Lukas Oppermann

A very interesting topic & one I have to admit I have not considered. Especially with #AI now making scams even more realistic

Can Good UX Protect Older Users From Digital Scams? — Smashing Magazine As online scams become more sophisticated, Carrie Webster explores whether good UX can serve as a frontline defense, particularly for non-tech-savvy older users navigating today’s digital world.

#UX cannot eliminate digital scams, but significantly reduce risk by making experiences simpler, clearer, and safer. buff.ly/g878tGE by @smashingmagazine.com

A very interesting topic & one I have to admit I have not considered. Especially with #AI now making scams even more realistic

Fresh Eyes Effect The best ideas to spot and solve problems often come from people most unrelated to the problem.

Interesting buff.ly/uqm3nql

By getting a fresh perspective, e.g. by involving people unfamiliar with your domain you often arrive at the most innovative solutions.

Key Concepts
1. Breaking Out of Autopilot
2. Challenging assumptions
3. Expertise creates blind spots
4. Cross-Disciplinary Insights

What makes design truly great? It’s more than just looks. Think usability, accessibility, consistency, and real user value. I break down what “design quality” means, why it matters, and how to achieve it.

Elevate your work and set your product apart! 🔗 buff.ly/bJKDUNf #UX #Design

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Approaches to #AI safety by @bluedotimpact.bsky.social buff.ly/FBlJBKT

Takeaways
- Multifaceted approach is needed
- Embedding safety as a core value
- Global governance and cooperation
- Proactive planning
- Continuous Improvement

Read the article for more details on this.

Bias in Design Systems - bencallahan.com I don’t like garlic. It’s not a dislike for the taste in the moment, so much as an extreme dislike for the way it stays with you—sometimes for

Relevant: #bias in #designSystems buff.ly/CXsuQd2 by @bencallahan.com‬

Takeaway:
- Bias makes some feel like the system is build for them & others like it is not.
- You can't avoid bias, but you can mitigate it by including folks from e.g. different disciplines or projects.

On the The broken rhetoric of AI: buff.ly/V9uJMMw

Key point: The way we talk about #AI often overstates its capabilities and misleads us. A more honest conversation is needed to ensure that AI’s real potential and limits are properly understood.

Should we root for AI? Why pressing the gas on AI adoption might be the most human thing we can do - or our biggest professional blind spot.

Should we root for #AI? A question many of us have on our mind at the moment: buff.ly/6sX5Pog

The key point: The most valuable work will remain deeply human, requiring skills that AI cannot replicate. The challenge is to harness AI’s power without losing what makes us irreplaceably human.

what killed innovation?: the past decade of interactive graphics, a brief recounting - Shirley Wu Over the past decade, interactive data visualization has gone from bold experimentation to polished, predictable formats. I’ve been reflecting on why—and after speaking with some of the best in the…

Space for #innovation is an important topic in our current times where it seems everything is focused on being fast, cheap and slapping #AI on it: buff.ly/kTPaI9B

Innovation has to be part of the process. Over-optimizing for efficiency will kill innovation, which flourishes in the messy & uncertain

WCAG 3.0’s Proposed Scoring Model: A Shift In Accessibility Evaluation — Smashing Magazine WCAG is evolving. Since 1999, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines have defined accessibility in binary terms: either a success criterion is met or not. But real user experience is rarely that…

#wcag 3.0 insights buff.ly/xn759Ky by @smashingmagazine.com‬

Finally a less ridged and more practical system. Hoping that I can finally leave a 4.45:1 contrast in the system :D

This change is supposed to shift focus to fixing important issues first and encourages continuous improvements to a11y.

From Gut to Plan: The Thoughtful Execution Framework Annina Koskinen presents a framework she's developed to help her teams at Spotify reach their goals and ship with impact.

A simple 6 step #framework to guide your #design #process and move from intuitive to evidence-based decisions by #spotify buff.ly/bnu2int

Steps:
- Set a Goal
- Data & Insights
- Identify Problems & Opportunities
- Build Hypotheses
- Create Solutions
- Document learnings

Why is quality so rare? - Linear Blog The following is adapted from a keynote talk I delivered at Config in May 2025. I've edited it slightly for clarity, but wanted to share these thoughts on craft, quality, and the choices we make as…

Inspiring piece on quality buff.ly/lcas1h5

Totally feel it & see the issue with many product that started string, but overtime lost their quality by chasing metrics & business goals.

I like the notion of "Quality is a choice". And the motto: let’s keep making things we’re proud to put our names on

The Template Trap: How Template Culture Is Dumbing Down UX Overreliance on frameworks as universal solutions rather than adaptable starting points undermines critical thinking and threatens our field's intellectual rigor.

Important aspect to #templates: buff.ly/jxWjL3D

While they help getting started, without questioning and adjusting them you miss finding unique solutions and always end up with an acceptable but not great outcome.

Always focus on the specific situational user need.

Introducing Community Assets for Nord Design System Me and my colleague have introduced a new section in Nord Design System, called Community Assets. These are product-specific community assets from feature teams built using the Nord Design System’s…

Post by @elwinvaneede.com‬ buff.ly/vNk0mO6 discussing a collection of components, patterns, and tools developed by product teams using the #designSystem

We have something similar: #primer #recipes. I feel this is the common term: buff.ly/xm5COG4

It's not always easy to manage but a great tool.

Planning and design systems–how much time you got?

Great post by @pjonori.com‬ buff.ly/qf1yzm9 on #designSystem #planning.

Important Takeaways:
- Plan around projects, not people → headcount changes extremely often in DS teams
- Capacity Buffer for support ~20%
- Over-Communicate to stakeholders
- Expect plans to change once execution begins

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Writing in Sync: Design System Content Design systems help create a shared language within an organization, but without good documentation, no one will be able to speak that language.

#Documentation is often an afterthought in #designSystems and folks avoid it, often leaving it to devs to do. This post argues that everyone should be involved and I agree: buff.ly/1GGKF0e

#AI makes code & figma docs less important but we still need a11y, usage, pattern and similar documentation.

Introducing Design Tokens Language Server Benny Powers, Web Developer

Pretty neat project: buff.ly/kQYf49w

A language server for #designTokens improving the token experience in code editors like vscode.

It offers real-time feedback, autocomplete, and refactoring, for a more efficient workflow.

Checkout the Repo for more details: buff.ly/JLozOoL

Reinvent the Wheel | Matthias Endler One of the most harmful pieces of advice is to …

Don't reinvent the wheel is bad advice according to buff.ly/SDFWXwl

Sometimes it is important to question existing ideas, to arrive at new ones, or learn why the existing ideas are great. However, it is still important recognize when to leverage existing work for greater impact.

Design system annotations, part 1: How accessibility gets left out of components The Accessibility Design team created a set of annotations to bridge the gaps that design systems alone can’t fix and proactively addresses accessibility issues within Primer components.

Great article on #designSystem #a11y by my colleague @janmaarten.com‬ buff.ly/tucpi4K

Top takeaways:
- Even accessible #components can result in inaccessible products if key details are missed
- User testing and community input are essential to uncover real-world a11y barriers

Will Jony Ive be able to move design to the next frontier with OpenAI? After years of quiet creativity, Jony Ive returns to the spotlight. Will his vision steer technology back toward the human experience?

Will the partnership of Jony Ive and #OpenAI redefine AI hardware?
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Jony had a huge impact at #apple, but will this translate to AI? If it does, he could make AI more humane, intuitive, and accessible. Setting new benchmarks for AI in the physical world.

How tech workers really feel about work right now Results from our first-ever large-scale tech worker sentiment survey

Shocked but not surprised by those insights on tech workers condition, if I am honest: buff.ly/Y8DA9IR

I am always surprised because it feels like everyone knows the reasons and yet no company changes anything. I can't imagine burning out employees and rehiring is cheap. Where is the money here?

Can you elaborate on this? Not sure I understand exactly how this is meant. 😁

Why your design system is breaking, even though it looks perfect! The invisible reasons your team hates using it (and how to fix them).

Thoughts on what a successful #designSystem buff.ly/sZMpS0F

The TL:DR
→ A design system’s true value is measured by how well it works in practice, not how perfect it looks on paper.

UX Copy Sizes: Long, Short, and Micro Better target user needs by understanding the three sizes of copy: long-form, short-form, and microcopy.

On #UI #Copy: buff.ly/qwgNM1s

- Long-form: Used for detailed, complex information e.g. docs, help articles
- Short-form: A single, important point e.g. onboarding, product descriptions
- Micro: Quickly inform or influences user’s next step e.g. button, error msg

🙂‍↕️ Yes, agree

Important #AI consideration: buff.ly/KlrWoZc

#AI doesn't make you smarter, it actually makes you dumber, but possibly more productive. For personal growth use AI consciously as a collaborator, not for everything. Keep thinking & solving issues independently of AI or loose those skills.

There should be no AI button The best UX for AI is seamless and unobtrusive.

Totally agree with this buff.ly/GiYAL3q

#AI buttons are bad #UI that exists b/c we didn't create better UI for it. AI shouldn't be enabled, it should naturally mix with our work. We shouldn't stop to let AI work, it should work with us at the same time.

Design for the AI age For decades, interfaces have guided users along predefined roads. Think files and folders, buttons and menus, screens and flows. These familiar structures organize information and provide the comfort…

Inspiring article about #designing for #AI: buff.ly/HwgpNjz

Interesting take: Form follows function is harder with AI, because the function is largely unclear. At least until we move more towards integrated and custom-built AIs and away from the one AI to do it all.

Behind the scenes: How we iterate on UI copy A behind-the-scenes look at how Automattic designers treat UI copy as a core design element—from first drafts to faster iteration with internal tools like Wordmattic. Learn how writing early, often…

This is how @automattic.com thinks about #ui #copy buff.ly/btwcpuZ

One important aspect is that designers write the first draft. Design & copy have to be a union and I have seen way to many designers who don't care and just use lorem ipsum. Content is design responsibility.