https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/ Essays on HCI, UI, and UX from HCI Nerdz. https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/pipeline-composer-interfaces/ https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/pipeline-composer-interfaces/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/share-the-ir-not-the-pixels/ https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/share-the-ir-not-the-pixels/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/fundamental-contexts-for-portable-ui/ https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/fundamental-contexts-for-portable-ui/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Maybe portability is not one mega-spec but a small set of fundamental contexts — structure, placement, events, 2D/3D surfaces, zoom — composed on purpose. https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/attention-is-not-inventory/ https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/attention-is-not-inventory/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Software that spends your attention for you is disrespectful. HCI should treat cognitive budget as a hard constraint — not a growth funnel. https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/intuition-over-convention/ https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/intuition-over-convention/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Consistency with the past has value — but it is not absolute. When a convention inverts human meaning, fix it. https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/product-representation-is-the-bug/ https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/product-representation-is-the-bug/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/when-nontechnical-products-lie/ https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/when-nontechnical-products-lie/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Marketing a tool as friendly while forcing archaeology through CSS hierarchies and secret modes is an HCI failure — not a documentation gap. https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/theme-is-a-contract/ https://hci-nerdz.github.io/blog/theme-is-a-contract/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Previews, diagrams, and chrome that refuse the host theme are not aesthetic preferences — they break immersion and trust.