The latest articles from Vigethttps://www.viget.com/https://www.viget.com/articles/three-tips-for-a-great-internship-application/https://www.viget.com/articles/three-tips-for-a-great-internship-application/Your cheat sheet for going from internship applicant to intern.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMTAubrey Learhttps://www.viget.com/articles/why-ai-wont-replace-your-product-project-manager/https://www.viget.com/articles/why-ai-wont-replace-your-product-project-manager/Want to know something? 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Then why did I have to leave Agile to actually do that? A story about disillusionment, a board game, and how I became a UX Researcher.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMTLiza Chabothttps://www.viget.com/articles/using-claude-code-intentionally/https://www.viget.com/articles/using-claude-code-intentionally/Prompts are ephemeral. Infrastructure compounds. A practical guide to setting up Claude Code so it works with your project, your conventions, and your process — not just the task in front of you.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMTMax Myershttps://www.viget.com/articles/time-tools-and-permission-to-experiment-a-2026-pointless-palooza-recap/https://www.viget.com/articles/time-tools-and-permission-to-experiment-a-2026-pointless-palooza-recap/48-hours, 8 projects, a dash of 8-bit influence, and agentic collaborators. Hackathons foster more teamwork, stronger output, and more learning than ever before.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:00:00 GMTAubrey Learhttps://www.viget.com/articles/where-were-you-how-ai-and-human-instinct-built-wereabouts-at-pointless-palooza-2026/https://www.viget.com/articles/where-were-you-how-ai-and-human-instinct-built-wereabouts-at-pointless-palooza-2026/We had 12 hours, a werewolf mascot, and a wild idea. AI helped us move fast. Humans kept us from getting lost.Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:57:00 GMTDan Allenhttps://www.viget.com/articles/big-prompts-beagle-power-how-we-built-an-ai-language-app-in-24-hours/https://www.viget.com/articles/big-prompts-beagle-power-how-we-built-an-ai-language-app-in-24-hours/As an experiment with AI during Pointless, we built a working language learning app in 24 hours. Here's how it went!Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:00:00 GMTLaura Lightyhttps://www.viget.com/articles/labshares-internal-talks-that-build-skills-connection-and-culture/https://www.viget.com/articles/labshares-internal-talks-that-build-skills-connection-and-culture/How a simple public-speaking ritual strengthens individual growth, shared learning, and company culture.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:10:00 GMTBrian Williamshttps://www.viget.com/articles/the-art-of-doing-nothing-building-the-to-dont-list/https://www.viget.com/articles/the-art-of-doing-nothing-building-the-to-dont-list/How we grew a pixel plant garden with an experimental agentic workflow.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:20:00 GMTAnnalisa Kleinschmidthttps://www.viget.com/articles/building-pointless-flf/https://www.viget.com/articles/building-pointless-flf/Slack-first coordination, agent-driven execution, and the occasional encounter with the Shadow Realm™Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:00:00 GMTSolomon Hawkhttps://www.viget.com/articles/shelf-help/https://www.viget.com/articles/shelf-help/Finding your next favorite read doesn’t have to be a guessing game.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:00:00 GMTMelissa Foleyhttps://www.viget.com/articles/pointless-lessons-how-we-built-scooter-commuter/https://www.viget.com/articles/pointless-lessons-how-we-built-scooter-commuter/Scooter Commuter is a game that makes the invisible commute visible again. It helps remote workers mentally “arrive” at work while creating space for boundaries and wellness.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:00:00 GMTBre Cornhttps://www.viget.com/articles/pointless-explorations-of-obsidian-claude-code/https://www.viget.com/articles/pointless-explorations-of-obsidian-claude-code/Not only do AI agents like Claude Code and Codex excel at software development, they are also powerful knowledge work assistants.Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:57:00 GMTJoshua Peasehttps://www.viget.com/articles/bringing-parakeet-to-life/https://www.viget.com/articles/bringing-parakeet-to-life/The 6-month process of getting an intern project over the finish line into a soundboard that YOU can use in your meetings. 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Your resolutions need more than motivation.Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:05:00 GMTBre Cornhttps://www.viget.com/articles/a-simple-way-to-power-up-git-add/https://www.viget.com/articles/a-simple-way-to-power-up-git-add/How using one (or two) flags with `git add` can level up the developer experience. Also, please don't use `git add .` haphazardly.Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:27:00 GMTDanny Brownhttps://www.viget.com/articles/twas-the-year-end-of-2025/https://www.viget.com/articles/twas-the-year-end-of-2025/A Design Team's TaleWed, 24 Dec 2025 15:00:00 GMTJenna Billingsleyhttps://www.viget.com/articles/fixing-typescript-performance-problems/https://www.viget.com/articles/fixing-typescript-performance-problems/The story of a recent experience we had troubleshooting some serious performance problems in a large TypeScript monorepo.Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:00:00 GMTSolomon Hawkhttps://www.viget.com/articles/dont-let-vibe-code-become-legacy-code/https://www.viget.com/articles/dont-let-vibe-code-become-legacy-code/Generated code can easily slip into a realm of unreadable, unmaintainable and frustrating code. Keep your repo legacy code free with these four simple tricks!Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:30:00 GMTNick Telsanhttps://www.viget.com/articles/vigets-favorite-books-of-2025/https://www.viget.com/articles/vigets-favorite-books-of-2025/Books we read and enjoyed in 2025.Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:00:00 GMTLaura Sweltzhttps://www.viget.com/articles/what-a-year-of-working-with-chatgpt-taught-me-about-strategy/https://www.viget.com/articles/what-a-year-of-working-with-chatgpt-taught-me-about-strategy/This year, ChatGPT shifted from an answer engine to a thinking partner. By asking better questions and iterating faster, I strengthened my judgment and learned that AI works best when it sharpens rather than replaces human thinking.Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:47:00 GMTKara Sassonehttps://www.viget.com/articles/testing-a11y-using-screen-readers/https://www.viget.com/articles/testing-a11y-using-screen-readers/Testing with a screen reader is more than just finding errors; it's seeing the users as real people and having empathy in how they experience a site.Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:00:00 GMTNathan Schmidthttps://www.viget.com/articles/lessons-learned-upgrading-a-large-typescript-application-from-zod-3-to-4/https://www.viget.com/articles/lessons-learned-upgrading-a-large-typescript-application-from-zod-3-to-4/We recently upgraded a large application from Zod 3 to 4. The performance improvements are great and apart from one or two things, the migration was straightforward. Here are a few things we learned along the way.Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:00:00 GMTSolomon Hawkhttps://www.viget.com/articles/5-articles-that-influenced-my-career/https://www.viget.com/articles/5-articles-that-influenced-my-career/Do we build the web, or does the web build us?Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:30:00 GMTNathan Longhttps://www.viget.com/articles/getting-good-at-being-bad/https://www.viget.com/articles/getting-good-at-being-bad/A recovering perfectionist's guide to embracing failure and finding freedomFri, 26 Sep 2025 15:11:00 GMTAbby Smithhttps://www.viget.com/articles/dancing-with-your-coworkers/https://www.viget.com/articles/dancing-with-your-coworkers/An intern's mission to get coworkers dancing.Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:00:00 GMTNatalie Dixonhttps://www.viget.com/articles/breaking-the-silence-in-meetings-a-peek-at-parakeet/https://www.viget.com/articles/breaking-the-silence-in-meetings-a-peek-at-parakeet/The 2025 intern group project prompt was to build a better digital soundboard. In three weeks, we did just that, and it’s going to be available for everyone to use…eventually.Thu, 14 Aug 2025 19:30:00 GMTRagan Leehttps://www.viget.com/articles/the-dia-ai-browser/https://www.viget.com/articles/the-dia-ai-browser/Digital Project Manager tries out the latest tech trends: AI browsersThu, 31 Jul 2025 14:00:00 GMTTommy Ballhttps://www.viget.com/articles/the-power-of-powerpoint-and-why-we-should-keep-making-them/https://www.viget.com/articles/the-power-of-powerpoint-and-why-we-should-keep-making-them/PowerPoint isn’t just a presentation tool; it’s a fun, creative way to tell stories, share what you enjoy, and connect. It’s still just as cool and useful as ever.Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:00:00 GMTRhyder Swenhttps://www.viget.com/articles/ai-powered-craft-search-with-meilisearch/https://www.viget.com/articles/ai-powered-craft-search-with-meilisearch/Quickly add AI-powered search to Craft CMS with Meilisearch—a fast, open-source search engine that blends classic keyword search with smart semantic results.Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:30:00 GMTJoshua Peasehttps://www.viget.com/articles/speed-up-craft-commerce-5-catalog-pricing/https://www.viget.com/articles/speed-up-craft-commerce-5-catalog-pricing/We recently uncovered a performance issue affecting product and variant queries – even on stores that don’t use catalog pricing. Here's what we found and how we fixed it.Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:00:00 GMTMax Myershttps://www.viget.com/articles/testing-craft-cms/https://www.viget.com/articles/testing-craft-cms/If you’re building a Craft CMS project and not testing, this post is your practical, no-nonsense starting point.Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:30:00 GMTMax Myershttps://www.viget.com/articles/beautiful-dynamic-charts-in-rive/https://www.viget.com/articles/beautiful-dynamic-charts-in-rive/Animated data visualization that matches the design is no longer a challenge as Rive makes it fast to build and deploy pixel-perfect dynamic charts.Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:00:00 GMTNathan Schmidthttps://www.viget.com/articles/my-aha-moment-with-ai/https://www.viget.com/articles/my-aha-moment-with-ai/Musings on AI tools, AI-first product design, visually offensive features (Gemini), and the happy moments of tool-usage-clarity in our digitally cluttered world.Thu, 12 Jun 2025 19:48:00 GMTTommy Ballhttps://www.viget.com/articles/ruthies-day-at-ttt/https://www.viget.com/articles/ruthies-day-at-ttt/A dog's perspective on her time at the annual Viget retreat.Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:00:00 GMTNoah Over