Hope this week so far is a good one for you! This newsletter is packed with goodies I’m sure you’ll enjoy.

The revamp, which will roll out in the US in the coming weeks, will let you ask finance-related questions of the web app’s built-in chatbot, which will serve up an AI-generated answer alongside relevant links. There are also new charting tools that Google says go beyond helping you visualize “simple asset performance” with options to view technical indicators or display candlestick charts.

Like many designers early in their careers, I believed my role began and ended with wireframes, pixels, and prototypes. My manager thought otherwise. He was obsessed with UX analytics. Every design change came with the same question — “What changed? Did conversions improve?”

This guide focuses on how to structure and present UX requirements so they’re both practical and insightful. When developers understand the “why” behind each UX choice, they’re far more likely to implement the “what” successfully. And that translates into fewer do-overs, less confusion, and happier end users.

TLDR: This is the year that AI has taken over UX. In this article, I explain why and give an update on my method of using AI for UX research, focussing on how ChatGPT’s Deep Research functionality can enable a significant acceleration of qualitative research analysis.

Images are a powerful way to clarify complex ideas, reinforce content, and make the web more engaging. But if they aren’t accessible, some people will miss part of the story.

Before you dive deep into this week’s episode, here’s an important announcement on the future of Fundament we’d like you to read.

It’s time we stopped blaming the tools and started asking better questions about how we work, what we value, and how we make space for innovation again.

Equal-height image layouts seem simple until you try to build one that’s truly responsive. This tutorial walks through my solution using flexbox aspect ratios, the Eleventy Image plugin, and a Nunjucks shortcode.

Learn why flip phones still matter in 2025, and how you can build and launch web apps for these tiny devices.