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🤔 Brad shared Mike Davidson's article on career advice for designers navigating 2026's AI landscape, arguing that 'the assembly layer is going away' and that designers must shift from specification and assembly work toward orchestrating AI tools and building functional products. The piece offers concrete advice on building AI-fluent portfolios and embracing a conducting role over a creating role.
🔥 TJ Pitre announced new accessibility tooling in Figma Console MCP that runs WCAG 2.2 checks on both design (contrast ratios, target sizes, focus indicators, heading hierarchy) and code (axe-core scanning for aria issues, semantic problems, and labeling gaps). The tools can be chained together with a parity check to keep design and code aligned — positioned as a deterministic safety net for catching easy-to-miss issues, not a replacement for human accessibility expertise.