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How To Set Up Holafly eSIM Before Travelling Abroadby Hisan Kidwai on November 28, 2025 at 7:05 am
Travelling to a new country is super exciting. The anticipation of meeting new people, seeing new... The post How To Set Up Holafly eSIM Before Travelling […]
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Spotle Hints & Answer For Today: November 28by Hisan Kidwai on November 28, 2025 at 6:44 am
Inspired by Wordle, Spotle is a fun puzzle game where, instead of words, you use your... The post Spotle Hints & Answer For Today: November 28 appeared […]
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Wordle Hints & Answer For Today: November 28by Hisan Kidwai on November 28, 2025 at 5:32 am
Wordle is the super fun game from the NYT, where you put your vocabulary to the... The post Wordle Hints & Answer For Today: November 28 appeared first on […]
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Today’s Octordle Hints & Answers for November 28by Hisan Kidwai on November 28, 2025 at 5:28 am
Octordle is a word-hunting game similar to Wordle, where instead of finding just one five-letter word, you... The post Today’s Octordle Hints & Answers […]
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Garena Free Fire (FF) Max Redeem Codes For Today: November 28by Hisan Kidwai on November 28, 2025 at 5:25 am
Free Fire Max is one of the most popular games on the planet, and for good... The post Garena Free Fire (FF) Max Redeem Codes For Today: November 28 appeared […]
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The Accessibility Problem With Authentication Methods Like CAPTCHAby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Eleanor Hecks) on November 27, 2025 at 10:00 am
CAPTCHAs were meant to keep bots out, but too often, they lock people with disabilities out, too. From image classification to click-based tests, many “human […]
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Roblox Meta Lock Codes (November 2025)by Deepti Pathak on November 27, 2025 at 6:44 am
If you’re a fan of the Blue Lock anime series like me, then Roblox’s Meta Lock... The post Roblox Meta Lock Codes (November 2025) appeared first on […]
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How AI Took Over Stock Photographyby Louise North on November 26, 2025 at 1:59 pm
AI didn’t just disrupt stock photography—it buried it. Why pay for a staged handshake photo when you can generate 500 versions in seconds? Stock agencies […]
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NYT Spelling Bee Answers For Today: November 26by Hisan Kidwai on November 26, 2025 at 10:43 am
The NYT’s Spelling Bee is a super fun word-hunting game where you have to guess as... The post NYT Spelling Bee Answers For Today: November 26 appeared first […]
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When Will Apple Music Replay 2025 Come Out?by Deepti Pathak on November 26, 2025 at 8:50 am
Apple Music Replay is a favourite feature among users because it provides insights into what you’ve... The post When Will Apple Music Replay 2025 Come Out? […]
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Catch a Monster Codes (November 2025)by Deepti Pathak on November 26, 2025 at 7:52 am
Inspired by the ever-popular anime series Pokémon, Catch a Monstor is a Roblox adventure game where,... The post Catch a Monster Codes (November 2025) […]
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Design System Culture: What It Is And Why It Matters (Excerpt)by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Ari Stiles) on November 25, 2025 at 6:00 pm
We’re so happy to announce that “Maturing Design Systems”—a Smashing book by Ben Callahan — will soon be joining the Smashing Library! Ben’s […]
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Fresh Resources for Web Designers and Developers (November 2025)by Hongkiat Lim on November 25, 2025 at 1:00 pm
It’s time for another Fresh Resources roundup! In this edition, we’ve got another solid lineup of tools you can explore, from infrastructure helpers, smart […]
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Black Friday 2025: 10 Unmissable Deals for Web Designersby WDD Staff on November 24, 2025 at 4:57 pm
We’ve curated 10 design-focused deals that deliver real value for creatives—supercharging your projects in 2025 while making the most of Black Friday […]
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From Wireframes to Prototypes: Why Designers Need to Grow Upby Alex Harper on November 24, 2025 at 1:23 pm
Wireframes are dead, and prototypes killed them. In 2025, no one has time for grayscale boxes and lorem ipsum — the real work is happening in clickable, […]
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Designing For Stress And Emergencyby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman) on November 24, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Practical guidelines on designing time-critical products that prevent errors and improve accuracy. Part of the Measure UX & Design Impact (use the code […]
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99 Nights in the Forest Codes (November 2025)by Hisan Kidwai on November 24, 2025 at 8:21 am
Horror games are different. They combine action and storytelling with a sense of dread that instantly... The post 99 Nights in the Forest Codes (November 2025) […]
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Atlas — Yet Another AI-Powered Browser from OpenAIby Thoriq Firdaus on November 21, 2025 at 1:00 pm
OpenAI has recently introduced a new browser called Atlas. It is an AI-native browser, designed to completely change how we use the web. So instead of typing […]
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How Designers Gaslight Users with Microcopyby Simon Sterne on November 21, 2025 at 12:25 pm
Microcopy is supposed to guide users—but let’s be real, half the time it’s gaslighting us. From cheery cookie banners that secretly rob your data to […]
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Keyframes Tokens: Standardizing Animation Across Projectsby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Amit Sheen) on November 21, 2025 at 8:00 am
Animations can be one of the most joyful parts of building interfaces, but without structure, they can also become one of the biggest sources of frustration. […]
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Why Web Design Must Finally Break Free from Its Graphic Design Rootsby Noah Davis on November 19, 2025 at 1:05 pm
Web design is still clinging to its graphic design roots, but AI doesn’t care about grids or poster aesthetics—it cares about adaptability and performance. […]
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From Chaos To Clarity: Simplifying Server Management With AI And Automationby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Mansoor Ahmed Khan) on November 18, 2025 at 10:00 am
Server chaos doesn’t have to be the norm. AI-ready infrastructure and automation can bring clarity, performance, and focus back to your web work.
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Ethical Defaults: Why Designers Must Stop Hiding Behind Settingsby Noah Davis on November 17, 2025 at 1:29 pm
Your privacy shouldn’t be a scavenger hunt hidden in settings menus. In the AI era, every default switch is an ethical stance—and too many companies still […]
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The Curious Tale Behind “The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog”by Simon Sterne on November 14, 2025 at 1:52 pm
You’ve seen the sentence—“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”—but did you know it’s been secretly running the alphabet game since 1885? […]
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CSS Gamepad API Visual Debugging With CSS Layersby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Godstime Aburu) on November 14, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Debugging controllers can be a real pain. Here’s a deep dive into how CSS helps clean it up and how to build a reusable visual debugger for your own projects.
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Enshittification by Design: Why Every Interface Turns Against Youby Noah Davis on November 13, 2025 at 1:04 pm
Every website starts out loving you, then one day, it turns on you. Enshittification by Design exposes how beautiful, user-friendly interfaces quietly become […]
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Older Tech In The Browser Stackby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Bryan Rasmussen) on November 13, 2025 at 8:00 am
There are many existing web features and technologies in the wild that you may never touch directly in your day-to-day work. Perhaps you’re fairly new to web […]
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Effectively Monitoring Web Performanceby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Matt Zeunert) on November 11, 2025 at 10:00 am
There are lots of tips for [improving your website performance](https://www.debugbear.com/blog/improve-website-performance?utm_campaign=sm-10). But even if you […]
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Exciting New Tools for Designers, November 2025by Carrie Cousins on November 10, 2025 at 1:38 pm
While new design projects might not be on the top of your mind heading into the holiday season and end of the year, there are still new tools for designers and […]
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Smashing Animations Part 6: Magnificent SVGs With `` And CSS Custom Propertiesby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Andy Clarke) on November 7, 2025 at 3:00 pm
SVG is one of those web technologies that’s both elegant and, at times, infuriating. In this article, pioneering author and web designer Andy Clarke explains […]
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How AI Video Is Taking Over the Internetby Louise North on November 7, 2025 at 12:17 pm
AI video isn’t the future—it’s already eating the internet alive. From fake influencers and auto-generated TikToks to corporate “spokespeople” who […]
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Six Key Components of UX Strategyby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman) on November 5, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Let’s dive into the building blocks of UX strategy and see how it speaks the language of product and business strategy to create user value while achieving […]
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Brutalism in the AI Era: Why Ugly Might Be the Only Honest Aesthetic Leftby Simon Sterne on November 5, 2025 at 12:15 pm
AI is turning the web into one big pastel gradient with rounded corners. Brutalism is the middle finger we need — raw, jarring, and impossible to fake. In a […]
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How To Leverage Component Variants In Penpotby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Daniel Schwarz) on November 4, 2025 at 10:00 am
With component variants, design systems become more flexible, letting you reuse the same component while adapting its look or state with ease. In this article, […]
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Dark Mode Is the New Comic Sans (And You Know It)by Noah Davis on November 3, 2025 at 12:48 pm
Dark mode is the Comic Sans of our time—born useful, hijacked by aesthetics, and now forced on users. It’s not kinder to your eyes, often wrecks […]
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Evergreen Web Design Is a Lie (But Maybe That’s Okay)by Noah Davis on October 31, 2025 at 1:32 pm
“Evergreen” web design sounds noble, but in reality, it’s just safe, bland, and creatively bankrupt. Designers chasing timelessness are often just afraid […]
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Fading Light And Falling Leaves (November 2025 Wallpapers Edition)by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Cosima Mielke) on October 31, 2025 at 12:00 pm
The new month is just around the corner, and that means: It’s time for some new desktop wallpapers! All of them are designed by the community for the […]
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The Coming War of AI Browsers: Why the Web Will Never Be the Same Againby Noah Davis on October 29, 2025 at 11:58 am
AI browsers aren’t just changing how we surf the web—they’re rewriting the rules of the internet itself. Instead of visiting websites, we’ll soon […]
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JavaScript For Everyone: Iteratorsby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Mat Marquis) on October 27, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Here is a lesson on Iterators. Iterables implement the iterable iteration interface, and iterators implement the iterator iteration interface. Sounds […]
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The UX Nightmare: Why Tech Is Becoming Unusable for Everyone Except Cyborgsby Simon Sterne on October 27, 2025 at 12:20 pm
Modern tech UX has become so convoluted that even younger users struggle with hidden menus, cryptic gestures, and multi-step processes that make simple tasks […]
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How to Run LLM in Dockerby Thoriq Firdaus on October 24, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Large Language Models (LLMs) have changed how we build and use software. While cloud-based LLM APIs are great for convenience, there are plenty of reasons to […]
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The Layered Aesthetic: Depth, Complexity, and Chaos Done Rightby Louise North on October 24, 2025 at 11:08 am
The layered aesthetic is where design stops being flat and starts telling secrets. It’s depth, texture, and meaning stacked so every glance reveals something […]
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Ambient Animations In Web Design: Practical Applications (Part 2)by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Andy Clarke) on October 22, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Motion can be tricky: too much distracts, too little feels flat. Ambient animations sit in the middle. They’re subtle, slow-moving details that add […]
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How Scrolljacking Breaks UX Fundamentalsby Alex Harper on October 22, 2025 at 11:54 am
Scrolljacking is the UX crime nobody asked for—stealing your scroll, dictating your pace, and breaking decades of user instinct in the name of […]
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Fresh Resources for Web Designers and Developers (October 2025)by Hongkiat Lim on October 20, 2025 at 1:00 pm
In this edition of our roundup, we’ve gathered a fresh batch of open-source tools and developer resources. Whether you’re currently building apps or […]
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How to Run MCP Servers with Dockerby Thoriq Firdaus on October 20, 2025 at 1:00 pm
When working with Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, each one might require its own setup, tools, or environment. For a deeper dive into MCP server […]
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Exciting New Tools for Designers, October 2025by Carrie Cousins on October 20, 2025 at 12:30 pm
So many new tools for designers this month! From AI help to UI tools to collaboration tools that make work easier, there are plenty of things to dive into.
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AI In UX: Achieve More With Lessby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Paul Boag) on October 17, 2025 at 8:00 am
A simple but powerful mental model for working with AI: treat it like an enthusiastic intern with no real-world experience. Paul Boag shares lessons learned […]
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How To Make Your UX Research Hard To Ignoreby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman) on October 16, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Research isn’t everything. Facts alone don’t win arguments, but powerful stories do. Here’s how to turn your research into narratives that inspire trust […]
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A Look Into Customizable HTML Select Elementsby Hongkiat Lim on October 15, 2025 at 1:00 pm
The <select> element is one of the most common form controls on the web, but it has always been one of the hardest to style. That’s because browsers […]
