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Hey 👋
This week we're looking at fixing iOS 26’s glassy legibility, design with colour for intent, and add AI‑native metrics plus response‑time guardrails to ship with trust.
Enjoy! - Adam at Unicorn Club 🦄
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🏗️ Build
Make better interfaces.
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Apple’s “Liquid Glass” aesthetic obscures content and weakens predictability with translucent overlays, restless motion, and cramped, shifting targets.
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A science‑based map links emotional states to colour and saturation, showing how congruent palettes reinforce motivation, trust, and clarity across flows.
Why it matters: Colour that matches intent (optimistic, insecure, secure, pessimistic) reduces friction and builds confidence. Try this: Re‑tune colours on one flow (error, success, waiting).
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Prompt‑to‑mock‑to‑code loops create iOS screens, Figma assets, and runnable prototypes fast—useful, but still needs human fixes for clarity and defects.
Why it matters: Compresses iteration from idea to artefact and teams keep control by correcting AI’s misses. Try this: Prompt ChatGPT 5 for a one‑screen mobile UI, import to Figma, mark defects (icons, labels, states), clean up, and note time saved vs manual.
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🧩 Shape
Shared foundations across teams.
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Two archetypes bias differently—breadth/momentum vs coherence/constraints; naming the tension unlocks healthier trade‑offs and collaboration.
Why it matters: Aligning expectations and decision modes reduces churn and re‑litigation. Adopt this week: Run a 30‑minute team self‑map. Each person tags their bias and risk and agree one guardrail (e.g., one opportunistic bet + one deep bet per sprint) and write it down.
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Project funding, translation layers, and deep dependencies block “product” shifts—use a networked, value‑stream model with durable teams and platform foundations.
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🚀 Ship
Release, measure, iterate.
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Intention‑based UX shifts burden from navigation to delegation. AI excels at synthesis.
Why it matters: AI‑native experiences need different telemetry and guardrails than page‑click funnels. First step: Add three events to one task: Intention started, Intention outcome (success/blocked), Delegation approvals. Then review after two weeks and patch silent‑failure states.
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Miller/Nielsen thresholds (0.1/1/10s) and patterns (skeletons, spinners, progress bars, optimistic UI) make waits feel faster and clearer.
Why it matters: Perceived speed drives conversion. Poor feedback triggers repeats, errors, and drop‑offs. Adopt this week: Add feedback to any 1–10s operation: show skeleton/spinner after 300–500ms then use determinate bars and “time remaining” >10s.
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Learn how to create a masterful UX portfolio for job applications and portfolio reviews.
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Daily rundown of what's happening in tech and what you shouldn't miss. Read by 200,000+ professionals from Google, Apple, OpenAI...
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🎲 Also worth a look
A few extras we've found.
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Know your team and trust them; psychological safety ensures options are voiced when stakes are high.
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A short, friendly roundup of the most useful AI tools, ideas, and real‑world examples for developers - curated by Zoran Jambor (CSS Weekly).
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Build a curated reference to anchor projects, spark combinatorial ideas, and sharpen taste.
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Action theatre and AI‑hyped productivity mask system failures; design the macro‑system instead.
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