User Experience

Dark Mode Is Broken. Hereโ€™s Why Your Toggle Is Failing.

Dark mode isn’t a color swap โ€” 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.

You’re Being Tested for Humanity. That’s the Real Problem.

We’ve all failed a CAPTCHA and felt the sting of a machine questioning our humanity. But the real problem isn’t the test’s difficultyโ€”it’s that ‘humanity’ is a moving target. As AI gets better at mimicking us, the line blurs. The author argues we need to stop measuring humanity and start measuring intent. A provocative take on why CAPTCHA is fundamentally broken.