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shadcn Goes Meta, Mantine Goes Headless
shadcn adds preset system, Mantine ships deduplication hooks, OxC hits 100+ linter rules, and the design system wars enter a new phase
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The Design Tool Land Grab Enters Its Chaotic Phase
Anthropic ships Claude Design, Google fires back with Stitch, and a lone dev rewrites terminal font rendering from scratch
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Dappled Light and the Case for Environmental Modes
The Dappled Light CSS effect resurfaces with a vengeance, while Vibe Island turns your MacBook notch into an AI agent cockpit
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HeroUI 3.0
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Design Skills
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With AI, I Feel Unstoppable
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Paper MCP and Framer MCP
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The Underwhelming Claude Code to Figma
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Without Core Value, Don't Jump the Gun
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Designing by Voice Is Closer Than You Think
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Collective FOMO — Inner Peace Comes from Focusing on Your Own Work
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One Whale Falls, Ten Thousand Things Live
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