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Five Links #105

July 9, 2026

1. Design Principles in Practice Make better design decisions when the right answer isn't obvious. 2. I believe in pixels In a world seemingly full of retina...

Five Links #104

July 2, 2026

1. Herbik This is a lovely serif typeface. 2. What if you said no? In the grand scheme of tech industry things to disagree with, this is a pretty low stakes...

Five Links #103

June 25, 2026

1. Finding curated public domain images A nice collection of resources that make the search for public domain images just a little better. 2. Are you in the...

Five Links #102

June 18, 2026

1. ∪ of Target Audiences (Accessibility, SEO, AEO/GEO) There’s a great Venn diagram at the end of this one: But SEO also drove bad accessibility practices,...

Five Links #101

June 11, 2026

1. I tracked down the thief who stole $200k of Lego This is an absolutely wild ride – stick with it. There’s a second part, too... 2. Pattern Breaking A...

Five Links #100

June 4, 2026

Hey, Welcome to issue #100. Thanks for being a subscriber and sticking with it. If you enjoy the newsletter, please share it with someone you think might...

Five Links #99

May 28, 2026

1. Geography is four-dimensional When someone speaks of a place, you have to ask, “When?” Geography is four-dimensional. You can’t know a place - only a...

Five Links #98

May 21, 2026

1. Strong opinions, loosely held — and what that means in the age of AI Here’s what I’ve started to notice. Teams using AI for analysis are arriving at...

Five Links #97

May 14, 2026

1. Drawers I’ve been a long-time MacOS Stage Manager user. I was drawn to it by the idea of grouping windows by project, but it doesn’t quite work like that...

Five Links #96

May 7, 2026

1. Contrast Triangle A useful tool to check the contrast across three colours (though I would always advocate to underline links). 2. In a blind test,...

Five Links #95

April 30, 2026

1. Is my blue your blue? This colour game shows where you perceive blue ends and green begins. 2. Do I belong in tech anymore? I encountered each of these...

Five Links #94

April 23, 2026

1. Train Jazz Not to be confused with Trane (as in Coltrane), this is a musical representation of real subway trains. 2. If you thought the speed of writing...

Five Links #93

April 15, 2026

1. What’s your attention worth This site roughly calculates what advertisers have spent tracking and targeting you with ads. 2. WCAG3 Contrast as of April...

Five Links #92

April 9, 2026

1. Am I a Tech Bro? Find out by answering these 18 questions. 2. VSCodium This community-driven Free/Libre Open Source version of VSCode is free from the...

Five Links #91

April 2, 2026

1. Making Software A wonderful project, explaining how technology works with brilliant diagrams. 2. Don’t post project briefs on LinkedIn Within 24 hours of...

Five Links #90

March 26, 2026

1. The shape of friction That conversation can be slow, yes. It can feel cumbersome, inconvenient, and inefficient. It’s the kind of conversation a well-...

Five Links #89

March 19, 2026

1. European Tech Map European alternatives to US providers across a wide range of software categories. 2. 100 jumps Another fun little internet game. 3....

Five Links #88

March 12, 2026

1. A day in the life of an Ensh*ttificator Amusing video from the Norwegian Consumer Council (you might want to watch with headphones). 2. Practical Hugo...

Five Links #87

March 5, 2026

1. Have we forgotten how to design? Firstly, the move-fast-and-break-things world prioritizes not just the concept of shipping things in imperfect states,...

Five Links #86

February 26, 2026

1. Continvoucly Morged Value But all this also means that humans are turned into mere correction engines. We apply our experience not to shape ideas from...