When I saw the UX Research Tools Map 2026 by User Interviews for the first time (I think 2025 was a fantasy map of some sort, a lot of effort spent on it for sure), something that I predicted when I saw the Subway Map to Agile Practices seemed to have come true...

How did you come across this book? Sounds very interesting... I'll have to check it out!

Even before the AI disruption, the writing was already on the wall for design creativity and professional development.

The writing was on the wall even before the AI disruption

Creativity is a funny thing because most (or too many) people that come to the classes, or perhaps think about coming to the classes, are afraid of it because they don’t believe they’re creative.

I hear that a lot, particularly from blokes that say: “Oh, I’m just not creative.”

Nice to see someone put some passion and energy into their portfolio design that is sure to give AI parsers a hard time!

https://hanakami.art - what is hanakami? You can find out more here: https://origamiusa.org/thefold/article/art-hanakami-or-flowe...

Why would anyone want to fold flower petals into origami? I guess you'll have to read it to find out.

If the author had replaced the term "UX" with design, then the article would make more sense to me. To continue with the misuse of UX in IT to mean fancy and unnecessary design seems quite strange, because design has always been a factor in how successful projects will be (not just the interface but the whole process of delivery on an outcome).

Just curious what people make out of it since it is probably one of the longer standing surveys across the industry.

Is it representative these days? That is, do the younger generation still participate?

I would say so based on the demographic profile: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/developers#profile

Thoughts on Parkour and Woodwork