The Feed & The Thread - January 13, 2026

In This Episode Exploration of how AI is revolutionizing software development by enabling on-demand feature generation based on user needs through tools like Reve’s Effects. How digitalization has transformed reading habits and led to shorter attention spans and a preference for skimming over deep reading. The introduction of slideVars, a new CodePen tool that automatically detects CSS variables and builds an interactive UI panel to adjust these values on the fly. Articles Mentioned “AI Enables As-Needed Software Features” by [email protected] (LukeW) - https://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?2139 “How reading patterns have changed” by Marcus Fleckner (UXDesign.cc) - https://uxdesign.cc/how-reading-patterns-have-changed-a88d0761f8e4?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4 “Playing With CodePen slideVars” by Geoff Graham (CSS-Tricks) - https://css-tricks.com/playing-with-codepen-slidevars/ Community Discussions r/web_design - The gap between “High Fidelity Prototypes” and “Live Sites” is finally closing (Why I ditched placeholders) - https://www.reddit.com/r/web_design/comments/1qd4dl1/the_gap_between_high_fidelity_prototypes_and_live/ r/UXResearch - Stuck between pursuing UXR or Data Science - https://www.reddit.com/r/UXResearch/comments/1qd1lrn/stuck_between_pursuing_uxr_or_data_science/ r/web_design - Best freelance sites for designers to find high-end clients? - https://www.reddit.com/r/web_design/comments/1ptb2l0/best_freelance_sites_for_designers_to_find/ r/UXDesign - How would you handle floating buttons that need to be visible but keep blocking content? - https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/1qd3j3y/how_would_you_handle_floating_buttons_that_need/ Announcement Chicago Camps UX Camp Winter 2026, January 1, 2026 - https://chicagocamps.org About Tent Talks Chicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway–If it’s a cool idea, we’d love to hear about it and share it! What is a Tent Talk? That’s a great question, we’d love to tell you. Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format–we like to think of them as “S’mores-sized content” because that’s pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything–we don’t want to limit ourselves, or you. You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don’t have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let’s have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others! About The Feed & The Thread The Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It’s brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what’s happening across UX. About The Feed & The Thread The Feed & The Thread is a daily summary of UX articles found in the industry and some light-touch updates from the UX Community found in online forums. It’s brief, and meant as a light-touch overview of what’s happening across UX.