Tesla's Graphics are About to Get Unreal (1 minute read)
Tesla's in-car visualizations for Autopilot and Full Self-Driving may switch to Epic Games' Unreal Engine based on firmware evidence. Tesla hacker greentheonly discovered signs of this change in the 2025.20 firmware for Model S and X vehicles with AMD chips. Other automakers, including Rivian, Ford, and Volvo, already use Unreal Engine as Epic pushes into automotive applications.
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Faster animations on iOS 26 makes even older iPhones feel like new (2 minute read)
iOS 26 introduces faster app launch animations with a subtle warp effect, making apps reach near full-screen about 150 milliseconds quicker and creating the impression of a snappier, more responsive iPhone. While actual performance is unchanged, the speedier pacing—similar to Android's—enhances perceived performance, boosting user satisfaction, especially on high-refresh-rate displays.
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Decart Raises $100M on $3.1B Valuation to Grow Real-time AI Video Platform (3 minute read)
Decart raised $100 million on a $3.1 billion valuation to expand its real-time AI video platform technology. The company's GPU optimization breakthrough reduces video generation costs from hundreds of dollars per hour to under 25 cents. Decart's products, Oasis and MirageLSD, enable real-time video generation for gaming, entertainment, and interactive applications.
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Being a Designer Used to Feel Like a Career—Now it Just Feels Like a Job (8 minute read)
Design has transformed from a meaningful career into just a job as modern workflows stripped away its creative essence. Designers ironically built the very systems, design frameworks, templates, and AI tools that automated and sanitized their work while deluding themselves about design's world-changing power. Reclaiming design as a career requires small acts of resistance within existing systems, defending creative choices, and maintaining authorship rather than defaulting to safe, predictable options.
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On Teamwork (11 minute read)
This reflection on one year at Atlassian explores what makes great teams across sports, tech, and fiction. Five key attributes are identified: high trust, identity, shared intuition, shorthand communication, and mission-driven purpose. Atlassian Design's strength lies in its shared belief that it can become the best team.
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Where have all the junior designers gone? (4 minute read)
Only 13% of nearly 100 recent graphic design job listings were entry-level, with most seeking senior-level skills from the start. Companies are increasingly replacing junior roles with internships—often unpaid or underpaid—leaving newcomers in cycles of temporary work or unsustainable freelancing without clear career progression.
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How I Approach Motion in Product Design (2 minute read)
A product designer outlines their systematic approach to motion design, highlighting how animation critically shapes product feel, guides user attention, and reinforces brand personality. Core principles include defaulting to ease-out curves, matching animation timing to element size, using faster exit transitions, and embracing spring animations for natural interactions. The framework emphasizes custom animation curves, motion libraries for enhanced capabilities, and purposeful restraint to avoid overwhelming users with excessive animation.
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Apple's Liquid Glass Shatters Typography (10 minute read)
Apple's iOS 26 introduces a Liquid Glass UI design that prioritizes aesthetics over readability of typography. The interface suffers from poor color contrast, fragile customization options, and buried accessibility features. Designers should prioritize robust text contrast and accessibility-first design over trendy transparency effects.
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