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UX job market tracking shows postings dipping and rebounding month to month rather than a straight decline, with roles like Design Ops surging even as Product Design postings wobble. It's a reminder that headlines about a 'dead' market usually flatten a messier reality.
academyux.com
Nielsen Norman Group's 10 usability heuristics, first published in 1994 and still kept updated, remain the standard shorthand for spotting interface problems fast. They're not new or exciting, but they're the closest thing UX has to a shared vocabulary.
nngroup.com
Penpot's 2.0 release added a proper design tokens system alongside better component management, closing a real gap with Figma's tooling. It's now genuinely usable for teams who want to run a design system on an open-source tool.
penpot.app
The community-built Penpot Exporter plugin now carries design tokens and grid layouts across when you migrate a file from Figma, not just flat shapes. It's a sign Penpot is being taken seriously as a real alternative, not just a curiosity.
community.penpot.app
