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The meaning of work in an AI world

As AI tools become more capable, we must decide not just what they can do, but what they should do. This blog explores how thoughtfully designed AI can act like a coach, not a crutch.
Emily Bahna
April 29, 2025
Tools and resources our designers are using right now

A list of what tools and resources are most relevant for our designers right now.
Vendela Colavecchio
April 14, 2025
- Design
- Tools
- Resource
Tools I like: Zoxide

Checkout z, a neat lil command line utility.
Brian Tenggren
March 22, 2024
- Tools
- Development
- Code
GitHub pull request merge strategies

An overview of what the options provided by the pull request merge button on GitHub do and how to make the best out of each strategy.
Dimiter Petrov
July 17, 2023
- Git
- Tools
We're Building a New Design Sprint Guide

We’ve been running design sprints for over 10 years, it’s time for us to share everything we know about them in an updated guide.
Luke Mitchell
March 17, 2023
Figma UI Starter Kit

New Figma resource, a lightweight UI design starter kit to save you time.
Andrew Spencer
December 12, 2022
- Tools
- Figma
- Process
- Product Design
- Design
Using Notion to manage product development: Part 2 (A step-by-step how-to guide)

An in-depth guide looking at how to set Notion up, exploring databases, properties, rollups, formulas and linked databases to level up your Notion-fu.
Jared Turner
August 1, 2022
Using Notion to manage product development: Part 1

The flexibility of Notion is a blessing and a curse. Recently, a client migrated to Notion and together we explored what an ideal setup might look like to manage their company’s product development.
Jared Turner
July 29, 2022
How we used DesignOps and Figma to scale our team

We looked to better document our designs and project background in a useful and clear way to support a growing team. This article outlines that experience and what success we found using Figma to support DesignOps.
Steven Neamonitakis, Kelly Gebo & Andrew Spencer
July 14, 2022
- Design
- Product Strategy
- Process
- Processes
- Product Design
- Figma
- Productivity
- Tools
Figma Shortcuts to Speed Up Your Design Workflow

Here are my best tips for getting really fast in Figma.
Stephen Lindberg
April 20, 2022
- Tools
- Figma
- Design
- macOS
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