Publishing unlocks your luck
In today's newsletter, I've got 10 articles for you, including:
- Why content worth consuming demands your full attention (aka not at 2x speed)
- How illustrators are adapting to AI in the new year
- How a broken robots.txt file can erase all of your Google traffic overnight (seriously, read this one!)
- And more...
Most Interesting
Publishing your work increases your luck
Aaron Francis had been building projects for years but kept them private out of fear. The decision to finally publish that work; sharing code, writing about projects, putting ideas out there, changed everything.
Design + Development
Convert, resize, and adjust quality settings across 20+ image formats with batch processing. The clean, native and private image converter for Mac.
is an open-source component library that gives you pre-built UI components specifically designed for AI tool integrations. If you're working on conversation-native UIs, this could save you a lot of time.
Mockup generator [5000+ mockups]
Mockuuups Studio cuts mockup creation down to five seconds. Screenshot a website, drop your design into a phone or laptop frame, done.
Six surprising illustration trends for 2026
Illustration trends for 2026 showing how the craft is adapting to the AI era.
Tech + Innovation
Apple's John Ternus Could Be Tim Cook's Successor as CEO
Tim Cook told senior leaders last year he's tired and wants to reduce his workload, accelerating Apple's succession planning. The likely successor is John Ternus, a hardware executive known for his attention to detail and Apple's vast supply network.
Fix Your robots.txt or Your Site Disappears from Google
Adam Coster's site lost nearly all its Google traffic after his robots.txt file became inaccessible. Google now actively de-indexes sites with missing or unreachable robots.txt files—a change documented in July 2025 but not widely known. If you ship a site update that breaks robots.txt access, even temporarily, you risk immediate removal from search results.
12 outlooks for the future: 2026+
A look at where competitive advantage is headed in 2026: craft, hardware integration, organizational speed, and the more human stuff like empathy and storytelling.
Work + Mindset
Your Resolution Isn't the Problem. Your Measurement Is.
New Year's resolutions fail because they're wishes, not plans. They fail because "eat better" and "be healthier" and "find balance" are too vague to act on and too fuzzy to measure. Key results fix this.
The author of this article set a new personal rule: if a podcast isn't worth listening to at 1x speed, don't listen at all. A good read, especially if you're evaluating how you approach content/learning in the new year.
