Insigths & Inspiration - Felipe Linares — AI Designer & Vibe Coding Consultant

A fanned deck of near-identical muted gray color swatches with one coral-red chip drawn slightly proud of the rest, representing human taste picking the one choice with life from many technically-correct AI options.

Taste Is the Skill AI Can't Give You

AI can generate a hundred clean screens in seconds. Taste decides which one ships. Why design taste is the skill the AI era makes more valuable, not less.

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Behavioral UX & Psychology

Cognitive Load in UX: How to Spot It and Reduce It

Working memory holds about four things. Most interfaces ask for more. How to spot cognitive load in your UX and cut it down, with real numbers and examples.

A dark library card-catalog drawer pulled open with one reference card and its tab glowing coral red as it is drawn out, representing a library of reusable AI interface design patterns.

AI & Vibe Coding

Designing AI Interfaces: UX Patterns for Chat, Agents, and Copilots

The reusable UX patterns behind good AI interfaces, across chat, agents, and copilots, and why most AI products fail on the interface, not the model.

A single coin-like disc with a coral-red edge of light sealed inside a glass museum vitrine on a dark background, representing an AI that can see your money but is built read-only so it cannot touch it.

News

Claude Can Read Your Bank Account Now. The Real Story Is What It Won't Do

Anthropic's Claude can now read your bank accounts, read-only via Plaid. The real design story isn't the access, it's the restraint. A designer's take.

A dark door open just a crack with a thin blade of coral-red light spilling across the floor, representing the first 60 seconds of onboarding that decide whether a user stays.

Behavioral UX & Psychology

Why Your Onboarding Loses People in the First 60 Seconds

Most users quit onboarding before they get anything out of it. Why the first 60 seconds decide retention, and how to design for one fast win instead of a tour.

A complete freestanding dark stone arch with its single wedge-shaped keystone glowing coral red, representing accessibility as the load-bearing feature that holds a product up, not an optional extra.

Accessibility & Inclusive Design

Accessibility Is a Feature, Not a Checklist

Accessibility treated as a compliance checklist at the end is why it fails. Here's the case for designing it in as a feature that makes products better for everyone.

A dark patch panel with one coral-red cable running from a single source jack and fanning out into several destination jacks, representing a design token as one named value wired into many places.

Design Systems & Collaboration

Design Tokens, Explained: A Practical Guide for Designers

Design tokens turn one value into a single source of truth across design and code. A plain guide to what they are, how they work, and where to start in 2026.

Behavioral UX & Psychology

Cognitive Load in UX: How to Spot It and Reduce It

Working memory holds about four things. Most interfaces ask for more. How to spot cognitive load in your UX and cut it down, with real numbers and examples.

Accessibility & Inclusive Design

Accessibility Is a Feature, Not a Checklist

Accessibility treated as a compliance checklist at the end is why it fails. Here's the case for designing it in as a feature that makes products better for everyone.

Behavioral UX & Psychology

Why Your Onboarding Loses People in the First 60 Seconds

Most users quit onboarding before they get anything out of it. Why the first 60 seconds decide retention, and how to design for one fast win instead of a tour.

News

Claude Can Read Your Bank Account Now. The Real Story Is What It Won't Do

Anthropic's Claude can now read your bank accounts, read-only via Plaid. The real design story isn't the access, it's the restraint. A designer's take.

AI & Vibe Coding

Designing AI Interfaces: UX Patterns for Chat, Agents, and Copilots

The reusable UX patterns behind good AI interfaces, across chat, agents, and copilots, and why most AI products fail on the interface, not the model.

Design Systems & Collaboration

Design Tokens, Explained: A Practical Guide for Designers

Design tokens turn one value into a single source of truth across design and code. A plain guide to what they are, how they work, and where to start in 2026.

Behavioral UX & Psychology

Cognitive Load in UX: How to Spot It and Reduce It

Working memory holds about four things. Most interfaces ask for more. How to spot cognitive load in your UX and cut it down, with real numbers and examples.

News

Claude Can Read Your Bank Account Now. The Real Story Is What It Won't Do

Anthropic's Claude can now read your bank accounts, read-only via Plaid. The real design story isn't the access, it's the restraint. A designer's take.

Accessibility & Inclusive Design

Accessibility Is a Feature, Not a Checklist

Accessibility treated as a compliance checklist at the end is why it fails. Here's the case for designing it in as a feature that makes products better for everyone.

AI & Vibe Coding

Designing AI Interfaces: UX Patterns for Chat, Agents, and Copilots

The reusable UX patterns behind good AI interfaces, across chat, agents, and copilots, and why most AI products fail on the interface, not the model.

Behavioral UX & Psychology

Why Your Onboarding Loses People in the First 60 Seconds

Most users quit onboarding before they get anything out of it. Why the first 60 seconds decide retention, and how to design for one fast win instead of a tour.

Design Systems & Collaboration

Design Tokens, Explained: A Practical Guide for Designers

Design tokens turn one value into a single source of truth across design and code. A plain guide to what they are, how they work, and where to start in 2026.

Taste Is the Skill AI Can't Give You

Cognitive Load in UX: How to Spot It and Reduce It

Designing AI Interfaces: UX Patterns for Chat, Agents, and Copilots

Claude Can Read Your Bank Account Now. The Real Story Is What It Won't Do

Why Your Onboarding Loses People in the First 60 Seconds

Accessibility Is a Feature, Not a Checklist

Design Tokens, Explained: A Practical Guide for Designers

Cognitive Load in UX: How to Spot It and Reduce It

Accessibility Is a Feature, Not a Checklist

Why Your Onboarding Loses People in the First 60 Seconds

Claude Can Read Your Bank Account Now. The Real Story Is What It Won't Do

Designing AI Interfaces: UX Patterns for Chat, Agents, and Copilots

Design Tokens, Explained: A Practical Guide for Designers

Cognitive Load in UX: How to Spot It and Reduce It

Claude Can Read Your Bank Account Now. The Real Story Is What It Won't Do

Accessibility Is a Feature, Not a Checklist

Designing AI Interfaces: UX Patterns for Chat, Agents, and Copilots

Why Your Onboarding Loses People in the First 60 Seconds

Design Tokens, Explained: A Practical Guide for Designers

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