117 design reads that are still publishing
Newsletters, podcasts and blogs for product designers and design engineers. Every one put out something new since May, and 67 did in the last week. Here is when.
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Adam Argyle (nerdy.dev)
A Chrome CSS expert sharing demos, new CSS features and animation experiments.
Blog · Several times a week · CSS and the front end · nerdy.dev
Latest post: Animation Evolution
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Daring Fireball
John Gruber's daily commentary on Apple, design details and tech.
Blog · Essays on the web · daringfireball.net
Latest post: Semafor: ‘Nvidia Board Preparing to Oust CEO Jensen Huang, Name Interim CEO’
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Web Tools Weekly
A weekly list of new front-end tools, libraries and utilities.
Newsletter · Weekly · CSS and the front end · webtoolsweekly.com
Latest issue: Web Tools Weekly Issue #695
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SidebarPick
Five hand-picked design links a day, nothing more. The quickest way to stay current.
Newsletter · Link roundups · sidebar.io
Latest issue: Don’t make a human do what AI is amazing at
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UX Collective
The big Medium publication for UX and product design essays, plus a weekly curated email.
Blog · UX and research · uxdesign.cc
Latest post: Why are we cloning Photoshop?
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Lenny's Newsletter
Deep dives on product, growth and careers, with frameworks pulled from people who run teams.
Newsletter · Daily · Product and leadership · lennysnewsletter.com
Latest issue: Claude Code + Obsidian: My family’s AI brain | Scott Farrar
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Frontend Focus
A weekly email of front-end news: HTML, CSS, browsers and accessibility.
Newsletter · Weekly · CSS and the front end · frontendfoc.us
Latest issue: Responsive design is more than resizing a window
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Lea Verou
Web standards, CSS colour and developer tools from a W3C and CSS working group veteran.
Blog · Monthly · CSS and the front end · lea.verou.me
Latest post: Candidate Statement for the 2026 W3C TAG Election
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Syntax
Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski on web development, tools and the JavaScript ecosystem.
Podcast · Several times a week · CSS and the front end · syntax.fm
Latest episode: 1055: What the hell is going on with GitHub?
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Frontend Masters Blog
Frequent practical articles on modern CSS and front-end techniques.
Blog · Daily · CSS and the front end · frontendmasters.com
Latest post: Creating Diagrams and Graphs Using Modern CSS
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Vercel blog
Product news and engineering posts from the team behind Next.js and v0.
Blog · Product team blogs · vercel.com
Latest post: Gemini Decision 1 now available on AI Gateway
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It's Nice That
Graphic design, illustration and brand identity work from studios around the world.
Blog · Type, brand and visual culture · itsnicethat.com
Latest post: Why the retro brand identities of Biabum studio have illustration built into their DNA
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Fonts In Use
A searchable archive of typography in the wild, with the typefaces identified.
Blog · Type, brand and visual culture · fontsinuse.com
Latest post: Veintinueve Trece 2023
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UX Planet
A large Medium publication of UX and UI how-tos and opinion pieces.
Blog · Daily · UX and research · uxplanet.org
Latest post: Why Nobody Is Talking About Claude Fable 5.2
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Bootcamp
Medium publication of practical UX, UI and career articles from working designers.
Blog · UX and research · medium.com
Latest post: Looking within
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UX Roundup (Jakob Nielsen)
Jakob Nielsen's frequent roundup of UX news and his take on AI and usability.
Newsletter · Several times a week · UX and research · jakobnielsenphd.substack.com
Latest issue: Closed vs. Open Questions in User Research: AI Makes Free-Form Answers Cheap to Count
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Design Systems Collective
Community publication of design system case studies and how-tos.
Blog · Daily · Design systems · designsystemscollective.com
Latest post: From base colour to Figma Variables: a practical colour system workflow
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Matt Ström-AwnPick
Essays on design systems, colour, maths and how design teams work.
Blog · Every few months · Design systems · mattstromawn.com
Latest post: Design is a search problem
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Creative Bloq
News, tutorials and reviews for graphic designers and digital artists.
Blog · Type, brand and visual culture · creativebloq.com
Latest post: Adobe MAX 2026 Sneaks: Project Link Up is making design playful again
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Design Milk
Contemporary furniture, architecture and object design.
Blog · Daily · Type, brand and visual culture · design-milk.com
Latest post: The Best Gifts Under $100 for Design Enthusiasts
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Dive ClubPick
Ridd's interviews with the best product designers and design engineers about how they work.
Podcast · Weekly · Design engineering · dive.club
Latest episode: Tom Johnson - The most insane portfolio of 2026
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Honest Design Talks
Two designers talking openly about UX careers, process and the industry.
Podcast · Weekly · UX and research · podcasters.spotify.com
Latest episode: #183 Typography is a design system infrastructure that nobody budgets for w/Oliver Schöndörfer
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The Product Experience
Mind the Product's podcast with product leaders on strategy and practice.
Podcast · Weekly · Product and leadership · mindtheproduct.com
Latest episode: A guide to building a smarter pricing strategy | Carrie Osman (Founder & CEO, Cruxy)
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This is HCD
Service design, UX and human-centred design interviews hosted by Gerry Scullion.
Podcast · Weekly · UX and research · thisishcd.com
Latest episode: Getting Started 6: Listening, and what comes next
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TLDR Design
A daily, scannable email of design news, tools and launches.
Newsletter · Daily · Link roundups · tldr.tech
Latest issue: IG AI Filters 📸, Disney Adobe AII 🏰, Google Messages Redesign 💬
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The Pragmatic Engineer
How real tech companies build and ship. Useful context for designers working next to engineering.
Newsletter · Several times a week · Product and leadership · newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com
Latest issue: Software correctness & supply chain security, with Sean Allen
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CSS-Tricks
The long-running reference site for CSS techniques, now with fresh articles again.
Blog · Daily · CSS and the front end · css-tricks.com
Latest post: CSS Optimization: Is Using Declarations Just Once (UDJO) Still Effective Today?
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Jim NielsenPick
Thoughtful short posts on web craft, design and the joy of building websites.
Blog · Several times a week · Essays on the web · blog.jim-nielsen.com
Latest post: Making a Website in 2026
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CodePen Radio
The CodePen team on running a product and the front-end decisions behind it.
Podcast · Weekly · CSS and the front end · blog.codepen.io
Latest episode: 448: CSS Modules is Cool Again
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99% Invisible
Stories about the design of everything you never notice, from buildings to fonts.
Podcast · Several times a week · Type, brand and visual culture · 99percentinvisible.org
Latest episode: Perfectly Leveraged for the Squat
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Linear blog
How Linear thinks about product quality, craft and building software teams.
Blog · Monthly · Product team blogs · linear.app
Latest post: Best practices for large workspaces to structure teams in Linear
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Apple Developer news
Official Apple news for developers and designers: HIG changes, events and deadlines.
Blog · Several times a week · Product team blogs · developer.apple.com
Latest post: Announcing the Swift Student Challenge 2027
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Core77
Industrial and product design news, process and objects.
Blog · Daily · Type, brand and visual culture · core77.com
Latest post: Chris Bly's Plotter-Based Art
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Muzli
Design inspiration and news, from the team behind the Muzli browser extension.
Blog · Link roundups · medium.muz.li
Latest post: AI brain fry is real. If you’re exhausted, you’re not alone.
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MeasuringU
Quantitative UX research: metrics, sample sizes and survey methods explained.
Blog · Weekly · UX and research · measuringu.com
Latest post: Pew Research Finds the Same Problem We Did with Digital Twins
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Adrian RoselliPick
Detailed, opinionated accessibility testing of real HTML and ARIA patterns.
Blog · Every two weeks · Accessibility · adrianroselli.com
Latest post: My Interop 2027 Picks
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JavaScript Weekly
The long-running weekly JavaScript news email, handy for design engineers.
Newsletter · Weekly · Design engineering · javascriptweekly.com
Latest issue: How X (Twitter) is rebuilding its web app
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Elezea (Rian van der Merwe)
Notes on product management, leadership and building small tools.
Newsletter · Several times a week · Product and leadership · elezea.com
Latest issue: TL;DL v2.6.0 — Claude Opus 5.5 summaries and M4A support
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Austin Kleon
Notes on creativity, drawing and making things, from the 'Steal Like an Artist' author.
Newsletter · Weekly · Essays on the web · austinkleon.com
Latest issue: Michael Crichton, psychology, and AI
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HeyDesigner
Daily curated design and front-end links, with a weekly email for product people and design engineers.
Newsletter · Daily · Link roundups · heydesigner.com
Latest issue: The beige era of product design
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Smashing Newsletter
Smashing Magazine's email with front-end and UX tips, tools and articles.
Newsletter · Weekly · CSS and the front end · smashingmagazine.com
Latest issue: Smashing Newsletter: Issue #584
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Dense DiscoveryPick
A thoughtful weekly mix of design, tech, urbanism and good tools, with a slower, calmer tone.
Newsletter · Weekly · Link roundups · densediscovery.com
Latest issue: DD414 / Organising the discontent
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PiccalilliPick
Andy Bell's front-end publication: CSS, HTML and courses for people who care about quality.
Blog · Weekly · CSS and the front end · piccalil.li
Latest post: JavaScript for Everyone: New Game+
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ShopTalk Show
Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert talking front-end design and development every week.
Podcast · Weekly · CSS and the front end · shoptalkshow.com
Latest episode: 740: Looking for a Great Webcam and a Great Browser
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Figma blog
Product updates, design practice stories and tips from Figma.
Blog · Several times a week · Product team blogs · figma.com
Latest post: 6 easy ways to use the Figma agent right now
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A11y Weekly
A weekly email of accessibility news, articles and resources.
Newsletter · Weekly · Accessibility · a11yweekly.com
Latest issue: I Am Not a Developer or an Accessibility Specialist. Hire Me?
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Dribbble blog
Career, freelance and business advice for designers, from Dribbble.
Blog · Daily · Type, brand and visual culture · dribbble.com
Latest post: 10 Freelance Designer Tax Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)
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Linus Lee
Notes on tools for thought, AI interfaces and creative software.
Blog · Monthly · Design engineering · thesephist.com
Latest post: Keeping the flame
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Accessibility Craft
A podcast on making accessible websites, mostly for agencies and WordPress teams.
Podcast · Weekly · Accessibility · accessibilitycraft.com
Latest episode: 189: A Practical Approach to Your Title II Deadline with Amber Hinds and Chris Hinds
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Design Matters with Debbie MillmanPick
The longest-running design podcast: deep interviews with designers, artists and writers.
Podcast · Weekly · Type, brand and visual culture · designmattersmedia.com
Latest episode: Robert Moor
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Front-End Fire
A weekly front-end news show: frameworks, browsers and tools.
Podcast · Weekly · CSS and the front end · front-end-fire.com
Latest episode: 169: How the Heck Do We Hire Developers in 2026?
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UX Design Weekly
A short weekly list of the best UX articles, tools and portfolios.
Newsletter · Link roundups · uxdesignweekly.com
Latest issue: Issue 613
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Ryo Lu
Cursor's head of design on making software, taste and what to build.
Blog · Weekly · Design engineering · ryo.lu
Latest post: when we can do anything, do we still know what we want
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Lenny's Podcast
Long-form interviews with product, growth and design leaders.
Podcast · Weekly · Product and leadership · lennysnewsletter.com
Latest episode: Why PMs are suddenly valuable again | Tulsee Doshi (Head of Product, Gemini)
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Design Systems News
A weekly roundup of design systems articles, releases and talks.
Newsletter · Weekly · Design systems · designsystems.news
Latest issue: Week of November 8, 2026
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Pixels of the Week (Stéphanie Walter)
A weekly roundup of UX, accessibility and front-end links from a UX designer.
Newsletter · Weekly · Link roundups · stephaniewalter.design
Latest issue: Pixels of the Week – November 8, 2026
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Interaction Design Foundation
Free UX literature and guides from the online design school.
Blog · Daily · UX and research · interaction-design.org
Latest post: Conceptual Models: The Hidden Structure Behind Your Next Great Interface
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Smashing MagazinePick
Long, practical articles on UX, CSS, accessibility and interface design, edited with care.
Blog · Several times a week · CSS and the front end · smashingmagazine.com
Latest post: A New Community For In-House UX People
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Nielsen Norman GroupPick
Research-backed UX articles, definitions and studies from the usability veterans.
Blog · Weekly · UX and research · nngroup.com
Latest post: Agent Harness: Definition
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Chris Coyier
The CodePen and CSS-Tricks founder's personal blog on web dev and building things.
Blog · Daily · CSS and the front end · chriscoyier.net
Latest post: Got Them Little Side Projects Moved to CodePen Hosting
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Dave Rupert
Personal blog of the ShopTalk co-host: web components, CSS and side projects.
Blog · Weekly · Essays on the web · daverupert.com
Latest post: Pseudo-pseudo-classes for maximum interactive demos!
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React Status
A weekly email of React and React Native news, libraries and releases.
Newsletter · Weekly · Design engineering · react.statuscode.com
Latest issue: Redux Toolkit's road to 3.0
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Ahmad ShadeedPick
Visual, hands-on deep dives into CSS layout and modern UI patterns.
Blog · Monthly · CSS and the front end · ishadeed.com
Latest post: Beyond the viewport: Introducing Site Seeing
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Brad Frost
The Atomic Design author on design systems, AI and how teams build interfaces.
Blog · Weekly · Design systems · bradfrost.com
Latest post: In Your Face - Meeting reminder app for Mac, Windows, iPhone, and iPad | In Your Face
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WebKit blog
Safari release notes and new web features, straight from the WebKit team.
Blog · Weekly · CSS and the front end · webkit.org
Latest post: Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 256
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The Product Compass
Practical product management templates, AI workflows and frameworks.
Newsletter · Weekly · Product and leadership · productcompass.pm
Latest issue: Agent Harness: How I Built My Own Claude Code, Step by Step
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Heydon Pickering
Witty, sharp writing on accessibility, inclusive components and the web.
Blog · Weekly · Accessibility · heydonworks.com
Latest post: I am not a developer or an accessibility specialist. Hire me?
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Maggie AppletonPick
Illustrated essays on design, AI, tools for thought and the future of interfaces.
Blog · Every few months · Design engineering · maggieappleton.com
Latest post: Fortune Telling and Speculative Design
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Deque blog
Accessibility compliance, testing and tooling from the makers of axe.
Blog · Weekly · Accessibility · deque.com
Latest post: How to choose the right VPAT approach for your organization (and whether you should use AI to complete your ACR!)
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Design BetterPick
Interviews about creativity and design leadership, hosted by Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery.
Podcast · Weekly · UX and research · designbetter.co
Latest episode: Creative Leadership Retreat: Paul Dichter
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Jeremy Keith (Adactio)
A daily journal on the web, its principles and its history, by a long-time web maker.
Blog · Weekly · Essays on the web · adactio.com
Latest post: Palaces Of The Crow by Ray Nayler
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Tobias van Schneider
Short, opinionated posts on taste, creativity and running a design business.
Blog · Monthly · Essays on the web · vanschneider.com
Latest post: Nobody learns good taste by being told
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Rachel Andrew
CSS layout and web platform writing from a CSS Grid pioneer.
Blog · Every two weeks · CSS and the front end · rachelandrew.co.uk
Latest post: Making features generic in CSS
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Design Life
Charli Prangley and Femke chatting about design careers, side projects and creativity.
Podcast · Every two weeks · Essays on the web · designlife.fm
Latest episode: 327: Having to be creative on cue
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Kilian Valkhof
The Polypane maker on CSS, browsers and building developer tools.
Blog · Monthly · CSS and the front end · kilianvalkhof.com
Latest post: Speaking
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devtools.fm
Interviews with the people building developer tools and the craft behind them.
Podcast · Monthly · Design engineering · devtools.fm
Latest episode: Tarun Sachdeva - Traces
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Rosenfeld Review
Lou Rosenfeld talks to UX and design leaders about research, IA and design operations.
Podcast · Weekly · UX and research · rosenfeldmedia.com
Latest episode: From Designing to Building: The Rise of Product Design Engineering with David Siren Eisner
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Ink & Switch
An industrial research lab publishing essays on local-first and creative tools.
Blog · Weekly · Design engineering · inkandswitch.com
Latest post: Keyhive 07 · Certflow Diagrams
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Ethan Marcotte
The person who coined responsive design, writing about the web, labour and design.
Blog · Monthly · Essays on the web · ethanmarcotte.com
Latest post: The ship is anchor’d safe and sound.
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Raphael Salaja
A design engineer sharing interface experiments and notes on craft.
Blog · Monthly · Design engineering · raphaelsalaja.com
Latest post: Sauce
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Baymard Institute
E-commerce UX research based on large-scale usability testing.
Blog · Weekly · UX and research · baymard.com
Latest post: AI Engagement Quantitative UX: 2 High-Level Takeaways from 20+ Charts
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Awkward Silences
User Interviews' podcast about user research, how teams run it and why it matters.
Podcast · Every two weeks · UX and research · userinterviews.com
Latest episode: #193 - Can synthetic research replace real users? That's the wrong question.
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Design Systems Podcast
Conversations with people building and running design systems.
Podcast · Monthly · Design systems · designsystemspodcast.com
Latest episode: Design judgment in the era of AI, with Alexis Puchek
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Figmalion
A newsletter all about Figma: features, plugins, tips and the community.
Newsletter · Every two weeks · Link roundups · figmalion.com
Latest issue: Issue #265: Config 2027. Optimize AI credits. Getting hired playbook.
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Bram.us
Bramus Van Damme's links and write-ups on CSS, browsers and the web platform.
Blog · Several times a week · CSS and the front end · bram.us
Latest post: GTA.js, a reimplementation of the 1997 Grand Theft Auto engine in JavaScript and WebGL
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Josh W. ComeauPick
Interactive, beautifully explained articles on CSS, animation and React.
Blog · Monthly · Design engineering · joshwcomeau.com
Latest post: The Future of CSS ✨
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Ben Frain
Practical CSS articles, especially colour and modern layout, from a book author.
Blog · Monthly · CSS and the front end · benfrain.com
Latest post: Colour variants from base colours with OKLCH, CSS relative color, and CSS functions
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Eric Bailey
Accessibility, design and inclusive interfaces, written with conviction.
Blog · Monthly · Accessibility · ericwbailey.website
Latest post: The Accessibility Compat Data project has a homepage now, and you should support the project
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Jakub KrehelPick
A design engineer on interface details, motion and personal software.
Blog · Monthly · Design engineering · jakub.kr
Latest post: The era of personal software
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Stefan Judis
Short notes and tips on web development, browsers and the platform.
Blog · Every two weeks · CSS and the front end · stefanjudis.com
Latest post: Blake Watson on the state of the industry (#note)
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Eric Meyer
A CSS pioneer writing about the web, standards and life.
Blog · Monthly · CSS and the front end · meyerweb.com
Latest post: My Interop 2027 Rankings
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Zach Leatherman
The Eleventy creator on fonts, performance and building fast static sites.
Blog · Weekly · CSS and the front end · zachleat.com
Latest post: All of my 300+ browser tabs are beautiful
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The Looking Glass (Julie Zhuo)
Julie Zhuo on management, design leadership and building products.
Newsletter · Weekly · Product and leadership · lg.substack.com
Latest issue: What would make AI truly social?
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Sara Soueidan
In-depth articles on accessible, inclusive front-end design and development.
Blog · Every few months · Accessibility · sarasoueidan.com
Latest post: My top picks for Interop 2027
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Chrome for Developers blog
Release notes and deep dives on new Chrome and web platform features.
Blog · Daily · CSS and the front end · developer.chrome.com
Latest post: What's New in WebGPU (Chrome 155-156)
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Intercom blog
Product, design and AI-customer-service thinking from the Intercom team.
Blog · Weekly · Product team blogs · intercom.com
Latest post: Introducing Fin 4: Customer Agent, Operator, and major upgrades to the Intercom helpdesk
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Scott Jehl
Responsive images, video and performance from a long-time web standards writer.
Blog · Monthly · CSS and the front end · scottjehl.com
Latest post: Standards In Progress: Making Video Posters Accessible, Responsive, and an Element
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Josh Collinsworth
Front-end writing on Svelte, CSS and the joy of the web, plus his own projects.
Blog · Every few months · CSS and the front end · joshcollinsworth.com
Latest post: The story of Tupo, my new daily logic puzzle
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web.dev
Google's guidance on web performance, accessibility and what is new on the platform.
Blog · Every two weeks · CSS and the front end · web.dev
Latest post: New to the web platform in September
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Cloud Four
A design and development studio writing about design systems and responsive work.
Blog · Weekly · Design systems · cloudfour.com
Latest post: How Do We Write About AI in Web Development?
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Amelia Wattenberger
Essays on interfaces for AI and data, with interactive explanations.
Blog · Every few months · Design engineering · wattenberger.com
Latest post: Chat is AI’s command line.
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Ryan Singer
The Shape Up author on shaping work and product development process.
Blog · Every few months · Product and leadership · ryansinger.co
Latest post: A Primer for Operators Who Need Software
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Dan Abramov (overreacted)
Rare, deep essays from a React core contributor on how programs and UIs work.
Blog · Monthly · Design engineering · overreacted.io
Latest post: How I Vibed a Proof of Conway’s Conjecture
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Adam Silver
Form design and accessible service design, from the author of Form Design Patterns.
Blog · Monthly · UX and research · adamsilver.io
Latest post: Why I wait for research to prove something is needed before it’s added to the UI
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Robin Rendle
Personal, well-written posts on design, typography, writing and websites.
Blog · Weekly · Essays on the web · robinrendle.com
Latest post: Small things like these
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Manuel Matuzović
Accessibility and HTML-first front-end, with lots of practical code.
Blog · Every two weeks · Accessibility · matuzo.at
Latest post: My HTML boilerplate in 2026
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Brian Lovin
A designer and engineer writing about building software and his own tools.
Blog · Every two weeks · Design engineering · brianlovin.com
Latest post: Grok Bot first impressions
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Sebastian De Deyne
A developer's notes on web development, design and tools he uses.
Blog · Weekly · CSS and the front end · sebastiandedeyne.com
Latest post: Amped up
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Hardik Pandya
Thoughtful essays on design, systems thinking and craft from a product designer.
Blog · Every two weeks · Essays on the web · hvpandya.com
Latest post: The hierarchy of competence
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Mixed Methods
A podcast and newsletter about doing better user research.
Podcast · Monthly · UX and research · mixedmethods.substack.com
Latest episode: Your job isn't to answer the question. It's to find it.
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Nikita Prokopov (tonsky)
Strong opinions on UI design, fonts and software quality, with a Fira Code maker's eye.
Blog · Monthly · Essays on the web · tonsky.me
Latest post: Logo: Squawkbox
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Geoffrey Litt
Essays on malleable software, end-user programming and AI interfaces.
Blog · Monthly · Design engineering · geoffreylitt.com
Latest post: Understanding is the new bottleneck
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A List Apart
The classic magazine for people who make websites, still publishing considered essays.
Blog · Every few months · CSS and the front end · alistapart.com
Latest post: Designed for a Dead Language
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Una Kravets
Modern CSS features and UI demos from a Chrome developer relations lead.
Blog · Monthly · CSS and the front end · una.im
Latest post: Modern CSS theming with light-dark(), contrast-color(), and style queries
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Jordan Moore
Design systems, creativity and the changing shape of design work.
Blog · Every few months · Design systems · jordanm.co.uk
Latest post: Loops and Where Creativity Goes Next
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CSS Weekly
A roundup of CSS articles, tutorials and experiments.
Newsletter · Weekly · CSS and the front end · css-weekly.com
Latest issue: Single Prompt to Fully Functional Websites Using Mobirise AI
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TPGi accessibility blog
Accessibility guidance and a weekly reading list from TPGi's specialists.
Blog · Weekly · Accessibility · tpgi.com
Latest post: Weekly Reading List May 18 2026
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