The Feed & The Thread - May 25, 2026

We explore the tension as the screen vanishes, shifting us from users clicking tools to principals authorizing agents, a pivot Adrian Levy argues breaks our entire design vocabulary. With Jeff Gothelf noting that the bottleneck has moved from execution to decision-making, we ask if we’re losing the strategic core of UX by overvaluing visual polish in a world where intent clarity matters more than pixels. From The Feed You are no longer the user. You are the principal. (Adrian Levy) — Agents run in the background, making screens obsolete and requiring a new language for delegated authority. Karpathy said vibe coding is obsolete. What he described instead is product management. (Jeff Gothelf) — The bottleneck has shifted from code execution to decision-making and prioritization. From The Thread every saas makes me set a password just to delete it 2 weeks later when sso ships. why is this universal? (r/UXDesign) — Forcing passwords before SSO creates redundant friction and relies on obsolete legacy authentication models. Today's Notable Articles Is hot coral a feature or a liability? A closer look at the colour of your bank card. — Dora Czerna Lest we forget — L. Jeffrey Zeldman Today's Notable Discussions Fintech SaaS dashboards: what UX patterns make complex financial data easier to use? — r/UI_Design Visual Execution and UX - is UX actually UI now? — r/UXDesign How about not misusing the badge? — r/UXDesign I need some feedback about this, design could be? — r/UI_Design How is this settings UI for a open source dev tool? Can anyone with experience in UI/UX give there feedback? — r/UI_Design How is my website i made for my community ? please rate it and tell me how i can improve it ! — r/UI_Design PM has been replacing design review meetings with AI — r/UXDesign Designing for AI agents — how do you actually work with PMs and engineers? — r/UXDesign 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.