Design
Instagram Kept the Script. The System Did the Work.
Instagram's first wordmark change in 10 years kept the script and rebuilt the system around it. What that says about how to scope a rebrand.
ClefDev News
Notes from the studio
Working observations on iGaming compliance, design-to-code workflows, Web3 product design, stablecoin payments, and the everyday craft of shipping creative work.
Design
AI
AI Act Transparency Rules Now Live in Your Interface
The EU delayed high-risk AI rules to 2027, but Article 50 transparency duties applied from 2 August 2026. Those obligations live in the interface.
iGaming
Why Nobody Opens Your Responsible Gaming Tools
Responsible gambling tools ship in every licensed casino and go unused. Six interface patterns that keep player controls closed, and how to fix them.
Marketing
AI Mode Ads Don't Buy Citations. Your Pages Do.
Google AI Mode shows ads on 29% of commercial queries, but the advertiser is cited 11% of the time. What that changes for SaaS website design.
iGaming
Prediction Markets Beat Sportsbooks. Design Explains Why.
Prediction markets moved over $50 billion during the World Cup while sportsbook apps lost users. The interface explains more of that gap than the odds do.
Web3
Telegram's t.me Broke. Mini Apps Should Plan for It.
A single status code pulled every t.me link offline on July 13, breaking the door to a $4.3B TON ecosystem. What mini-app teams should build instead.
Design
Figma Motion Is Now a Design-System Primitive
Figma Config 2026 made motion, code layers and shaders native to the canvas. What that actually changes for teams shipping product.
iGaming
Aduarius now speaks Brazil
Aduarius, our AI ad-creative tool, now ships a dedicated Brazil style for iGaming: verde-e-ouro, football and carnival energy, on-brand by default.
Development
Agentic Commerce 2026: The Build Playbook
Agentic commerce 2026: AI shopping agents now check out for buyers. The build playbook for agent-ready storefronts, ACP, and getting picked by the agent.
Design
Design to Code in 2026
Figma quietly released the update that finally made the design-to-code conversation feel different. Draw mode absorbed auto layout, dedicated text-on-a-path tools, inline layer-type labels…
Fintech
Stablecoin B2B Payments
Until last year, "stablecoin payments" was still a phrase that triggered legal review committees. As of April 2026, it is a Visa earnings-call line item – and clients are asking us to design for it.
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