<![CDATA[Stories by Takuma Kakehi on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@takuma-kakehi?source=rss-c9d7da90c2bf------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*e2pjKxNfylT_ul-5ZHhd4g.jpeg Stories by Takuma Kakehi on Medium https://medium.com/@takuma-kakehi?source=rss-c9d7da90c2bf------2 Medium Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:47:00 GMT <![CDATA[Your design system was never about components]]>

Google, Atlassian and Figma now ship a file for the reasons behind a design. Nothing makes the machine follow it.

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You gave every part of it a reason in under a second. Design counts on that.

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]]> https://takuma-kakehi.medium.com/nobody-designed-the-saguaro-cf417e52eaba?source=rss-c9d7da90c2bf------2 https://medium.com/p/cf417e52eaba Sun, 25 Oct 2026 21:51:02 GMT 2026-10-25T21:51:02.324Z <![CDATA[A thousand days of stale popcorn]]>

A gym, a morning radio broadcast, and a streak counter are all answers to one question: how do you get someone to keep going when you…

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]]> https://uxdesign.cc/a-thousand-days-of-stale-popcorn-54f62d06c42b?source=rss-c9d7da90c2bf------2 https://medium.com/p/54f62d06c42b Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:24:33 GMT 2026-10-18T12:11:29.487Z <![CDATA[You didn’t get a second opinion. You got the average.]]>

A 1936 stock-market metaphor explains what happens when you check your judgment against AI.

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]]> https://takuma-kakehi.medium.com/the-third-degree-197025a58a2a?source=rss-c9d7da90c2bf------2 https://medium.com/p/197025a58a2a Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:17:02 GMT 2026-10-20T00:38:05.550Z <![CDATA[The building was there first]]>

A style’s real output isn’t what it makes. It’s the category it installs in whoever looks.

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]]> https://uxdesign.cc/the-building-was-there-first-26c6c4e49ba8?source=rss-c9d7da90c2bf------2 https://medium.com/p/26c6c4e49ba8 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:34:26 GMT 2026-10-04T18:56:35.897Z <![CDATA[The mirror never reversed you]]>

Left and right are the only directions nobody can hand you. Every field that pays for the mistake learned to say whose.

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]]> https://takuma-kakehi.medium.com/the-mirror-never-reversed-you-86db99cba353?source=rss-c9d7da90c2bf------2 https://medium.com/p/86db99cba353 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 03:02:21 GMT 2026-09-27T03:05:30.519Z <![CDATA[What is a screen made of?]]>

Flat design was right that the screen isn’t leather. Then it assumed that meant nothing.

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]]> https://uxdesign.cc/what-is-a-screen-made-of-f2b1318778d4?source=rss-c9d7da90c2bf------2 https://medium.com/p/f2b1318778d4 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:21:59 GMT 2026-09-22T11:21:59.279Z <![CDATA[1,776 feet and a bare mast]]>

After a disaster, the first weeks decide what will be hard to change later. Everything else stays negotiable for a decade.

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]]> https://takuma-kakehi.medium.com/1-776-feet-and-a-bare-mast-4f60fd4525e0?source=rss-c9d7da90c2bf------2 https://medium.com/p/4f60fd4525e0 Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:09:08 GMT 2026-09-12T09:09:08.196Z <![CDATA[Tetris had to cheat to feel random]]>

Nobody can see a probability distribution. You only ever see a sequence, and sequences are where human intuition falls apart.

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]]> https://uxdesign.cc/tetris-had-to-cheat-to-feel-random-201913dc69ed?source=rss-c9d7da90c2bf------2 https://medium.com/p/201913dc69ed Mon, 07 Sep 2026 22:27:51 GMT 2026-09-07T22:27:51.939Z <![CDATA[The Cul-de-Sac was the good idea]]>

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