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Everything filed under design design Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under AI agents AI agents Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Web browsers are a good model for what user agency in software should look like. Web browsers are a good model for whatuser agency in software should look like. Last stated 5 months ago 24 Apr 2026 MN Mark Nottingham — holds since 2026-04-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Browsers are now good enough to natively deliver performance and ergonomics — tap to centre the map on it Browsers are now good enough tonatively deliver performance andergonomics Last stated 3 years ago 20 Dec 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-12-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Coding agents make every plugin interface you ever blew off trivially usable, which is a large productivity win. — tap to centre the map on it Coding agents make every plugininterface you ever blew offtrivially usable, which is a largeproductivity win. Last stated a month ago 19 Aug 2026 TP Thomas Ptacek — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making a product work for agents is probably largely a matter of building the right primitives into it, almost as an infrastructural layer. — tap to centre the map on it Making a product work for agents isprobably largely a matter ofbuilding the right primitives intoit, almost as an infrastructurallayer. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 MK Mike Krieger — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI agents will end traditional UI design and accessibility, because users will stop visiting websites and act only through their agent. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents will end traditional UIdesign and accessibility, becauseusers will stop visiting websitesand act only through their agent. Last stated 2 years ago 21 Feb 2025 JN Jakob Nielsen — holds since 2025-02-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI agents that browse the web by taking screenshots and clicking elements visually are slow, costly, and error-prone on complex interfaces. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents that browse the web bytaking screenshots and clickingelements visually are slow, costly,and error-prone on complexinterfaces. Last stated 2 months ago 23 Jul 2026 AM Amit Merchant — holds since 2026-07-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Software only gets good by being used a lot by the people building it, so time spent inside coding agents instead of the app is time that makes the app worse. — tap to centre the map on it Software only gets good by beingused a lot by the people buildingit, so time spent inside codingagents instead of the app is timethat makes the app worse. Last stated 4 weeks ago 6 Sept 2026 BV Ben Vinegar — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A board game conquers the world when chance and strategy are in balance in it. — tap to centre the map on it A board game conquers the world whenchance and strategy are in balancein it. Last stated 10 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it A browser works better as a singlewindow than as multiple separatewindows. Last stated 2 weeks ago 15 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good prototype should express a single idea or test a single hypothesis. — tap to centre the map on it A good prototype should express asingle idea or test a singlehypothesis. Last stated 9 years ago 22 Feb 2018 BF Bennett Foddy — holds since 2018-02-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A small performance gain is not worth the complexity added to achieve it, since complexity's costs compound rather than add. — tap to centre the map on it A small performance gain is notworth the complexity added toachieve it, since complexity's costscompound rather than add. Last stated 3 years ago 6 Dec 2023 RP Rob Pike — holds since 2023-12-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Adding rules and complexity to a system drains it of humanity and fun. — tap to centre the map on it Adding rules and complexity to asystem drains it of humanity andfun. Last stated 4 years ago 6 Jun 2022 SC Steve Coast — holds since 2022-06-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A theme system's styles should be low-specificity rather than targeted directly at specific elements. — tap to centre the map on it A theme system's styles should below-specificity rather than targeteddirectly at specific elements. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 DR Dave Rupert — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Attribute behavior that depends on CSS layout size rather than an element's natural or declared size is a design trap web authors should avoid relying on. — tap to centre the map on it Attribute behavior that depends onCSS layout size rather than anelement's natural or declared sizeis a design trap web authors shouldavoid relying on. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Sept 2026 TE Terence Eden — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Designers should find what the spec should be and build it in HTML and CSS themselves, not make a product manager's spec look pretty. — tap to centre the map on it Designers should find what the specshould be and build it in HTML andCSS themselves, not make a productmanager's spec look pretty. Last stated 6 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Web browsers are a good model for what user agency in software should look like. Last stated 24 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago Holds Mark Nottingham Read this korrent →