Blog

Essays and observations — not release notes. For org updates, see News.

1. August 2, 2026 Sequence as the top-level: pipeline composer interfaces

   When a system applies rules in order, the processing-map surface should show that order as one spine — not scatter steps across settings pages until the machine contradicts itself.

2. August 2, 2026 Share the IR, not the pixels: a strategy for multi-ecosystem UI prototypes

   For interaction-heavy prototypes, share meaning and behavior — domain IR plus a headless controller — and hand-write thin views per ecosystem. Do not aim to auto-convert full UI.

3. August 2, 2026 Fundamental contexts for portable UI

   Maybe portability is not one mega-spec but a small set of fundamental contexts — structure, placement, events, 2D/3D surfaces, zoom — composed on purpose.

4. August 1, 2026 Attention is not inventory

   Software that spends your attention for you is disrespectful. HCI should treat cognitive budget as a hard constraint — not a growth funnel.

5. August 1, 2026 Human intuition over backwards convention

   Consistency with the past has value — but it is not absolute. When a convention inverts human meaning, fix it.

6. August 1, 2026 The bug is product representation

   When capability exists but the first-class UI hides it, the product is lying about what counts — and that is an HCI bug, not a power-user gap.

7. August 1, 2026 When 'non-technical' products lie

   Marketing a tool as friendly while forcing archaeology through CSS hierarchies and secret modes is an HCI failure — not a documentation gap.

8. August 1, 2026 Theme is a contract

   Previews, diagrams, and chrome that refuse the host theme are not aesthetic preferences — they break immersion and trust.