Words Before Pixels

The most important design tool right now might be a text cursor.

Apr 5 • Roger Wong

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March 2026

Design at the Edges

When agents absorb the middle of the workflow, what's left is what always mattered.

Mar 29 • Roger Wong

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The Factory Hasn’t Been Redesigned Yet

The productivity everyone's chasing lives on the other side of a redesign nobody's started.

Mar 22 • Roger Wong

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Defend the Role or Follow the Skill

The messy middle was never a phase. It was the whole job description.

Mar 15 • Roger Wong

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The Territory You Haven’t Claimed

The tools are ready. The demand is real. So what's stopping us?

Mar 8 • Roger Wong

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The Grief and the Third Path

The craft you're mourning might not be the craft you're losing.

Mar 1 • Roger Wong

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February 2026

Stop Drawing Pictures of Software

AI is pushing designers out of Figma and into the material they actually ship.

Feb 22 • Roger Wong

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The Reps You Can’t Skip

The work AI makes easiest to skip is the work that matters most.

Feb 15 • Roger Wong

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When Execution Is Cheap

When everyone can ship, judgment becomes the moat.

Feb 8 • Roger Wong

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The Best Tools Come to You

What Markdown, Aperture, and Claude Cowork have in common—and what Joe Gebbia's White House gig gets wrong.

Feb 1 • Roger Wong

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January 2026

The Strategic Role Designers Need to Capture

Plus: How browsers work, another chapter in the Rippling/Deel fiasco, and why Apple and Google aren't taking action against X.

Jan 25 • Roger Wong

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Measuring What Matters

Plus: How I made an animated holiday short using AI

Jan 17 • Roger Wong

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