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Congratulations on your promotion. You’re not a UI engineer anymore.
The career ladder for UI engineers has exactly one rung, and it leads off the team. That’s a design decision, not an accident — and it’s about to get expensive.
The Retina image trick everyone forgot — and whether it still holds up in 2026
A decade ago I started serving sharp Retina images from a single oversized, low-quality file. The trick still works in 2026. The more interesting question is why, and where it stops working.
Which model of disability is your AI product operating from?
Society's understanding of disability has evolved through five distinct models over the past century. AI interfaces are making the same journey right now — most of them are stuck in 1950.