Dark Mode

We Laughed at 2013’s Websites. Now We’re the Punchline.

📅 August 8, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

The web has always been template-driven, but now AI has automated the process. We mocked 2013’s cookie-cutter sites, but today’s dark-mode, blue-purple, AI-generated aesthetic is the same homogenization, just faster. The real driver isn’t AI or bad designers – it’s platform incentives that reward copying. Recognizing the new template helps us resist manipulation and see that ‘cutting-edge’ is just the next stale cliché.

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Dark Mode Is Broken. Here’s Why Your Toggle Is Failing.

📅 July 3, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

Dark mode isn’t a color swap — it’s a system-level integration that must respect OS settings, user intent, and accessibility. Most developers fail by adding manual toggles without honoring prefers-color-scheme. This article shows how to fix it with a state machine approach, and why the best dark mode is the one users never notice.

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