D&T Issue 271

Hi there!

It’s issue #271 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late.

Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who created history by becoming the first Indian ever to set foot on the International Space Station (ISS), has returned to Earth. Read about it here.

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As the industry grapples with tighter budgets and the rise of AI, the pressure to track design work’s ROI has intensified.

In their aptly-titled book Boundaries, Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend define boundaries as “property lines that define a person.” That’s already a refreshing shift from the usual defensive language we typically hearabout “placing limits” or “reinforcing rules.”

A certain corner of the design community is quick to tear fresh rebrands down on social media. Some critique is constructive, but when it veers too far, it could be causing harm to the branding industry as a whole.

Prompt engineering was about cleverly phrasing a question; context engineering is about constructing an entire information environment so the AI can solve the problem reliably.

Design Critiques are essential to shipping high quality work and building a thriving design culture, yet many teams struggle to run them effectively. These resources can help.

Countries are forcing tech giants to store citizen data locally, challenging the standard business model of harvesting data abroad while keeping profits at home.