Beyond Tools and Trends, Toward Judgment, Craft, and Clarity

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This week’s 10 Things looks at the year through its edges and essentials: the technologies we’ll remember, the creative work that stands quietly apart, and the skills that remain stubbornly human. We explore product thinking beyond hype, revisit fundamentals like planning and judgment, and ask why experience still means making sense of ambiguity even as the tools get smarter.

Enjoy, Your Majesty

  1. Cultuur & internet

    The 50 Most Iconic Technologies of 2025

    Hard Fork looks back at a year where AI, group chats, and cultural oddities all competed for icon status. It’s a snapshot of how technology becomes memory.

    Read more hereyoutube.com (opent in een nieuw tabblad)
  2. Design & UX

    The Portfolio of Anatolii Babii

    Beautiful, considered work from an independent designer in Kyiv. It’s a reminder that great craft doesn’t need permission or a platform to speak clearly.

    Learn more hereantlii.work (opent in een nieuw tabblad)
  3. AI & technologie

    Poets Are Now Cybersecurity Threats

    Turns out verse can jailbreak machines. A fascinating collision of creativity, language, and the unintended loopholes of safety systems.

    Learn more herepcgamer.com (opent in een nieuw tabblad)
  4. Werk & leiderschap

    What’s the Future of PMs?

    A sharp warning: Trendy AI tools and “vibe-coding” don’t replace judgment. Product leadership still lives in clarity, decision-making, and understanding real problems.

    Learn more heredpereira.substack.com (opent in een nieuw tabblad)
  5. Merken & reclame

    McDonald’s AI Christmas Ad Backlash

    When automation meets sentimentality, things can go wrong fast. A case study in why taste, timing, and tone still matter.

    Learn more heregizmodo.com (opent in een nieuw tabblad)
  6. AI & technologie

    The Death of Software Engineering Is a Myth

    Each wave of tech hype predicts the “death” of software engineering, but in reality, it just shifts abstraction while creating new problems and more work.

    Learn more herejasonscheirer.com (opent in een nieuw tabblad)
  7. AI & technologie

    The DoorDash Problem & the AI Browser Wars

    Who gets to browse the web for us? A brewing battle over agents, commerce, and control and what it means for the open internet.

    Read more heretheverge.com (opent in een nieuw tabblad)
  8. Kunst & creativiteit

    A Year, Reassembled

    Matthew Stasoff’s annual ritual of revisiting bookmarks, screenshots, and half-formed ideas. It’s messy, personal, and surprisingly insightful.

    Read more heredocs.google.com (opent in een nieuw tabblad)
  9. Werk & leiderschap

    What Actually Makes You Senior

    It’s not mastery of tools. It’s the ability to turn ambiguity into something others can act on.

    Read more hereterriblesoftware.org (opent in een nieuw tabblad)
  10. Werk & leiderschap

    The Planning Paradox

    Plans age badly. Planning doesn’t. A useful reminder that momentum comes from the act, not the artifact.

    Read more hereproductparty.us (opent in een nieuw tabblad)

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, but the one most responsive to change”

— Charles Darwin

Over 10 Things

Om de week deelt de studio van Your Majesty de tien beste artikelen, podcasts, video’s en websites die we tegenkwamen in design, technologie en cultuur. Gemaakt door Your Majesty, onderdeel van Infinum.