Resources
A library, growing one suggestion at a time.
Books, talks, tools, podcasts. Below is a starter wishlist of things UX Engineers love — none of them have been written up properly yet. Add your favorites.
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Each card below is a placeholder for a real, written-up recommendation. Pick a book, talk, or tool you love, write 100 words on why it matters, and open a PR.
Bookwishlist
About Face
Alan Cooper
The bible of interaction design — dense, opinionated, foundational.
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Bookwishlist
Refactoring UI
Adam Wathan & Steve Schoger
Practical visual design heuristics for engineers.
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Bookwishlist
Designing for the Digital Age
Kim Goodwin
The longest, most thorough book on UX you might ever read.
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The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
Where affordances came from. Required reading.
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Talkwishlist
The Web’s Next Transition
Rich Harris
On where the frontend platform is going and what UXEs should care about.
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Talkwishlist
A Brief History of Easing
Cassie Evans
How animation curves shape feeling. Beautiful talk.
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Toolwishlist
Polypane
browser
A multi-pane responsive browser built for designers and a11y.
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Toolwishlist
Cursor
editor
A code editor that pairs with you. Excellent for fast UI iteration.
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Podcastwishlist
Design Engineered
pod
Conversations with the engineers who build the world’s best interfaces.
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Articlewishlist
The web is a toy
Manuel Moreale
A short essay on why the medium itself shapes how we build.
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Systemwishlist
Radix Primitives
sys
Accessible, unstyled primitives. A masterclass in component API design.
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Systemwishlist
Polaris
sys
Shopify’s system — strong on documentation and content guidelines.
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