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Secret agent bot: accessibility matters for the agents even if you can’t see them
Two readers, one page. The agent never sees the surface you designed; it reads the structure underneath. AI assisted.The semantic structure screen readers have used for decades now also decide whether ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and Perplexity can read...
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Tesler’s Law: complexity moved to a different part of the journey
The complexity never left the building. It changed hands, and nothing printed a receipt. AI assisted.AI did not remove the complexity of software. It removed the interface that told you where the complexity went, and who is now paying for it.Larry Tesler is...
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Bounded delegation: How much authority should AI have?
A practical model for deciding what AI can do, what humans must still own, and where product teams should draw the boundary.Image created by the author with OpenAI image generation.An AI tool clusters hundreds of customer comments and names the largest...
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Jev: How to use it for better, faster, and cheaper user decisions in UX
A judgment call, wired in like any other function.Typed answers at keystroke speed let the interface act, suggest, or ask. How UX designers can put a decision model to work today in their applications.On September 15, 2026, a San Francisco lab called...
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Stop blaming the model for slow AI. Using Doherty’s threshold as a guideline.
Two eras of computing, held to the same 400 millisecond standard.Stop blaming the model for slow AI. Use Doherty’s threshold as a guideline.Doherty’s threshold set the rules and has now moved from the answer to the acknowledgment. The fix is a week of...
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AI took away engineering’s right to say no
The closed system of software engineering, where the complexity of the code acted as both a wall and a gatekeeper.AI didn’t touch what engineers actually know. It ended their power to be the only ones who could say what was possible.When I started out as an...
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Microsoft’s best data design tool is only $13 for life - pcworld.com
Microsoft’s best data design tool is only $13 for life pcworld.com
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What Minority Report got right about AI
The operator dwarfed by the machine that generates his future for him. The film’s real subject was never the screen.Steven Spielberg’s Precogs Are The Sharpest Portrait Of Generative AI Anyone Drew Before It Arrived — Fluent, Confident, Acting On Their Own,...
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AI has a hospitality problem money can’t fix
Technological efficiency meets high-end service: a luxury hotel lobby where AI-driven recommendations are seamlessly integrated into the check-in process, offering convenience while raising questions about the role of the human touch.Everyone’s spending a...
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Microsoft Is Retiring Entra ID CSS Properties in October 2026 - Windows Report
Microsoft Is Retiring Entra ID CSS Properties in October 2026 Windows Report
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What The Matrix got wrong about AI (so far)
The change arrived without a battle — quiet, ordinary, already at your desk. AI assisted.The film feared a superintelligence that would rise up and rule us, but the generative AI we built asks for our trust instead — and mostly gets it.The Matrix feared a...
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