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UI/UX Design

User research, Figma, wireframing, design systems, prototyping and usability

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UX Research
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Facilitate a usability test session
UI Design
beginner
Create a consistent 8pt spacing grid
Prototyping
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Build a click-through prototype in Figma
AI Design Tools
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Generate and iterate on UI concepts with AI
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Web Design Trends 2026: The Complete Guide for Developers
Dev.to · Proof Matcher 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Web Design Trends 2026: The Complete Guide for Developers
The top web design trends shaping 2026 — with CSS code examples for each. 1. Bento Grid...
Best shadcn/ui Alternatives in 2026 (Free & Open Source)
Dev.to · Proof Matcher 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Best shadcn/ui Alternatives in 2026 (Free & Open Source)
shadcn/ui took the React ecosystem by storm, but it's not right for every project. Here are the best...
Bento Grid CSS: Complete Tutorial + Free Examples (2026)
Dev.to · Proof Matcher 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Bento Grid CSS: Complete Tutorial + Free Examples (2026)
The bento grid is one of the most visually striking UI trends of 2026. Named after the Japanese bento...
Design Handoff Is Not Enough: Frontend Teams Need Interaction Architecture
Dev.to · Marcelo Cedeno 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Design Handoff Is Not Enough: Frontend Teams Need Interaction Architecture
A frontend build can look correct and still feel wrong. This usually happens when the team receives...
How to Build Smooth Loading Animations Using Parametric Curves
Dev.to · Alan West 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
How to Build Smooth Loading Animations Using Parametric Curves
Learn how to replace boring CSS spinners with smooth, organic loading animations using parametric curves like Lissajous equations and SVG animateMotion.
How I Turned “It Works, But Users Are Confused” Into a Clear Onboarding Flow
Dev.to · Ezejah Chimkamma 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
How I Turned “It Works, But Users Are Confused” Into a Clear Onboarding Flow
A client once told me: “Our product works… but users keep getting stuck.” That sentence says a...
The “Analog” Trend: Why Old Tech Is Cool Again
Dev.to · Kaushiki Shukla 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
The “Analog” Trend: Why Old Tech Is Cool Again
Somewhere between endless notifications and software updates, people started missing buttons. Not...
I Built a 10KB Reactive UI Library — No Build Step, No Virtual DOM, Just HTML Attributes
Dev.to · Ricardo Aponte 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
I Built a 10KB Reactive UI Library — No Build Step, No Virtual DOM, Just HTML Attributes
Every time I start a small project — a landing page with a form, a quick prototype, a dashboard...
react-native-pretty-toast: Dynamic Island Toast Notifications for iOS & Android
Dev.to · jQueryScript 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
react-native-pretty-toast: Dynamic Island Toast Notifications for iOS & Android
react-native-pretty-toast: a React Native library that morphs toast notifications directly out of the...
Three Small Things I Added to Fix My UI That Made It Actually Useful in Real Work
Dev.to · roynick365 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Three Small Things I Added to Fix My UI That Made It Actually Useful in Real Work
A few days ago I shipped Fix My UI, a browser tool that reviews HTML components and tells you what is...
Privacy-first mind mapping app. Part 5: UI / Keyboard First
Dev.to · Kornel Maraz 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Privacy-first mind mapping app. Part 5: UI / Keyboard First
Part 0 explained the feeling I wanted to recover: thought velocity. This chapter is where that...
Design Your Flutter Architecture Visually and Ship in Minutes
Dev.to · Md Rakibul Haque Sardar 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Design Your Flutter Architecture Visually and Ship in Minutes
If you are a Flutter developer, you know the drill: creating a new project means spending hours...
Delta-QA vs Percy: Which Visual Testing Solution Should You Choose?
Dev.to · Delta-QA 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Delta-QA vs Percy: Which Visual Testing Solution Should You Choose?
Comparison: Delta-QA or Percy, Which Solution for Your Visual Tests? Percy is one of the...
How Architectural Models Improve Modern Building Design
Dev.to · Richie Ren 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
How Architectural Models Improve Modern Building Design
Architectural models play a crucial role in modern building design. They help architects, developers,...
Why Your Touch Sensor Feels Dead — And What Actually Feels Responsive
Dev.to · 張旭豐 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Why Your Touch Sensor Feels Dead — And What Actually Feels Responsive
Why Your Touch Sensor Feels Dead — And What Actually Feels Responsive The Moment...
I Got Tired of Rebuilding the Same UI in React — So I Built This
Dev.to · Siddhant Mani 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
I Got Tired of Rebuilding the Same UI in React — So I Built This
Every project starts the same way: Rebuild navbar Rebuild hero section Add some basic...
Claude Design Forces Canva and Figma to Become AI Platforms
Dev.to · Simon Paxton 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Claude Design Forces Canva and Figma to Become AI Platforms
According to TechCrunch, Anthropic launched Claude Design on April 17 as an experimental product for...
🎉 I built CourseHub — a tiny open‑source learning platform that actually feels nice to use
Dev.to · Vedansh Shetti 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
🎉 I built CourseHub — a tiny open‑source learning platform that actually feels nice to use
I’ve always hated how bloated learning platforms feel. So I built my own. Say hi to CourseHub →...
Three Gaps, One Platform
Dev.to · Kemal Deniz Teket 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Three Gaps, One Platform
The terminology, perceptual, and accessibility gaps between typographers and developers —...
I Built an AI Color Palette Generator to Speed Up UI Design (Free Tool)
Dev.to · Ashish | Devpalettes 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
I Built an AI Color Palette Generator to Speed Up UI Design (Free Tool)
Designers and developers waste too much time choosing colors. So I built a simple AI Color Palette...
I built Geometric Breathing & Meditation app on VCA
Dev.to · YASHWANTH REDDY K 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
I built Geometric Breathing & Meditation app on VCA
The Animation Isn’t Breathing — Your Timing Logic Is At a glance, this feels like one of those “calm...
WCAG Color Contrast Explained: Why Your Text Might Be Failing Accessibility
Dev.to · Snappy Tools 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
WCAG Color Contrast Explained: Why Your Text Might Be Failing Accessibility
If you've ever run an accessibility audit and seen "contrast ratio fails WCAG AA" — this post...
Stop exporting SCSS variables from your design system
Dev.to · Alexander 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Stop exporting SCSS variables from your design system
The breaking point I was reviewing a pull request last Tuesday. A developer on my team was...
From "Functional" to "Stunning": A Walkthrough of web-design-skill
Dev.to · Recca Tsai 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
From "Functional" to "Stunning": A Walkthrough of web-design-skill
A walkthrough of ConardLi/web-design-skill: anti-cliché blocklist, oklch colors, declared design systems, and a v0 draft workflow that rescues AI-generated page
Implementing Visual Regression Testing with Percy and Applitools
Dev.to · beefed.ai 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Implementing Visual Regression Testing with Percy and Applitools
Set up visual regression with Percy or Applitools to detect UI drift, manage baselines, and automate visual checks in CI.
When a Simple Click Gets in the Way: A Tiny UX Detail That Matters
Dev.to · CinfiniteDev 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
When a Simple Click Gets in the Way: A Tiny UX Detail That Matters
I was browsing Flipkart the other day, doing something pretty routine—comparing products. Nothing...
I built a tool that runs a full UX + accessibility audit on any URL in under 5 minutes
Dev.to · Amf Floyd 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
I built a tool that runs a full UX + accessibility audit on any URL in under 5 minutes
I've been doing UX audits manually for years — heuristic evaluations, WCAG checks, writing up...
Understanding Sizing in CSS Flexbox (A Practical Guide)
Dev.to · Abdulmujeeb Mohammed 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Understanding Sizing in CSS Flexbox (A Practical Guide)
The first time I really tried to understand sizing in Flexbox, I got stuck. Not because I didn’t...
How Agency Teams Cut Client Page Delivery Time by 70 Percent Using Reusable Component Systems
Dev.to · Jason Biondo 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
How Agency Teams Cut Client Page Delivery Time by 70 Percent Using Reusable Component Systems
Agency teams cut page delivery time 70% using reusable component systems. Learn the architecture for themeable components, pricing strategies, and imp
In 1965 screens got 1.2 hours a day. Now they get 7. The interface did that.
Dev.to · Cody Smith 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
In 1965 screens got 1.2 hours a day. Now they get 7. The interface did that.
UnScroll replaces infinite scroll with numbered pagination on every website. Here is why the 50-year growth in screen time is not accidental, and how one design
Kotori, strongly typed and modular i18n library for React
Dev.to · Acid Coder 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Kotori, strongly typed and modular i18n library for React
Kotori is a strongly-typed, modular i18n library for React. It’s designed for developers who care...
Design Tokens at Scale: Keeping Design Consistent Across 30+ Production Apps
Dev.to · Ujjawal Tyagi 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Design Tokens at Scale: Keeping Design Consistent Across 30+ Production Apps
Across 30+ production apps at Xenotix Labs (https://www.xenotixlabs.com) we've used the same...
What Building a Snoring Exercise App Taught Me About Habit UX
Dev.to · member_5432fd74 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
What Building a Snoring Exercise App Taught Me About Habit UX
Most health apps have the same problem. The feature is not the hard part. The hard part is getting...
Audit WCAG 2.1 accessibility on every pull request (free GitHub Action)
Dev.to · Jaimin 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Audit WCAG 2.1 accessibility on every pull request (free GitHub Action)
I build web apps and I always mean to audit accessibility before shipping, and I never do. axe-core...
I Let Claude Design My Homepage Hero and Shipped What It Built
Dev.to · Vientapps 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
I Let Claude Design My Homepage Hero and Shipped What It Built
I had been staring at the homepage hero for a while. It was fine. Clean text, a couple of CTA...
React Flow Custom Nodes: The Future of Workflow Visualization for Modern SaaS Products
Dev.to · Azim-Ahmed 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
React Flow Custom Nodes: The Future of Workflow Visualization for Modern SaaS Products
Modern software is changing fast. Users no longer want static dashboards, endless forms, or...
I Built a Tool to Export Claude Design Animations as MP4
Dev.to · Tom Pavlin 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
I Built a Tool to Export Claude Design Animations as MP4
This is an animation I made in Claude Design: Claude Design launched a week ago. People...
Figma vs Sketch in 2026: I Ran Both in a 6-Person Startup for 3 Months — Here's What Won
Dev.to · 우병수 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Figma vs Sketch in 2026: I Ran Both in a 6-Person Startup for 3 Months — Here's What Won
Explore a detailed comparison of Figma and Sketch from the perspective of a 6-person startup in 2026. Discover the challenges faced, including design reviews, h
How to animate theme transitions in React Native (Expo Go compatible)
Dev.to · Mario Prieta Sánchez 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
How to animate theme transitions in React Native (Expo Go compatible)
In most React Native apps, tapping a theme toggle causes the colors to flip instantly. When every...
Design to Code #4: Why I Chose Radix Over Custom Primitives
Dev.to · 7onic 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Design to Code #4: Why I Chose Radix Over Custom Primitives
I tried to build a dialog focus trap from scratch. Got it wrong in an afternoon. Here is what Radix actually handles — and what it still gets wrong.
Building QuickArchViz: turning 3D models into renders
Dev.to · Maciek Chmura 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Building QuickArchViz: turning 3D models into renders
A few months ago, I started building QuickArchViz — a tool that turns 3D model screenshots into...
Why React Components Beat JS Wrappers in Performance
Dev.to · Maksim Kozhukh 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Why React Components Beat JS Wrappers in Performance
Does native React architecture actually perform better than vanilla JS libraries with React wrappers...
Zustand vs Redux: Which React State Manager Should You Use in 2026?
Dev.to · PEAKIQ 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Zustand vs Redux: Which React State Manager Should You Use in 2026?
Compare Zustand vs Redux for React state management. Learn differences, performance, scalability, and when to use each in real projects.
From Figma to Production in Six Weeks: The Design-to-Code Pipeline We Use to Ship Flutter Apps
Dev.to · Ujjawal Tyagi 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
From Figma to Production in Six Weeks: The Design-to-Code Pipeline We Use to Ship Flutter Apps
Every Flutter team has the same broken ritual. The designer finishes a beautiful Figma file. The...
AI Chat UI Components Built on shadcn and Tailwind v4 — Nexus UI
Dev.to · jQueryScript 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
AI Chat UI Components Built on shadcn and Tailwind v4 — Nexus UI
Nexus UI: a React component library built specifically for AI chat interfaces. Key...
Why Pixel-Perfect Figma Handoffs Fail in WordPress (And How to Fix It)
Dev.to · Fachremy Putra 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Why Pixel-Perfect Figma Handoffs Fail in WordPress (And How to Fix It)
We’ve all been there. You receive a visually stunning Figma file from the UI/UX team. The art...
The Most Dangerous Designer at a Big Company Is the One Who Can Ship
Dev.to · Ling Zhou 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
The Most Dangerous Designer at a Big Company Is the One Who Can Ship
For years, big companies loved clean role definitions. Designers designed. Engineers engineered. PMs...
Show Dev: A boring corporate site hiding 30 easter eggs
Dev.to · Jean Michael Mayer 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Show Dev: A boring corporate site hiding 30 easter eggs
I built a website that looks like the most generic corporate homepage you've ever scrolled past....