Can we design sports shoes that don’t squeak? Here’s what the science says

Taking inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci’s studies of friction, the ‘sneaker squeak’ question cuts to a deep problem in physics.
InfoQ

Vercel Releases React Best Practices Skill with 40+ Performance Rules for AI Agents

Vercel has launched "react-best-practices," an open-source repository featuring 40+ performance optimization rules for React and Next.js apps. Tailored for AI coding agents yet valuable for developers ...
Apartment Therapy

The 4 Vintage-Inspired Patterns Designers Think Will Rule 2026

Checkerboard patterns have dominated in recent years, and they’re still going strong when it comes to flooring. But this year, the pattern’s being turned on its head — literally. Beget predicts that ...
IEEE

A Review of Approaches to Detecting Software Design Patterns

Abstract: Design patterns play a crucial role in modern software engineering, providing reusable solutions to common design challenges. Among the most influential collections of design patterns is the ...
IEEE

JS/TS-Smell: A Metric-Enriched Dataset for Code Smells and Anti-Patterns in JavaScript and TypeScript

Abstract: Quality source code is essential for software maintainability, reliability, and long-term evolution. However, code smells and anti-patterns, structural and design deficiencies continue to ...
The Guardian

The end of the paper trail? Australia’s largest garment pattern supplier is closing and sewers are worried – but pragmatic

For many sewers, choosing paper patterns from one of Simplicity McCall’s ‘big four’ brands was an in-store ritual. But others say digital patterns are the way of the future Decades ago, in the ...