Web Development

The Double-Edged Sustainability Sword Of AI In Web Design

Artificial intelligence is increasingly automating large parts of design and development workflows — tasks once reserved for skilled designers and developers. This streamlining can dramatically speed up project delivery. Even back in 2023, AI-assisted developers were found to complete tasks twice as fast as those without. And AI tools have advanced massively since then. Yet […]

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The Psychology Of Color In UX Design And Digital Products

Color plays a pivotal role in crafting compelling user experiences and successful digital products. It’s far more than just aesthetics; color strategically guides users, establishes brand identity, and evokes specific emotions. Beyond functionality, color is also a powerful tool for brand recognition and emotional connection. Consistent use of brand colors across a digital product reinforces

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A Few Things About the Anchor Element’s href You Might Not Have Known

I love “re-learning” things I thought I knew. HTML is full of those opportunities (case in point, like today) since it’s where you typically start learning about web development. And in those early days, you don’t know what you don’t know. So, thanks Jim Nielsen for giving me a reason to give URL patterns another

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On Accessibility Conformance, Design Systems, and CSS “Base” Units

My brain can’t help but try to make connections between seemingly disparate ideas. And that’s what happened yesterday when I read: Hidde’s “Can components conform to WCAG?” Joas’s “Automating Design Systems” Zell’s “We Might Need Something Between Root and Relative CSS Units for “Base Elements” What we have is: A semantic issue of saying that

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