Bora
@borakaizen.bsky.social
Designer working independently for 20 years, creating brands and building digital products.
bookmarker.cc · artconnects.club
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Building products as a designer
I approach building products differently now.
designexplained.substack.com
Last year, I made 471 contributions on GitHub. That still feels unusual to write as a designer. For a long time, shipping at that pace was not part of my work. Ideas accumulated faster than they turned into working things.
designexplained.substack.com/p/building-p...
designexplained.substack.com/p/building-p...
Last year, I made 471 contributions on GitHub. That still feels unusual to write as a designer. For a long time, shipping at that pace was not part of my work. Ideas accumulated faster than they turned into working things.
designexplained.substack.com/p/building-p...
designexplained.substack.com/p/building-p...
Building products as a designer
I approach building products differently now.
designexplained.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Last year, I made 471 contributions on GitHub. That still feels unusual to write as a designer. For a long time, shipping at that pace was not part of my work. Ideas accumulated faster than they turned into working things.
designexplained.substack.com/p/building-p...
designexplained.substack.com/p/building-p...
Kurzgesasgt’s take on AI slop.
Way too many people blindly trust AI.
We're entering a new era of information overload, and figuring out what's real and what's not is becoming more and more of a challenge."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN...
Way too many people blindly trust AI.
We're entering a new era of information overload, and figuring out what's real and what's not is becoming more and more of a challenge."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN...
AI Slop Is Destroying The Internet
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Kurzgesasgt’s take on AI slop.
Way too many people blindly trust AI.
We're entering a new era of information overload, and figuring out what's real and what's not is becoming more and more of a challenge."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN...
Way too many people blindly trust AI.
We're entering a new era of information overload, and figuring out what's real and what's not is becoming more and more of a challenge."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN...
You can now create public pages with Bookmarker and share your collections. Pretty straight forward, easy to use and update the content of the publicly displayed items.
Discover my collections:
www.bookmarker.cc/bora
Discover my collections:
www.bookmarker.cc/bora
January 25, 2026 at 1:22 PM
You can now create public pages with Bookmarker and share your collections. Pretty straight forward, easy to use and update the content of the publicly displayed items.
Discover my collections:
www.bookmarker.cc/bora
Discover my collections:
www.bookmarker.cc/bora
As coding agents make execution faster, the center of gravity in software shifts. Writing code is no longer the hard part. Deciding what should exist, how a system should behave over time, and which trade-offs are acceptable becomes the work.
#designsky
#designsky
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 AM
As coding agents make execution faster, the center of gravity in software shifts. Writing code is no longer the hard part. Deciding what should exist, how a system should behave over time, and which trade-offs are acceptable becomes the work.
#designsky
#designsky
Deep thinking is the dividing line between designers who create value and those who perform rituals.
Most design work looks serious from the outside. The difference between value and theater is whether anyone actually understands what they’re building and why. AI makes that gap impossible to hide.
Most design work looks serious from the outside. The difference between value and theater is whether anyone actually understands what they’re building and why. AI makes that gap impossible to hide.
January 21, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Deep thinking is the dividing line between designers who create value and those who perform rituals.
Most design work looks serious from the outside. The difference between value and theater is whether anyone actually understands what they’re building and why. AI makes that gap impossible to hide.
Most design work looks serious from the outside. The difference between value and theater is whether anyone actually understands what they’re building and why. AI makes that gap impossible to hide.
Twenty-first century design practice often treats psychology as optional. It’s not. It’s the basis of every need and requirement your users have. Use it to create products that work efficiently, feel safe, and earn trust.
Learn how ↓
designexplained.substack.com/p/understand...
#designsky
Learn how ↓
designexplained.substack.com/p/understand...
#designsky
Understanding the psychology behind product decisions
Good design requires understanding how people think. Not in abstract terms, but mechanically. What drives decisions. What creates habits. What makes one action feel safe and another feel risky.
designexplained.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Twenty-first century design practice often treats psychology as optional. It’s not. It’s the basis of every need and requirement your users have. Use it to create products that work efficiently, feel safe, and earn trust.
Learn how ↓
designexplained.substack.com/p/understand...
#designsky
Learn how ↓
designexplained.substack.com/p/understand...
#designsky
Folks, I've added Canvas to the Bookmarker's free plan.
You can collect and organize links—images without upgrading. The free plan is enough to try Bookmarker with its full features and see if it fits how you think and work.
Build inspiration libraries. ✨
bookmarker.cc
#designsky
You can collect and organize links—images without upgrading. The free plan is enough to try Bookmarker with its full features and see if it fits how you think and work.
Build inspiration libraries. ✨
bookmarker.cc
#designsky
January 19, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Folks, I've added Canvas to the Bookmarker's free plan.
You can collect and organize links—images without upgrading. The free plan is enough to try Bookmarker with its full features and see if it fits how you think and work.
Build inspiration libraries. ✨
bookmarker.cc
#designsky
You can collect and organize links—images without upgrading. The free plan is enough to try Bookmarker with its full features and see if it fits how you think and work.
Build inspiration libraries. ✨
bookmarker.cc
#designsky
Love every detail of this "hand drawn frame by frame animation"
A visual journey into mankind's favourite pastime throughout the ages. — Steve Cutts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x7F...
A visual journey into mankind's favourite pastime throughout the ages. — Steve Cutts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x7F...
A Brief Disagreement
YouTube video by Steve Cutts
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Love every detail of this "hand drawn frame by frame animation"
A visual journey into mankind's favourite pastime throughout the ages. — Steve Cutts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x7F...
A visual journey into mankind's favourite pastime throughout the ages. — Steve Cutts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x7F...
When tools pretend to be people
We are building LLMs to sound human. When we add personality and emotional tone, we increase the risk that people will trust them like people. Design them as tools. Not as companions.
designexplained.substack.com/p/when-tools...
#designsky #design #ai
We are building LLMs to sound human. When we add personality and emotional tone, we increase the risk that people will trust them like people. Design them as tools. Not as companions.
designexplained.substack.com/p/when-tools...
#designsky #design #ai
When tools pretend to be people
We are building LLMs to sound human. When we add personality and emotional tone, we increase the risk that people will trust them like people. Design them as tools. Not as companions.
designexplained.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
When tools pretend to be people
We are building LLMs to sound human. When we add personality and emotional tone, we increase the risk that people will trust them like people. Design them as tools. Not as companions.
designexplained.substack.com/p/when-tools...
#designsky #design #ai
We are building LLMs to sound human. When we add personality and emotional tone, we increase the risk that people will trust them like people. Design them as tools. Not as companions.
designexplained.substack.com/p/when-tools...
#designsky #design #ai
Added context menu (right click) support to Bookmarker.
Quick access to download, upscale, organize collection and delete.
Shipped, live at bookmarker.cc
Quick access to download, upscale, organize collection and delete.
Shipped, live at bookmarker.cc
January 8, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Added context menu (right click) support to Bookmarker.
Quick access to download, upscale, organize collection and delete.
Shipped, live at bookmarker.cc
Quick access to download, upscale, organize collection and delete.
Shipped, live at bookmarker.cc
Good writing is not a style choice.
It is a thinking discipline.
David Ogilvy’s rules still matter because they remove confusion before it spreads.
Short words. Clear intent. Fewer pages.
That is how decisions survive contact with reality.
It is a thinking discipline.
David Ogilvy’s rules still matter because they remove confusion before it spreads.
Short words. Clear intent. Fewer pages.
That is how decisions survive contact with reality.
January 7, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Good writing is not a style choice.
It is a thinking discipline.
David Ogilvy’s rules still matter because they remove confusion before it spreads.
Short words. Clear intent. Fewer pages.
That is how decisions survive contact with reality.
It is a thinking discipline.
David Ogilvy’s rules still matter because they remove confusion before it spreads.
Short words. Clear intent. Fewer pages.
That is how decisions survive contact with reality.
Dieter Rams didn’t just write ten principles of good design.
He spent decades shaping modern industrial design.
This article explores his career, context, and lasting influence.
Designer Portraits, via Design, Explained.
open.substack.com/pub/designex...
He spent decades shaping modern industrial design.
This article explores his career, context, and lasting influence.
Designer Portraits, via Design, Explained.
open.substack.com/pub/designex...
Dieter Rams and ten principles for good design
Dieter Rams is one of the most influential designers of our time. The iconic products he designed during his forty-year career at Braun and Vitsœ are in homes and museum collections around the world.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Dieter Rams didn’t just write ten principles of good design.
He spent decades shaping modern industrial design.
This article explores his career, context, and lasting influence.
Designer Portraits, via Design, Explained.
open.substack.com/pub/designex...
He spent decades shaping modern industrial design.
This article explores his career, context, and lasting influence.
Designer Portraits, via Design, Explained.
open.substack.com/pub/designex...
LOOP is a 8m silent short film, set in a controlled society where everyone repeats the same action over and over, any deviation becomes immediately suspect. What happens when someone fully embedded in the gears of the system chooses to switch roles, disrupt the mechanism and follow their free will?
LOOP - Mejor Cortometraje de animación en los 37 Premios Goya
YouTube video by UniKo
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:18 AM
LOOP is a 8m silent short film, set in a controlled society where everyone repeats the same action over and over, any deviation becomes immediately suspect. What happens when someone fully embedded in the gears of the system chooses to switch roles, disrupt the mechanism and follow their free will?
Ten years after BlackBerry ended its classic smartphones, the keyboard is back at the center. The Clicks Communicator was created in collaboration with Joseph Hofer, the designer behind some of BlackBerry’s most iconic devices.
Changeable covers, shortcut keys and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Changeable covers, shortcut keys and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
January 5, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Ten years after BlackBerry ended its classic smartphones, the keyboard is back at the center. The Clicks Communicator was created in collaboration with Joseph Hofer, the designer behind some of BlackBerry’s most iconic devices.
Changeable covers, shortcut keys and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Changeable covers, shortcut keys and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Designers, creators, visual thinkers. This one is for you.
Releasing a new feature: Canvas. 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5JF...
#designsky
Releasing a new feature: Canvas. 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5JF...
#designsky
Bookmarker — Smart bookmark manager
YouTube video by Bora
www.youtube.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Designers, creators, visual thinkers. This one is for you.
Releasing a new feature: Canvas. 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5JF...
#designsky
Releasing a new feature: Canvas. 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5JF...
#designsky
As a new year begins, this is a good opportunity to return to these foundational concepts. Not to review them casually, but to rebuild your understanding with deliberate intention and a clearer sense of purpose.
#designsky
#designsky
Back to basics: The foundations that shape everything we design
Design thinking, principles, and psychology form the foundation of every strong decision. They reveal more with each return, offering deeper clarity as your experience grows.
designexplained.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
As a new year begins, this is a good opportunity to return to these foundational concepts. Not to review them casually, but to rebuild your understanding with deliberate intention and a clearer sense of purpose.
#designsky
#designsky
Back to 99, watching Freaks and Geeks. 😅
Forgot how all star this series was… Martin Starr, Linda Cardellini, James Franco, Jason Segel, Seth Rogan… Everybody is soo young.
Forgot how all star this series was… Martin Starr, Linda Cardellini, James Franco, Jason Segel, Seth Rogan… Everybody is soo young.
December 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Back to 99, watching Freaks and Geeks. 😅
Forgot how all star this series was… Martin Starr, Linda Cardellini, James Franco, Jason Segel, Seth Rogan… Everybody is soo young.
Forgot how all star this series was… Martin Starr, Linda Cardellini, James Franco, Jason Segel, Seth Rogan… Everybody is soo young.
Progressive disclosure is essential as AI capabilities grow, so does complexity.
But users can only handle so much information at once. The solution is progressive disclosure, revealing complexity incrementally, only when needed.
1984.design/psychology-o...
But users can only handle so much information at once. The solution is progressive disclosure, revealing complexity incrementally, only when needed.
1984.design/psychology-o...
Progressive Disclosure
Progressive Disclosure is a design strategy that involves showing users only the information or actions they need at a given moment, and revealing more as needed. Instead of overwhelming users with co...
1984.design
December 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Progressive disclosure is essential as AI capabilities grow, so does complexity.
But users can only handle so much information at once. The solution is progressive disclosure, revealing complexity incrementally, only when needed.
1984.design/psychology-o...
But users can only handle so much information at once. The solution is progressive disclosure, revealing complexity incrementally, only when needed.
1984.design/psychology-o...
On my (2025) watch list 📽️
⋅ A Real Pain
⋅ The Things with Feathers
⋅ Sirāt
⋅ It Was Just an Accident
⋅ Sinner
⋅ My Father's Shadow
⋅ Marty Supreme
⋅ Together
⋅ The Mastermind
⋅ No Other Choice
⋅ The Phoenician Scheme
⋅ Orwell: 2+2=5
⋅ The Life of Chuck
⋅ Together
⋅ Sorry, Baby
⋅ A Real Pain
⋅ The Things with Feathers
⋅ Sirāt
⋅ It Was Just an Accident
⋅ Sinner
⋅ My Father's Shadow
⋅ Marty Supreme
⋅ Together
⋅ The Mastermind
⋅ No Other Choice
⋅ The Phoenician Scheme
⋅ Orwell: 2+2=5
⋅ The Life of Chuck
⋅ Together
⋅ Sorry, Baby
December 27, 2025 at 7:28 AM
On my (2025) watch list 📽️
⋅ A Real Pain
⋅ The Things with Feathers
⋅ Sirāt
⋅ It Was Just an Accident
⋅ Sinner
⋅ My Father's Shadow
⋅ Marty Supreme
⋅ Together
⋅ The Mastermind
⋅ No Other Choice
⋅ The Phoenician Scheme
⋅ Orwell: 2+2=5
⋅ The Life of Chuck
⋅ Together
⋅ Sorry, Baby
⋅ A Real Pain
⋅ The Things with Feathers
⋅ Sirāt
⋅ It Was Just an Accident
⋅ Sinner
⋅ My Father's Shadow
⋅ Marty Supreme
⋅ Together
⋅ The Mastermind
⋅ No Other Choice
⋅ The Phoenician Scheme
⋅ Orwell: 2+2=5
⋅ The Life of Chuck
⋅ Together
⋅ Sorry, Baby
Life rewards action, not intelligence. 🏆
December 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Life rewards action, not intelligence. 🏆
December 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Consistency compounds; occasional brilliance fades. You don’t need more time, you need more focus. Time isn’t the constraint. Your choices are. Great outcomes aren’t built on great days, but consistent ones do. Progress is made by showing up, again and again.
December 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Consistency compounds; occasional brilliance fades. You don’t need more time, you need more focus. Time isn’t the constraint. Your choices are. Great outcomes aren’t built on great days, but consistent ones do. Progress is made by showing up, again and again.
Every day, countless products launch with AI features.
You can still build great software and solve real problems without them. The noise is making us forget the fundamentals, and why we’re building in the first place.
You can still build great software and solve real problems without them. The noise is making us forget the fundamentals, and why we’re building in the first place.
December 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Every day, countless products launch with AI features.
You can still build great software and solve real problems without them. The noise is making us forget the fundamentals, and why we’re building in the first place.
You can still build great software and solve real problems without them. The noise is making us forget the fundamentals, and why we’re building in the first place.