Frictionmaxxing and the Death of Convenience

The Hidden Cost of Optimizing Everything

How technology is disconnecting us from life’s small pleasures

How design succeeded its way into... irrelevance

I have to admit this hit hard. Do you feel the anxiety too, that design has moved from its thinking roots toward more hands on, pattern matc

The Joy of Friction

How the rejection of new technology is leading people to a happier existence

How Optimization Became a Social Philosophy — and What It Costs Us

Optimization began as a mathematical tool for solving complex logistical problems, but, according to Tinline, it has evolved into a broader

Inside Meta's brutal workplace culture: Layoffs, AI pressure, and employee burnout

Crying in the shower. Taking mental health leave. This is what it’s like to work at the tech giant during the AI job apocalypse.

Wellness culture has an optimization problem