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feedbagel.com 1y ago

Show HN: FeedBagel – RSS Feed Finder API with AI-Categorized Directory

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prototypr.io 1y ago

Vibe Coding: Developer Slot Machines (Cursor, Windsurf)

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www.typewritist.com 1y ago

Show HN: Typewriter in the Browser Made with Tiptap

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css-tricks.com 2y ago

CSS Stuff I'm Excited After the Last Csswg Meeting

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www.scottohara.me 3y ago

Use the dialog element (reasonably)

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prototypr.io 3y ago

Microsoft Designer: AI Prompt Design Principles

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css-tricks.com 3y ago

A Few Times Container Size Queries Would Have Helped Me Out

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prototypr.io 4y ago

Instagram's Immersive Feed Is a Pig Trough

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www.boredpanda.com 4y ago

Indonesia Offering Special Visa to Remote Workers, 5 Years Tax-Free

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thenextweb.com 4y ago

IBM’s human-centered approach is a big tech blueprint AI startups should follow

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medium.com 4y ago

Spotify UX Writing Questions Answered

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techcrunch.com 4y ago

Adobe releases open source toolkit to counter visual misinformation

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www.itsnicethat.com 4y ago

Monotype says fonts make us feel things, but which fonts are most trustworthy?

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mashable.com 4y ago

Meta hit with 8 lawsuits for 'exploiting young people for profit'

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www.fastcompany.com 4y ago

Meta’s weird advertising war with Apple–the musical

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www.theguardian.com 4y ago

Mapping the impact of war in Ukraine on the world’s food supply – interactive

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www.businessinsider.com 4y ago

Google engineer thinks AI bot has become sentient

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alistapart.com 4y ago

Mobile-First CSS: Is It Time for a Rethink?

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css-tricks.com 4y ago

Weird Browsers

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adactio.com 4y ago

Re-Evaluating Technology

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www.miriamsuzanne.com 4y ago

Am I on the Indieweb Yet?

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news.ycombinator.com 4y ago

Designers + devs on Twitter who post threads

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prototypr.io 5y ago

Un-Cancelling 2020: Virtual Conferences for Designers

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blmbadge.com 6y ago

Show HN: BLM Badge – Website widget to collect donations

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prototypr.io 6y ago

Show HN: Design Articles Without the Paywall: Open Stories

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www.prototypr.io 6y ago

Building a Responsive Drag and Drop UI

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prototypr.io 6y ago

Show HN: Black friday design tools that are good

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www.prototypr.io 7y ago

The Free Food That Eats Your Soul

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littlelingua.eu 7y ago

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news.ycombinator.com 7y ago

Show HN: Imposter Syndrome Life- Stories from people battling imposter syndrome

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Hey, to clarify it's about the user experience of IDEs - how it feels to jump from one to the other, how the UI prompts you to add more credits (so you can end up spending a lot if you're not careful with prompts).

This has often drawn similarities to a slot machine, the way it is not deterministic what code will come out, and what changes to which files will be made.

Were you using Copilot? I haven't tried VS Code for a while, I guess I can have that one open too. You can even have Windsurf inside VS Code with the plugin I think..

Maybe Cursor/Windsurf could've just been plugins? Only Zed.ai seems really different of the popular IDEs

yeah surely if you want replicate Tiktok, you would make a new app rather than destroying the one good thing they have. Pumping our feeds with random vids isn't the same as stealing that snapchat feature

Medium use many deceptive patterns - especially with language:

‘Paywall’ → called ‘Partner Programme’

Double negatives → weird phrases like 'To make your post unmetered, deselect the checkbox'

Paywall is Opt-in by default: The option to log in is checked by default, meaning you actively have to say no to earning money when unchecking it.

They were a major offender in this post i wrote:'Dark Patterns in UI Copy' https://prototypr.io/post/we-value-your-privacy-at-about-0-5... (need to replace dark patterns with 'deceptive patterns')

Thanks for sharing, and hope more people are thinking about this, it's not fair for the web