DESIGNING SYSTEMS THAT DECIDE

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

Runtime-assembled AI interfaces require a fundamental shift in design thinking, not just new tactics. Rather than shipping fixed screens, designers must move toward outcome-oriented thinking—defining goals, constraints, and rules for generation, much like an improv director shaping a scene instead of scripting every line. This essay outlines ten outdated design instincts to unlearn, replacing assumptions like "same input, same output" with approaches suited to radically adaptive, agent-driven interfaces.