The Slow Implosion of WordPress: 2025 and the CMS That’s Losing Its Soul
WordPress, the behemoth that once empowered a third of the internet, stands in 2025 as a paradox. On one hand,…
AI Didn’t Kill Web Design —Templates Did It First
Let’s get one thing out of the way: AI is not the villain of web design. It’s just the flashy…
Reddit may soon ask: “Mind if I scan your eye?
Passwords are like the junk drawer of the internet: overstuffed, unreliable, and full of things you meant to replace years…
Web Design Will Become the Art of Profiling the User
Let’s get one uncomfortable truth out of the way: web design is no longer about aesthetics, usability, or even user experience….
How Apple Quietly Brought Skeuomorphism Back to Life
By now, everyone’s talking about Liquid Glass, Apple’s new design language unveiled at WWDC 2025. At first glance, it looks like another glossy facelift—translucent…
The Art of Duolingo Notifications: The Subtle Manipulation of Language Learners
Let’s get something straight: Duolingo is a brilliant app. It’s become a household name in the realm of language learning,…
Mastering Multimodal UX: Best Practices for Seamless User Interactions
We all know the feeling: you’re in the middle of an interaction, your app is humming along beautifully, and then—bam!—you…
The Death of Web Design: Why Websites Will Soon Auto-Design Themselves
Let’s get this out of the way: most websites in one to five years won’t need you. Or me. Or…
The Cognitive Load Dilemma: Is Simplification Always the Answer?
Cognitive load has become the web design equivalent of “eat your vegetables”—everyone knows it’s important, and we all try to…
OpenAI Codex: Revolutionizing Code or Ripping Off Developers?
OpenAI’s Codex has officially hit the scene today, promising to transform the way we write code. OpenAI’s Codex is a…
Figma Sites Isn’t the Future (Yet)—But It’s Coming for WordPress and Framer Anyway
When Figma announced Sites, designers lit up like it was Christmas, WWDC, and Adobe’s funeral all rolled into one. Finally, they…
Rethinking Responsive Grids with a Content-Aware Approach
Responsive grids were supposed to save us. Once upon a time, they were the answer to our multi-device nightmares. No…
The Case for and Against Off-Screen Menus: A Designer’s Dilemma
Off-screen menus, often represented in their most common form as the hamburger menu, have become a staple of modern user…
The Future of Web Design: Will We Even Recognize It in 100 Years?
Web design as we know it is barely recognizable when compared to the first websites that graced the internet in…
Ads vs. Paywalls: The Ongoing Tug-of-War for Website Money
Let’s face it: the internet is a chaotic place. You can find everything from cat videos to thought-provoking think pieces—sometimes…
The Rise of 3D Web Design: Innovation or Just Another Flashy Distraction?
The web is getting deeper—literally. Flat, static designs are starting to feel stale, and the rise of 3D elements and…
AI-Driven Personalization in Web Design: The Future or a UX Nightmare?
Let’s talk about the AI takeover—at least, the one happening in web design. Everywhere you look, personalization is being pushed…
Thin Fonts Are a Usability Nightmare—And Finally, Designers Are Waking Up
Thin fonts are like that trendy minimalist couch that looks amazing in photos but is absolutely terrible to sit on….