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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026597 stories
If you're a button, you have one job↗ unsung.aresluna.org · HN · 282 comments · 592 points · Jul 05, 2026
Changing how we develop Ladybird↗ ladybird.org · HN · 570 comments · 900 points · Jun 05, 2026
Claude Design↗ anthropic.com · HN · 762 comments · 1235 points · Apr 17, 2026
Bring Back Idiomatic Design (2023)↗ essays.johnloeber.com · HN · 371 comments · 694 points · Apr 12, 2026
If you put Apple icons in reverse it looks like someone getting good at design↗ mastodon.social · HN · 321 comments · 854 points · Jan 17, 2026
2025661 stories
Agent design is still hard↗ lucumr.pocoo.org · HN · 258 comments · 426 points · Nov 22, 2025
Good system design↗ seangoedecke.com · HN · 390 comments · 957 points · Aug 16, 2025
Writing a good design document↗ grantslatton.com · HN · 147 comments · 581 points · Aug 03, 2025
Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 372 comments · 530 points · May 08, 2025
Practical UX for startups surviving without a designer↗ tibinotes.com · HN · 180 comments · 422 points · Mar 12, 2025
2024622 stories
Software Design Is Knowledge Building↗ olano.dev · HN · 110 comments · 419 points · Dec 31, 2024
Copying is the way design works (2020)↗ matthewstrom.com · HN · 243 comments · 743 points · Jul 22, 2024
What UI density means and how to design for it↗ matthewstrom.com · HN · 387 comments · 767 points · May 21, 2024
Design docs at Google (2020)↗ industrialempathy.com · HN · 185 comments · 345 points · May 06, 2024
The design philosophy of Great Tables↗ posit-dev.github.io · HN · 92 comments · 504 points · Apr 04, 2024
2023792 stories
The Art and Science of PCB Design↗ pcb.mit.edu · HN · 64 comments · 155 points · Dec 30, 2023
Show HN: Microsoft Designer – From Idea to Designs in Minutes, Using AI↗ designer.microsoft.com · HN · 1 comments · 26 points · Apr 27, 2023
ReRoom AI: Test Interior Design Ideas and Styles Before Hiring a Designer↗ reroom.ai · HN · 15 comments · 28 points · Apr 18, 2023
Rules for developers to design beautiful UIs without a designer↗ refactoringui.com · HN · 28 comments · 62 points · Apr 11, 2023
Microsoft Designer↗ designer.microsoft.com · HN · 1 comments · 33 points · Mar 08, 2023
2022695 stories
The self-taught UI/UX designer roadmap (2021)↗ bootcamp.uxdesign.cc · HN · 102 comments · 371 points · Oct 01, 2022
Penpot: Open-source design and prototyping platform↗ penpot.app · HN · 128 comments · 1145 points · Sep 15, 2022
Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]↗ jimedwardsnrx.files.wordpress.com · HN · 257 comments · 391 points · Jul 12, 2022
The Gov.uk Design System is now live↗ gds.blog.gov.uk · HN · 129 comments · 390 points · Apr 01, 2022
Settings are not a design failure↗ linear.app · HN · 378 comments · 488 points · Feb 02, 2022
2021761 stories
The Skill of Org Design↗ commoncog.com · HN · 65 comments · 334 points · Oct 06, 2021
Good Design is Imperfect Design, Part 1: Honest Names↗ domainlanguage.com · HN · 126 comments · 292 points · Aug 04, 2021
Request for comments regarding topics to be discussed at Dark Patterns workshop↗ regulations.gov · HN · 529 comments · 769 points · May 02, 2021
How to Design Programs (2014)↗ htdp.org · HN · 136 comments · 404 points · Mar 17, 2021
Losing faith in UX↗ creativegood.com · HN · 321 comments · 576 points · Jan 28, 2021
20201,153 stories
Laws of UX↗ lawsofux.com · HN · 293 comments · 1037 points · Aug 02, 2020
Design Docs at Google↗ industrialempathy.com · HN · 187 comments · 459 points · Jul 22, 2020
Systems Design for Advanced Beginners↗ robertheaton.com · HN · 110 comments · 945 points · Jul 21, 2020
NoDesign.dev – Tools and resources for non-artistic developers↗ nodesign.dev · HN · 160 comments · 762 points · Jun 08, 2020
The Decline of Usability↗ datagubbe.se · HN · 695 comments · 996 points · Apr 17, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Tells of a Slop UI↗ hereticpleb.vercel.app · HN · 235 comments · 376 points · Sep 27, 2026
Ink and Switch interactive homepage↗ inkandswitch.com · HN · 28 comments · 263 points · Sep 25, 2026
Nokia Design Archive (2025)↗ repo.aalto.fi · HN · 132 comments · 251 points · Sep 24, 2026
How to write an effective software design document↗ refactoringenglish.com · HN · 142 comments · 351 points · Sep 14, 2026
How video games inspire great UX (2019)↗ jenson.org · HN · 23 comments · 134 points · Sep 20, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Tells of a Slop UI↗ hereticpleb.vercel.app · HN · 235 comments · 376 points · Sep 27, 2026
How to write an effective software design document↗ refactoringenglish.com · HN · 142 comments · 351 points · Sep 14, 2026
Ink and Switch interactive homepage↗ inkandswitch.com · HN · 28 comments · 263 points · Sep 25, 2026
Nokia Design Archive (2025)↗ repo.aalto.fi · HN · 132 comments · 251 points · Sep 24, 2026
How video games inspire great UX (2019)↗ jenson.org · HN · 23 comments · 134 points · Sep 20, 2026
Show HN: An atlas of system designs with interactive architecture diagrams↗ atlas-sysdes.vercel.app · HN · 23 comments · 51 points · Sep 22, 2026
What Heraldry and Mon Can Teach Us About Building Visual-Identity Generators↗ benovermyer.com · HN · 13 comments · 41 points · Sep 28, 2026
Nobody Asked for a Crab Chair↗ newmobility.com · HN · 61 comments · 41 points · Sep 25, 2026
Build Faster Feedback Loops Using Qualitative User Research↗ blog.nseldeib.com · HN · 4 comments · 27 points · Sep 18, 2026
Splash-free urinals: Design through physics and differential equations↗ academic.oup.com · HN · 22 comments · 24 points · Sep 15, 2026

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