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A collection of 10 posts

AI tools, skills, and plugins that I actually still use in 2026

AI tools, skills, and plugins that I actually still use in 2026

A 2026 list of AI design tools that survived with me in the trenches. No vaporware: just stuff that actually reduces friction.

"Experience Design" is better than "Product Design"

"Experience Design" is better than "Product Design"

Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g), one of the most authoritative voices in the UX community, is proposing merging what we currently call "Service Design" and "Product Design" under another umbrella term - "Experience Design". While I'm not a fan of creating new

Designing with LLMs in the toolbox: 6 months later

Designing with LLMs in the toolbox: 6 months later

🚧Disclaimer: This blog post has been edited and rewritten using Claude and Gemini. It's always good to be on a lookout for ways to improve your day-to-day workflows and be able to automate away at least some work that isn't very creative or interesting. Or when

Low- vs high-fidelity design: A balancing act

Low- vs high-fidelity design: A balancing act

The tools don't matter. The methods don't matter. Outcomes do.

How I stopped worrying and learned to love robots

How I stopped worrying and learned to love robots

AI seems to be absolutely everywhere. As a designer, or a product manager, how do I use it effectively to provide value to my users?

Designing for absence of the interface

Designing for absence of the interface

When designing a new product or feature, the most obvious things you'd think about are user experience - how things flow together, transition between states, and so on - and the user interface. The second part is why we spend time building elaborate design systems, create complicated prototypes

Four (non-obvious) books you should read as a Product Designer

Four (non-obvious) books you should read as a Product Designer

I've been now mentoring, leading, and managing designers for a couple of years and one of the questions that come up often is "what are the non-obvious books that you should read to improve your design thinking?" I was thinking about this question for a while

Design Systems as a Shared Product Language

Design Systems as a Shared Product Language

Creating a good design system is making sure you’re building a language that creates shared understanding and shared language for product teams.

How Small Teams Can Benefit From Having A Design System

How Small Teams Can Benefit From Having A Design System

A couple of reasons why lean startups and small to medium product teams can benefit from building their design system from the very beginning.

Being Useful: A Short Story of Proactive User Experience

Being Useful: A Short Story of Proactive User Experience

Proactive user experience and how to surprise your users by answering their questions before they even asked.

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