Web Development

From Kickoff To First Concept: How To Turn Brand Strategy Into Visual Direction

When a branding project fails, it usually happens long before the logo stage: in the strategy phase, when words like “modern,” “trustworthy,” “premium,” “friendly,” and “disruptive” are left undefined. The result is a gap between what the brand is supposed to communicate and what the designer is expected to create. This is the space I […]

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Designing For Distressed Users: Why Mental Health Apps Shouldn’t Follow Every UI Fashion

Mental health applications keep facing a continuing, measurable crisis: many people stop using them quickly. The data is stark: almost 95% of users who open the app on day 1 abandon the app by day 30, with a median 30-day retention of only 3.3%. Even the recognised mental health giants lose around 50% of their

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Meet Kirki: WordPress’s First Visual Builder With An Infinite Canvas

This article is a sponsored by Kirki For years, WordPress users have relied on traditional page builders to create websites without writing code. While these builders made web design more accessible, many still come with familiar compromises — rigid layouts, reliance on multiple third-party plugins, bloated code, and performance trade-offs that can slow down your

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Alibaba Bans Claude Code: The Backdoor Scare Explained

Alibaba bans Claude Code—what developers need to know. Sections: Timeline of the incident (Reddit reverse-engineer claim, Anthropic confirms anti-distillation feature existed, Alibaba security notice July 3, ban effective July 10). What the anti-distillation feature actually did (detect Chinese proxies and labs, transmit covertly via system prompt modifications, prevent model distillation). Why Anthropic built it (valid

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