Weaponizing And Defending The React Flight Protocol: Deserialization Sinks In RSCs
https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/07/weaponizing-defending-react-flight-protocol/
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Weaponizing And Defending The React Flight Protocol: Deserialization Sinks In RSCs — Smashing Magazine
While React Server Components rely on the custom Flight protocol to stream interactive UIs, this same mechanism introduces powerful deserialization sinks that attackers can exploit. Durgesh Pawar breaks down the mechanics behind the CVSS 10.0 “React2Shell”…
Thinking Outside The Box: Digital Design In The AI Era
https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/07/digital-design-ai-era/
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Thinking Outside The Box: Digital Design In The AI Era — Smashing Magazine
Many of the AI tools we interact with take the form of text boxes. But what if there was a different way to interact with AI? Oleksii Hrzhehorzhevskyi explores a different approach to creating a new AI assistant and how designers can navigate the field as…
The Bull And Bear Case For Digital Design In The Age Of AI
https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/07/bull-and-bear-case-digital-design-age-ai/
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The Bull And Bear Case For Digital Design In The Age Of AI — Smashing Magazine
As AI reshapes product design, it could give designers greater autonomy or expose the gaps that autonomy makes harder to hide. Exploring both the bull and bear cases, Andy Budd examines what happens when designers need less permission to act.
Small Joys And Big Adventures (August 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/07/desktop-wallpaper-calendars-august-2026/
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Small Joys And Big Adventures (August 2026 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
Whether you’re enjoying some well-earned time off this August or are jumping headfirst into a new project, how about some new desktop wallpapers to accompany you on all those big and small adventures the month might bring? Well, we’ve got you covered!
How Baseline Can Help You Ship Less JavaScript
https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/08/how-baseline-can-help-ship-less-javascript/
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How Baseline Can Help You Ship Less JavaScript — Smashing Magazine
The gap between “you need a library for this” and “the browser does this” keeps closing. A practical guide to auditing your dependencies and finding what the web platform can now handle for you.
Building Tactile UX: Honoring Intentional Design With Lottie
https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/08/building-tactile-ux-honoring-intentional-design-lottie/
https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/08/building-tactile-ux-honoring-intentional-design-lottie/
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Building Tactile UX: Honoring Intentional Design With Lottie — Smashing Magazine
When tasked with building a highly interactive, tactile web experience, the architecture must serve the art direction. In this article, Alexey Kopytin explains their architectural rationale for building a digital stress-relief squeeze toy game using Lottie…
Timing Charts: A Blueprint For SMIL Animations
https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/08/timing-charts-blueprint-smil-animations/
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Timing Charts: A Blueprint For SMIL Animations — Smashing Magazine
Discover SMIL, the often-overlooked way to animate SVGs that works inside `` tags and can fully animate everything in an SVG without JavaScript.
Why Your Website Should Never Stop Changing
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Why Your Website Should Never Stop Changing — Smashing Magazine
Every website peaks on launch day and slowly drifts from there, not because it breaks, but because nobody has time to keep it current. Autonomous websites, continuously optimized by agents after launch, aim to change that. Pierre Burgy shares what they learned…
Rethinking Data Visualisation: A UX Approach To Dashboards That Actually Drives Decisions
https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/08/rethinking-data-visualisation-ux-approach-dashboards/
https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/08/rethinking-data-visualisation-ux-approach-dashboards/
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Rethinking Data Visualisation: A UX Approach To Dashboards That Actually Drives Decisions — Smashing Magazine
Data visualisation sits at the intersection of two disciplines that rarely talk to each other: data and design. Meriem Benhabiles explores what changes when you bring structured UX thinking to dashboards and data presentations, from the questions you ask…
The Many Faces Of September (2026 Wallpapers Edition)
https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/08/desktop-wallpaper-calendars-september-2026/
https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/08/desktop-wallpaper-calendars-september-2026/
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The Many Faces Of September (2026 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
Could there be a better way to welcome the new month than with a new collection of desktop wallpapers? Whether you’re holding tightly onto summer or eagerly awaiting autumn, we’ve got some eye-catching designs to make your September just a bit more colorful.…
The Death Of The Button: Why The Best Interface Is No Interface
https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/09/death-button-why-best-interface-is-no-interface/
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The Death Of The Button: Why The Best Interface Is No Interface — Smashing Magazine
TThe web is evolving beyond menus, forms, and endless clicks toward experiences shaped around human intent. For UX designers, understanding this shift means re-evaluating their role, moving from designing visible interfaces to guiding transparent, intent…
Building A UX ROI Case That Survives The Boardroom
https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/09/building-ux-roi-case-survives-boardroom/
https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/09/building-ux-roi-case-survives-boardroom/
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Building A UX ROI Case That Survives The Boardroom — Smashing Magazine
Strong UX ideas do not secure investment on their own. Through a worked example, Alex Williams breaks down how to define business value, calculate costs, test causality, and build a credible case for the return on a design initiative. - UX - Design - Business