The Feed & The Thread - May 6, 2026

Today we explore Dan Brown argues dan brown argues that product information architecture (ia) is not just about naming content categories, but about desig, Scott Berkun argues scott berkun argues that designers often feel undervalued or lost, but they possess unique 'superpowers' that are critic, and Saransh Sharma argues saransh sharma shares a highly refined, end-to-end prompt template designed to accelerate the product design process fro. We also dive into community debates on Those of you who have left tech, where did you go? and How could I improve the design of this page?. Today's Notable Articles Claude is an information architecture laboratory (Spilling Ink #15) — Dan Brown Revive your design superpowers — Scott Berkun Designed a prompt end-to-end for the design process and it will make you faster — Saransh Sharma Rethinking The Experience Of System Tools — [email protected] (Kyrylo Levashov) Why you need to protect your work more than ever — Marc Andrew From Shader Uniforms to Clip-Path Wipes: How GSAP Drives My Portfolio — Thibault Guignand Design Futures Assembly — [email protected] The illiterate organization — Pavel Samsonov Can AI Detect Usability Problems Like Researchers? — Jim Lewis, PhD • Jeff Sauro • Will Schiavone, PhD • Lucas Plabst, PhD Today's Notable Discussions Those of you who have left tech, where did you go? — r/UXResearch How could I improve the design of this page? — r/UI_Design Seeking resources for deep UX theoretical foundations — r/UXDesign UX Designers training AI models… what do you make of it? — r/UXDesign Help me filter out the noise: how to increase earning potential and sort out next steps in 2026 — r/UXDesign Need Advice for Title | Product Manager - Design / Sr. Product Designer / Product Manager / Product Architect — r/UXDesign What does your handoff process look like in the AI era? — r/UXDesign Is this normal in the Australian design job market or am I doing something wrong? — r/UXDesign UX UI Designer Group — 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.