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Write More Publicly

A long-running list of posts I want to write.

One of my goals for 2026 is to write more publicly. Here’s my long-running list of posts I want to write:

  • Context > Probability: Design system as AI infrastructure - Presented at Into Design Systems
  • The psychological complexity of mobile UI: animation, metaphor, and gestures
  • Priming and initial UI decisions
  • Skeuomorphism and laugh tracks
  • How I organize my files (related: how I organize my notes)
  • Various approaches to setting up a CDN (probably a series)
  • Design systems: the line between visual design and front end development
  • Photography series: my setup and workflow
  • Visualizing code logic in Minecraft
  • Move it! (The messy art of migrating big websites.)
  • How fake news propaganda and bot networks is like a DDOS for your brain
  • What I learned from 3 years of running a daily virtual coworking call
  • The future of remote work: benefits, drawbacks, societal pressures, how class plays a role, challenges of hybrid, etc.
  • Explore vs exploit: if explore, sharing is rewarded; if exploit, sharing is disincentivised
  • Working with your hands vs. working on the screen and the impact that has on my children’s perception of the work that I do (and how I include them/teach them important lessons about the nature of work)
  • The “bread of idleness” in the 21st century — what does laziness look like when so much happens in front of a screen
  • A more social computer-using experience: it’s currently centered on one-person, sharing an experience is challenging.
  • Loosen and lock in: getting unstuck on projects by relaxing constraints
  • The accessibility “uncanny valley”: compliant sites can still feel unusable
  • Why government websites look the way they do (uncovering incentives)
  • Documentation debt: why journaling beats documenting code
  • Technology, psychology, and what our tools are making of us (broad 5 part series)
    1. The machines are the environment
    2. Tools shape the user
    3. Isolation is easier than connection
    4. Mediated communication (or why we’re terrible to each other online)
    5. Regaining humanity without opting out of modern life

If any of those things sound interesting, follow along for the year!

by Jesse Gardner