THE PUBLIC WORKBENCH
LIBRARY / LIBRARYShort experiments. Useful receipts.
Playable decisions, interface forensics, product history, and transparent build notes in one public learning shelf.
The Daily Split · 3 published
One question, two real designs, and no definition until you have committed. Call the stronger interface, then read the receipt: the law's name, the honest fix, and why the weaker one still ships everywhere. Latest: “The lying chart”.
The Crime Index · 7 published
Dark patterns filed by the pattern, not by the company. Every case names the archetype in the dock, the roast, the law it breaks, and the fix — which is usually older, cheaper and shorter than the crime. Latest: “The Truncated Axis”.
Fossil Friday · 5 published
Your interface is speaking a dead language and nobody told you. Each entry catalogues one object that no longer exists, and the gesture it left behind in software that everybody still understands. Latest: “Why Save is a floppy disk”.
Lab Notes · 5 published
The build log, written as a split: the decision that was on the table, what we did instead, and one real number. Including the calls we later reversed — a note that turned out wrong stays up with the correction attached. Latest: “We promised zero cookies. We shipped one, and said so”.