
As AI advances, user experience design shifts from creating screens to questioning their necessity, with AI performing tasks previously requiring multiple user interface steps.
In this edition

AI can fake a portfolio, but it cannot replicate the live, unprepared moments in an interview.
Product teams often confuse building with validating, responding to cues rather than actual problems.

Research should not end with a presentation deck, but rather become a living artifact.

Nir Eyal's Hook Model applies to AI products through a four-step loop of trigger, action, variable reward, and investment.

Graphic designers can transition to UX design with new skills and knowledge.

Claude Code helps turn static CSV files into interactive data visualizations.
Curator's picks
The pieces worth pausing on, hand-selected from today's edition.

Editor's pick
AI assists UX reviews but does not replace human expertise, requiring user input for accuracy.
Look & feel
Visual references from across the design web.