Ever seen a place where content design took over UX design? It could not be less annoying either.

Even worse if design thinking was just design talking.

Or when the change that design wanted to lead could not actually resonate in business terms.

Yes at some point “design thinking” overtook design doing, and that became very problematic for us.

It was trendy to invest in design, for a while. Many companies did design pantomime; a common practice was to hold design thinking workshops that made everyone (non-designer business leaders) feel like design was happening, but that maybe didn't ever turn into actual business outcomes.

Writing codes in a code editor, it tells you what runs and what doesn't. It constantly checks and validates your approach. There are mini checkpoints to get your work to a contribution-ready level and indicate where is half-baked or needs revision.

Designing in a software, none of these exists.

Or is it because design approaches are more expansive, where methods vary from person to person, and where progress can be interpreted all differently?

Is it because design is vaguer, where there are no standard functions or formulae to rely on for collaboration?

This applies to bookmarks and read lists on browsers, also to saved posts on any closed media platforms. I would like to be able to revisit all the digital scraps I once saved.