Alex TerendaProduct Designer

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Selected digressions.

inkField faviconinkField
art·code
Digital ink painting on WebGL
Product Design Psychology faviconProduct Design Psychology
design
I should teach more.
Weights faviconWeights
AI
Am I made of weights, after a fashion?
Dopamine Fracking faviconDopamine Fracking
design
Ultraprocessed human experience.
Extinction-Level Capitalism faviconExtinction-Level Capitalism
progress·AI
On living through continuous inflection points.
rip.so faviconrip.so
web
Stayed a while.
Gaia Mary faviconGaia Mary
art·code
There's levels to this.
Typewritten: Media faviconTypewritten: Media
art·web
Is this art at this point? I suppose it has to be.
The World's Most Complex Machine faviconThe World's Most Complex Machine
progress
Contextualising why it's so challenging.
The AI Product Management Guide faviconThe AI Product Management Guide
AI·product
Produt management for a very specific kind of company.
Sites We Lost faviconSites We Lost
web
Another archive.
Just Move to Europe faviconJust Move to Europe
life
Unironically the direction we should take.
Mechanical Pencil faviconMechanical Pencil
design
Beautiful. I have a Rotring 600 that has served me since medical school.
The Machines Are Fine faviconThe Machines Are Fine
AI
Unseriousness at scale.
Laws of Software Engineering faviconLaws of Software Engineering
code
Useful rules of thumb for my non-technical friends.
Working on Products People Hate faviconWorking on Products People Hate
product·management
A useful experience, though likely indicative of systemic failure.
People Love to Work Hard faviconPeople Love to Work Hard
management·life
To find environments where this is self-evident.
The Aesthetics of AI faviconThe Aesthetics of AI
AI·design
Very fun, hoping for more articles to follow.
Charcuterie faviconCharcuterie
art·code
Moreish.
Output Isn't Design faviconOutput Isn't Design
design·product
Obvious.
Looking Stupid faviconLooking Stupid
life·agency
Cringe tolerance as moat.
Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity faviconNobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity
code·management
Silly incentives.
Why So Many Control Rooms Were Seafoam faviconWhy So Many Control Rooms Were Seafoam
design
Simple, low tech.
Personal Encyclopedias faviconPersonal Encyclopedias
web·creativity
Very enjoyable, a family lore archive.
Don't Let AI Write for You faviconDon't Let AI Write for You
AI·creativity
Continuing to avoid the descent into unseriousness.
legalize-es faviconlegalize-es
code
Obvious in retrospect.
Cognitive Labor faviconCognitive Labor
AI·productivity
On what's next.
AI and the Rosetta Stone faviconAI and the Rosetta Stone
AI·design
An alternative lens on paying down cognitive debt.
ASCII Clouds faviconASCII Clouds
art·code
Mesmeric.
Dog Game faviconDog Game
games
Really puts my learning Godot into perspective.
Peon Ping faviconPeon Ping
games·web
Will need the Age of Mythology villagers update.
My AI Adoption Journey faviconMy AI Adoption Journey
AI·code
Pragmatic, serious.
The Mighty Metaphor faviconThe Mighty Metaphor
code·management
Overlaps Norman's conceptual models.
Resonant Computing faviconResonant Computing
code·futures
A start.
Outsourcing Thinking faviconOutsourcing Thinking
AI
On avoiding the descent into unseriousness.
Why Am I Doing the Thinking for You? faviconWhy Am I Doing the Thinking for You?
AI
Unseriousness in action.
Doing the Thing Is Doing the Thing faviconDoing the Thing Is Doing the Thing
productivity
Evergreen.
The Birth Lottery faviconThe Birth Lottery
justice·life
On being a fortunate speck of dust.
The Software Sovereignty Scale faviconThe Software Sovereignty Scale
code·web
The other software supply chain risk.
On Cognitive Debt faviconOn Cognitive Debt
code
Deferred thought.
Sometimes Your Job Is to Stay the Hell Out of the Way faviconSometimes Your Job Is to Stay the Hell Out of the Way
management
Good, but only applicable in an environment that prioritises work over process.
ASCII Rendering faviconASCII Rendering
code·design
You can trust the WebGL enthusiasts to blog well.
Accessibility for Everyone faviconAccessibility for Everyone
code·design
A gentle onboarding to accessibility as a practice.
How to Make a Living as an Artist faviconHow to Make a Living as an Artist
art·creativity
Never easier; never more challenging.
The Grug-Brained Developer faviconThe Grug-Brained Developer
code
As ever, it's only tangentially about code.
Choose Boring Technology faviconChoose Boring Technology
code·startups
Evergreen and oft-neglected.
It's Hard to Justify Tahoe Icons faviconIt's Hard to Justify Tahoe Icons
design
Getting lost on the way.
Pipe Dreams: The Life and Times of Yahoo Pipes faviconPipe Dreams: The Life and Times of Yahoo Pipes
web
A different web from a different world.
A Website To Destroy All Websites faviconA Website To Destroy All Websites
web·progress
On gardening in the dark forest, cont'd.
Non-Zero-Sum Games faviconNon-Zero-Sum Games
life
Finding games one can play unreservedly.
The Rise of Industrial Software faviconThe Rise of Industrial Software
code·futures
Second order effects of software's industrial revolution.
Isengard in Oxford faviconIsengard in Oxford
fiction·progress
"The board is set, the pieces are moving."
POSSE faviconPOSSE
web·progress
On gardening in the dark forest.
Rondò Veneziano - La Serenissima faviconRondò Veneziano - La Serenissima
music·animation
Pleasantly surprised to learn this wasn't a fever dream.
The Book of Shaders faviconThe Book of Shaders
design·code
Continuing the theme of great, free works.
The Nature of Code faviconThe Nature of Code
design·code
What a privilege, that we live in a world where works like this exist.
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction faviconThe Secret History of Indian Science Fiction
fiction·progress·futures
A world completely unknown to me.
The Rosetta Stone of Design Engineering faviconThe Rosetta Stone of Design Engineering
design·code
Overindexing on translation at the expense of shared meaning.
Good Enough Is A Strategy faviconGood Enough Is A Strategy
productivity·code·startups
Ostensibly, but not necessarily, about code.
Game Design Is Simple, Actually faviconGame Design Is Simple, Actually
design
Twelve steps to understanding game design.
Beyond the Machine faviconBeyond the Machine
AI·design·creativity
When the world needed him most, he was there.
Inclusive Design Principles faviconInclusive Design Principles
design
Basic; oft neglected.
Social Cooling faviconSocial Cooling
privacy
Think of all the bookmarks I didn't share.
School Is Not Enough faviconSchool Is Not Enough
childhood·agency
Treating childhood ambition with dignity.
UK Foundations faviconUK Foundations
progress
Why the UK doesn't do things like it used to.
Fast faviconFast
progress
Great acts of doing things.
There Is No Speed Limit faviconThere Is No Speed Limit
productivity·agency
So run harder.
Speed Matters faviconSpeed Matters
productivity
Obviously, but explained with some second order consequences.
Levels of Product-Market Fit faviconLevels of Product-Market Fit
product
More than a feeling.
High Bit Rate People faviconHigh Bit Rate People
management
Good communication and good thinking are one and the same.
Permacomputing faviconPermacomputing
code
Interesting. Finding it a better prompt than guide per se.
Mushroom Color Atlas faviconMushroom Color Atlas
art·fungi
What the internet was made for, really.
Inimigos Do Povo faviconInimigos Do Povo
design·justice
"Wherever law ends, tyranny begins." - John Locke.
Pessimists Archive faviconPessimists Archive
progress
Fun, though nudges the reader towards false equivalence.
IDEA Instructions faviconIDEA Instructions
design·code
Data Structures and Algorithms via IKEA assembly instructions.
How To Make Sense Of Any Mess faviconHow To Make Sense Of Any Mess
design
Forever pertinent.
Nine Things I Learned In Ninety Years faviconNine Things I Learned In Ninety Years
life
"If you’re not awake and aware, you’re sleepwalking."
I Am An AI Hater faviconI Am An AI Hater
AI
Not a position I share, but one that uncritical boosters might reflect on.
Magical Systems Thinking faviconMagical Systems Thinking
progress
Complex systems, Forrester and Factorio.
You Don't Need Animations faviconYou Don't Need Animations
design·motion
Rules of thumb for tasteful, purposeful motion.
Cognitive Load Is What Matters faviconCognitive Load Is What Matters
code
Precisely articulating the weight of poorly-factored code.
Startup Designer faviconStartup Designer
design·startups
How to be excellent, rather than just there for the ride.
Sanding UI faviconSanding UI
design·code
On making good things.
Culinary Arts and Computer Science faviconCulinary Arts and Computer Science
food·code
On cooking, code, and what they might learn from each other.
Grug Design faviconGrug Design
design
"grug want small number of shapes, big number of meaning."
Making Software faviconMaking Software
design·code
A wonderfully-illustrated, work-in-progress treatise on how software actually works.