Most UI problems aren’t visual.

They’re structural.

Grids fix that.

The mistake?

Designing without a grid.

Good design isn’t random.
 It’s structured.

That’s what makes it feel clean.

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Great design = familiarity. Netflix’s red & black color palette mirrors movie theaters.

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Meet uSpec: #Uber’s agentic system for automating component design specifications

Using #AIagents & the #opensource Figma Console Model Context Protocol (#MCP), it reduces detailed documentation time from weeks ⇨ minutes.

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“This is how I ended up creating Elena, a library that I’m open sourcing today. Elena starts from HTML and CSS, and stays grounded in web standards and what the web platform natively provides.”

https://arielsalminen.com/2026/progressive-web-components/ #WebComponents #OpenSource #Elena #DesignSystems #resources

Progressive Web Components

Introducing Elena, a simple, tiny library for building Progressive Web Components. Unlike most web component libraries, Elena doesn’t force JavaScript for everything. You can load HTML and CSS first, then use JavaScript to progressively add interactivity.

Ariel Salminen
“This is how I ended up creating Elena, a library that I’m open sourcing today. Elena starts from HTML and CSS, and stays grounded in web standards and what the web platform natively provides.” arielsalminen.com/2026/progres... #WebComponents #OpenSource #Elena #DesignSystems #resources

Progressive Web Components
Progressive Web Components

Introducing Elena, a simple, tiny library for building Progressive Web Components. Unlike most web component libraries, Elena doesn’t force JavaScript for everything. You can load HTML and CSS first, then use JavaScript to progressively add interactivity.

Ariel Salminen
Elena | Progressive Web Components

Elena is a simple, tiny library for building Progressive Web Components.

Elena

Most products use icons.

Few use them consistently.

Here are 5 common icon styles

The mistake?

Mixing styles in the same product.

Good UI picks one style and sticks to it.

That’s what makes interfaces feel polished.

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Most people think product design is everything.

It’s not.

Product design is what users interact with.
 Service design is how everything works behind it.

Great companies don’t just design products.

They design systems that make products work.

That’s the real leverage.

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#UXDesign #ServiceDesign #ProductDesign #DesignSystems #UpslideDesignStudio

♛ Brilliant. Kyle Van Deusen’s two-layer approach to managing color on your project solves problems you might not even know you have yet. theadminbar.com/semantics-an...  #ProductDesign #ProductDevelopment #webdevelopment #designsystems #color #palettes #primitives

The Color System I Wish I Unde...
The Color System I Wish I Understood Sooner

Does your system for naming colors always feel like it falls short? This two-layer approach solves so many problems!

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♛ Brilliant. Kyle Van Deusen’s two-layer approach to managing color on your project solves problems you might not even know you have yet.

https://theadminbar.com/semantics-and-primitives-color-system/ 

#ProductDesign #ProductDevelopment #webdevelopment #designsystems #color #palettes #primitives #semantics #webdesign 

The Color System I Wish I Understood Sooner

Does your system for naming colors always feel like it falls short? This two-layer approach solves so many problems!

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