The Case for Boring Tools
The tools I have kept are not the ones that impressed me. They are the ones that never asked for my attention again.
Ari Bennett · 6 min read
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7 posts matching “decisions” Clear
Designing for the Second Read
Interfaces get read twice: once by somebody skimming, once by somebody in trouble. Designing for the second reader changes nearly every decision.
Ari Bennett · 8 min read
Type Scales Without the Guesswork
A type scale is not a mathematical mystery. It is five or six decisions you make once, then stop relitigating on every screen.
Ari Bennett · 6 min read
The Terminal Setup I Have Not Rebuilt in Three Years
Not a configuration tour. Four decisions that turned my terminal from a project back into a tool.
Ari Bennett · 7 min read
Writing Documentation Nobody Has to Decode
Most documentation is accurate and useless. The difference is almost always structure, not effort.
Ari Bennett · 8 min read
Notes on Leaving a Comfortable Job
No burnout story and nothing to expose. Just the reasoning behind trading something good for something described, and what it actually cost.
Ari Bennett · 6 min read