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Career-focused newsletters covering product and design work are flagging that hiring conversations increasingly include how a candidate uses AI tools in their process, not just what they shipped. It's a shift in what gets asked — not a guarantee it'll get you hired.
lennysnewsletter.com
Interaction Design Foundation's literature keeps returning to core methods — heuristic evaluation, task analysis, usability testing — as what actually separates designers who can explain their decisions from those who can't. AI tools speed up production; they don't replace that judgement.
interaction-design.org
Penpot has added a plugin ecosystem plus CSS/HTML/SVG code export, closing part of the gap with Figma for teams who want open-source or self-hosted tooling. It's not a 1:1 swap yet, but it's mature enough to actually test on real work.
youtube.com
Figma's AI agent can generate design directions, apply your existing design system, and turn prompts into working prototypes via Figma Make. It's shipped functionality from Config 2025, not a concept demo.
figma.com
