How do you draw vector graphics? By hand, or by an AI that places real paths
A vector graphic is a list of points and curves, not a grid of pixels. To draw one you place anchor points with a pen tool, drag out Bezier handles…
Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Frontend Skills for Backend Developers Through Design and Structure Understanding
Introduction: Bridging the Backend-Frontend Gap For backend developers, transitioning to frontend development often feels like stepping into unchart…
How do you give an AI real design taste?
An AI needs a design process it can use and inspect: a product brief, visual guidance, drawing tools and a review loop. SVG Lab (svglab.app)'s Desig…
25+ Best UI/UX and Web Design Inspiration Websites for Designers
Finding good UI and web design inspiration can take longer than actually designing the interface. Whether you're designing a landing page, SaaS dash…
Your GitHub README Isn't a Profile. It's a Storefront. (Here Are the 5 Rules I Used
Description: "I stopped decorating my GitHub profile and started shipping it like a product page. Four apps, four download buttons, zero widgets." I…
In iOS 27 and Xcode 27 Liquid Glass will be applied to your app automatically.
By Robin Winters · First published June 30, 2026 · Republished October 2, 2026 Original LinkedIn edition · Readable HTML edition · Robin’s portfolio…
SaaS Cancellation Flow: Show When Access and Billing End
A clear SaaS cancellation flow tells a customer what stops, when access ends, and whether any charges remain. Show those details before confirmation…
From MVP to Production: Building a Small Business Platform Like a Real Product
An architectural case study of designing, building, and deploying a proprietary business platform without overengineering it. Note: This case study…
Why I Built Creative-OS: Eliminating Generic UIs with Metadata-Driven Design
Creative-OS is an open-source design and engineering framework created by codebrak07 to help developers build visually differentiated interfaces ins…
Figma-inspired video editing and motion design, done right
A Figma-inspired video editor is one where the canvas is the place you work, the document is the truth, the browser is the runtime, and the free tie…
Linux desktop icons are dull, so I drew a better set and made it free
Look at your Linux desktop for a second. The Home folder icon. The file manager in your dock. The row of folders in your Documents. They're fine. Th…
330,000 free icons for video, and every one of them can draw itself on
AtomCut now ships an Icons panel: Lucide, Tabler, Phosphor, Material Symbols, Simple Icons, the emoji sets, the flag sets, 208 open-source icon sets…
Conceptual Contours
Domain Excavation Because it requires constant discovery and refinement, building software is much like excavating a buried house. One requirement e…
I Built a Free UI Design Analyzer Tool After Getting Tired of Vague Design Feedback
A few years ago I sent a landing page design to a client after spending three days on it. The feedback I got back was: "something feels off." That i…
Three Design-to-Code Rules Most Developers Ignore (That Will Make You a Better Engineer)
Bridging the gap between Figma mockups and production UI doesn't require complex new frameworks—it requires system thinking. Too often, developers t…
Скроллбар в 2k26
В вашей дизайн-системе могут быть особые требования к внешнему виду скроллбаров. К сожалению, нативные возможности стилизации весьма ограничены, поэ…
Why I Built a Lightweight Utility Styling Library for React Native (And How It Solves StyleSheet Fatigue)
If you’ve built production apps in React Native, you’ve likely felt the friction of styling. On one hand, you have the built-in StyleSheet.create().…
The Walls Don't Talk: How Stalefish Builds
The line came out of an essay about the app Cairn, at the end of a paragraph about visual restraint, and it was meant to stay there. The walls don't…
Why Is the Swagger Petstore Example a Bad REST API Design?
TL;DR The Swagger Petstore is useful for demonstrating OpenAPI, but it is a poor REST design reference. It mixes singular and plural resource names,…
Sometimes the Fastest System Is the One Willing to Stop
There is a particular kind of meeting every engineer eventually attends. A metric is projected onto a screen. It has moved in the wrong direction. S…
From Figma to the browser: building a shared mental model
Throughout my career as an engineer, I have been given a countless amount of specs, design documents and Figma files to bring ideas to life. I have…