Take up for Netflix's ad-supported subscription was initially slow. The Wall Street Journal reported that only 9% of new signups opted for it, and of those who were happy to watch ads, 43% had downgraded from more expensive options.

It’s been absolutely wild to witness the rise of the new crop of AI tools. This moment feels equally exciting and terrifying, but given humans’ track record of driving promising technologies off the rails, I’m erring on the side of terrified until (hopefully) proven wrong.

Good UX writing takes time. Time to simplify phrasing, make interactions clear, and craft every sentence in the product. But there’s only so much you can do when you’re rewriting. Sometimes good UX writing also involves rethinking.

Think about all the things they've told you that you 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑. HTML is NOT the answer!

Great ideas are hard to find. Drawing makes it a lot easier. And fun. How?

Stop separating usability and accessible

A while ago I saw an interesting pattern generated by a pure mathematical rule, which inspired me to implement a function to recreate the pattern with minimal syntax.

If you examine most mobile apps, you might notice they all look the same. They all use navigation bars, table lists, and a linear data display. These default patterns that designers habitually use may get the job done, but they’re not always the best approach for UX.

A slideshow page layout with a filter enhanced navigation effect.

On the third of June 2021, I created my very first CSS art. I had so much fun building this, and I continued building more and experiencing different methods to create them. My CSS art became better the more I practiced, and I got to know CSS better because of it. In fact, CodePen picked two (out of four) of my CSS arts to feature before. I decided to write this blog post to illustrate my thought process from the very beginning up until publishing the art on codepen. Hopefully, this will attract more people into creating CSS art and have fun with it,