Adapting Social struggled with 50+ client sites spread across multiple hosting providers. After moving to Kinsta, they achieved 33% faster page loads and 767% increase in site traffic.
Automated workflows saved them 250+ hours annually. Now they manage everything from one dashboard on Google Cloud Platform with centralized site management. Performance and efficiency transformed their agency.
The field of UX is undergoing a dizzying genAI takeover.
🗂️ The Real Reason Tabs Win
Tabs remain the gold standard for chunking information because the human brain excels at processing visible, parallel groups. Decades of cognitive psychology show we retain more (and get lost less) when options stay seen, not buried.
Because in product, cognitive friction is your real competition.
CSS has “logical properties” which have the unique ability to follow the flow of language. You might be working on an website in English, which is left-to-right and top-to-bottom, but other languages might flip either or both of those.
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Creating product icons at Figma involves dozens—sometimes hundreds—of iterations. Product Designer Tim Van Damme shares his thoughtful approach to icon design and the creative exploration that shapes each final result.
Airbnb, the paragon of a “design-led” company, is only hiring a single designer. The job requires more than a decade of experience. There are probably hundreds (possibly thousands) of applicants.
System design is often taught through solutions specific to particular domains, such as databases, operating systems, or computer architecture, each with its own methods and vocabulary.
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