What Addy Osmani thinks about design
Engineering leader and author who spent 14 years at Google, most of it on Chrome and Chrome DevTools, rising from software engineer to director of engineering, and who created TodoMVC and helped push Core Web Vitals.
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3 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Addy Osmani has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsHumans are humans are are shockingly simple, you know, uh, if you think about the experience you have with somebody that's just trying to cross the street, if, uh, you know, if the light doesn't turn, you know, doesn't say they can walk fast enough, they'll just keep hitting that button. That's the same experience they have on the internet.
↗From Chrome DevTools to AI Engineering, with Addy Osmaniyoutube.com 5th of 22 in this recording
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Their wordseven if you set aside, you know, maybe there's some validity around a business needs to monetize, those things shouldn't cause a really bad experience.
↗From Chrome DevTools to AI Engineering, with Addy Osmaniyoutube.com 6th of 22 in this recording
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Their wordsAnd if you can show employers that you are not just a builder, but you are someone that can help them as these roles start to become a little bit fuzzier. I think that you can be successful in these times. Don't just be an engineer.
↗From Chrome DevTools to AI Engineering, with Addy Osmaniyoutube.com 22nd of 22 in this recording