Why the value of research is so hard to measure and what to do about it
How to show your worth when you create value through communication, not building things.
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It’s never been easier to learn by doing
Building forces you to learn things you’d never otherwise have to.
Can we still trust quant surveys?
AI is enabling new levels of fraud in online research.
What the vibe engineering workflow tells us about the future of UX roles
AI coding agents can only go as fast as humans can give them direction.
How vibe engineering will turn the product design process (and tooling) upside down
UX folk can look forward to building products, not just drawing pictures of them.
With Claude Opus 4.5, I can build software again
The coding model we’ve all been waiting for.
Why every UX researcher’s new year resolution should be to create a viral video
This year, change how your organisation thinks about customers by putting them in their shoes.
An AI system for generating tailored CVs for each job that you apply for
A step-by-step guide to using your favourite LLM to create an ATS-friendly CV.
Why product discovery is the future of UX research
Organisations need help figuring out how to build the right thing more than ever.
An AI prompt for creating recruitment criteria
Make it easier for your external participant recruitment partners to know who you want to speak to in research.
Why you shouldn’t run stakeholder interviews like you’d run customer research
A different approach gets the most out of this valuable source of insight.
How AI is reshaping CVs
The arms race between candidates and recruiters is changing the format of CVs.
UX research
How to get audience insights for free using the Reddit API
Using a Python script to collect posts which are then analysed by ChatGPT.
AI
ChatGPT deep research is useful for more than just web search
Think of it instead as more compute time for (almost) any task.
Software engineering
What I learned building my first website in a decade with vibe engineering
AI may write all the code, but you still need software engineering skills to solve problems and make real progress.
Careers
The solopreneur era is here (and UX people are well placed to take advantage)
What can non-technical people build, now that AI can write the code?
UX research
This is the scariest (and most exciting) time to be a UX researcher
How to cope when everything is changing.
Product design
A style guide for generating concept designs with AI
Part 2, following on from last week’s guide to using ChatGPT/Sora for creating storyboards, early-stage concepts and research stimulus.
Product design
How to prompt AI to generate images for concept design
A practical guide to using ChatGPT/Sora to create storyboards, early-stage concepts and research stimulus.
AI
9 more ways to get better results with AI
Advanced tips for collaborating with LLMs.
Product design
Miro is for the chaos. Notion is for control.
Making the business case for ‘collaboration software’ is hard, but it’s essential for knowledge work.
UX research
Why researchers should think like marketers
Generating insight is only half of the story.
AI
Voice dictation is the biggest productivity boost from AI that most people aren’t using
Why you should start talking to your favourite LLM more often.
UX research
Why I don’t ask people to think aloud in evaluative research
Briefing people before they start a task leads to unintended consequences.