UX or PX, the problem with research, semantic tokens, 5 tips for vibe coders

Date: March 31, 2025

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.

“The UX design community erupted when Duolingo’s head of design declared that product experience (PX) is their new name. Normally, impact is not really felt when it’s a branding exercise, but this one felt personal due to the rejection of the word user experience.”

UX or PX? Why naming matters →
By Darren Yeo

Make me think

Stamina is a quiet advantage →
“While stamina is the ability to sustain focused effort despite pain or discomfort, you should also think of it as the ability to stay true to your values and commitments — to hold fidelity to a worthy purpose — especially when it’s hard to do so.”
What killed innovation? →
“I entered the data visualization field in 2012, when D3.js had just come out and interactive graphics were going through a digital Renaissance. By the time I was fully steeped in the field in 2016, it felt like a new, experimental project was coming out every week — each one pushing the boundaries of how we think about, visualize, and communicate data. But fast forward a decade, and it feels like I’m seeing the same polished but predictable formats over and over.”
Leadership over measureship →
“If you’ve ever had an app randomly interrupt your day to ask if you love it…If you’ve ever had a bossware-infected laptop demand you click your keyboard to prove you are working…Congratulations. You’ve experienced “measureship,” the management philosophy du jour that’s replacing leadership across the economy.”