RSS feed -Alex Jones http://www.silverspider.com/ en-US Sun, 15 Feb 2026 08:36:25 -0600 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 08:36:25 -0600 NotebookLM for Product Designers https://uxplanet.org/notebooklm-for-product-designers-cb84f1fcc22d Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:04:12 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2026/notebooklm-for-product-designers NotebookLM for Product Designers NotebookLM is one of the most interesting yet often overlooked free AI tools from Google. As the name suggests, NotebookLM is basically a notebook with access to a … ]]> EyeDrop - AI Alt Text Generator for Mac https://eyedrop.ai/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:26:10 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2026/eyedrop-ai-alt-text-generator-for-mac Generate AI-powered alt text for images, locally on your Mac. ]]> Agentation https://agentation.dev/ Sat, 07 Feb 2026 11:04:50 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2026/agentation a dev tool that lets you annotate elements on your webpage and generate structured feedback for AI coding agents. ]]> Filament - Plastic Fantastic Deals https://plasticfantasticdeals.com/filament/ Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:55:49 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2026/filament-plastic-fantastic-deals ]]> Claude Chic https://matthewrocklin.com/claudechic/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:41:56 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2026/claude-chic A stylish terminal UI for Claude Code ]]> Accessible faux-nested interactive controls https://piccalil.li/blog/accessible-faux-nested-interactive-controls/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 09:44:19 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2026/accessible-faux-nested-interactive-controls Very handy. Filing away for future use. ]]> Why Federated Design Systems Keep Failing https://www.shaunbent.co.uk/blog/why-federated-design-systems-keep-failing/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 09:41:18 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2026/why-federated-design-systems-keep-failing Why do federated design systems keep failing? I watched it happen twice at Spotify. Here's what actually happened, where they broke down, and why centralised models usually work better. ]]> The Incredible Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button https://paulmakeswebsites.com/writing/shadcn-radio-button/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 09:36:37 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2026/the-incredible-overcomplexity-of-the-shadcn-radio-button I know it isn't a popular opinion, but 'modern' react-driven front-end development is an abomination. ]]> The Forgotten Designer Who Created America’s First National Parks Posters https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dorothy-waugh-national-park-posters-2734817 Sat, 24 Jan 2026 09:32:09 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2026/the-forgotten-designer-who-created-americas-first-national-parks-posters Pioneering Modernist designer Dorothy Waugh gets her due as Poster House reunites her groundbreaking Great Depression-era NPS posters ]]> Highlight from 'Gas Town’s Agent Patterns, Design Bottlenecks, and Vibecoding at Scale' by Maggie Appleton http://www.silverspider.com/2026/highlight-from-gas-towns-agent-patterns-design-bottlenecks-and-vibecoding-at-scale-by-maggie-appleton Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:03:16 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2026/highlight-from-gas-towns-agent-patterns-design-bottlenecks-and-vibecoding-at-scale-by-maggie-appleton
The most valuable tools in this new world won’t be the ones that generate the most code fastest. They’ll be the ones that help us think more clearly, plan more carefully, and keep the quality bar high while everything accelerates around us.
Maggie Appleton - Gas Town’s Agent Patterns, Design Bottlenecks, and Vibecoding at Scale ]]> Highlight from '1929' by Andrew Ross Sorkin http://www.silverspider.com/2026/highlight-from-1929-by-andrew-ross-sorkin Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:56:00 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2026/highlight-from-1929-by-andrew-ross-sorkin
What impressed Churchill during his trip was a quality of resilience, an “unshakeable faith in a golden future,” that he did not see at home. Unlike the English, Americans were not deathly afraid of making mistakes with their money because they believed that even if they were wiped out, opportunities to make it all back, and more, would continue to present themselves. “Before disparaging American methods,” he wrote, “the English critic would do well to acquaint himself with the inherent probity and strength of the American speculative machine. It is not built to prevent crises, but to survive them.”
Andrew Ross Sorkin - 1929 ]]> How to enable ProMotion 120Hz mode in Safari (Mac, iPhone, and iPad) https://birchtree.me/blog/how-to-enable-120hz-mode-in-safari-mac-iphone-and-ipad/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:03:43 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2026/how-to-enable-promotion-120hz-mode-in-safari-mac-iphone-and-ipad Today I learned something amazing: Safari supports higher than 60Hz refresh. It's the only mainstream web browser that doesn't, and I have never understood why, but apparently as of the end of 2025 in Safari version 26.3 (and maybe earlier) you can enable it. Here's how to do it. Disclaimer that this may cause issues, but I can't imagine what. The entire web has already run at higher refresh rates for years, so unless this breaks something in Safari specifically, you should be fine. Mac Go t ]]> How to Create a Granular Context Library for 'Lazy Prompting' with AI https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/how-to-create-a-granular-context-library-for-lazy-prompting-with-ai Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:09:34 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2026/how-to-create-a-granular-context-library-for-lazy-prompting-with-ai This system allows the AI to intelligently load only the most relevant information for each task, enabling you to use simple, 'lazy' prompts and get better results. ]]> Algorithmic hover states with contrast-color() https://daverupert.com/2026/01/algorithmic-hover-states-with-contrast-color/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:03:05 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2026/algorithmic-hover-states-with-contrast-color Firefox 146 added support for contrast-color() joining Safari 26 in the First Implementor’s Club. For those unfamiliar, contrast-color() is a new CSS function that will take a as input and returns either white or black depending on which has the most contrast. ]]> Helium Browser https://helium.computer/?ref=DenseDiscovery-370 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:01:41 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2026/helium-browser Best privacy by default, unbiased ad-blocking, no bloat and no noise. Fully open source. ]]> delphitools - Handmade Developer Tools https://tools.rmv.fyi/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 07:10:11 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2025/delphitools-handmade-developer-tools a collection of small, focused utilities that respect your privacy and work entirely in your browser. No data leaves your machine, no accounts required, no tracking. ]]> Introducing A2UI: An open project for agent-driven interfaces https://developers.googleblog.com/introducing-a2ui-an-open-project-for-agent-driven-interfaces/ Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:56:47 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2025/introducing-a2ui-an-open-project-for-agent-driven-interfaces Fascinating ]]> JustHTML https://github.com/EmilStenstrom/justhtml Sun, 14 Dec 2025 11:25:35 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2025/justhtml A pure Python HTML5 parser that just works. No C extensions to compile. No system dependencies to install. No complex API to learn. - EmilStenstrom/justhtml ]]> Tides are weirder than you think https://signoregalilei.com/2025/11/12/tides-are-weirder-than-you-think/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:58:19 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2025/tides-are-weirder-than-you-think Our world relies on the sea more than ever: 80% of goods traded worldwide move by ship. Today’s mariners take it for granted that they can get an accurate chart of the tides for any location on Ear… ]]> Useful patterns for building HTML tools https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/10/html-tools/#atom-entries Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:38:44 -0600 http://www.silverspider.com/2025/useful-patterns-for-building-html-tools HTML tools to refer to HTML applications that combine HTML, JavaScript, and CSS in a single file ]]>