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When Recommendation Systems Replace User Choice
AI & ML

When Recommendation Systems Replace User Choice

Ethan Cole February 7, 2026 4 min read 55 views

Recommendation systems are often framed as a convenience feature. They save time, reduce effort, and help users “discover” what they want faster. In theory, they...

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Why Persuasion-Based UX Is a Design Failure
Software

Why Persuasion-Based UX Is a Design Failure

Ethan Cole Feb 7 3 min

Persuasion-based UX starts from a flawed assumption: that users must be guided, nudged, optimized, or subtly pushed toward the “right”...

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The Most Important Decisions Are the Least Visible
Software

The Most Important Decisions Are the Least Visible

Ethan Cole Feb 6 3 min

Visibility Is a Poor Measure of Importance In product work, visibility often distorts priorities. What ships is visible.What users click...

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Defaults That Matter: Infrastructure Choices Users Never See
Cloud & DevOps

Defaults That Matter: Infrastructure Choices Users Never See

Ethan Cole Feb 6 3 min

Infrastructure Is Opinionated by Default Most users never see infrastructure. They don’t see deployment pipelines, database schemas, caching layers, or...

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How Philosophy Shows Up in Small Technical Decisions
Software

How Philosophy Shows Up in Small Technical Decisions

Ethan Cole Feb 6 4 min

Philosophy Rarely Looks Like Philosophy Product philosophy is often discussed in abstract terms. Values.Principles.Vision statements. But philosophy almost never shows...

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Compromise Is a Choice, Not an Accident
Software

Compromise Is a Choice, Not an Accident

Ethan Cole Feb 5 3 min

The Convenient Myth of Inevitability Compromise is often framed as something that just happens. Market pressure.User expectations.Limited resources.Tight deadlines. When...

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Security Trade-Offs Most Teams Refuse to Admit
Cybersecurity

Security Trade-Offs Most Teams Refuse to Admit

Ethan Cole Feb 5 4 min

Security Is Always a Negotiation Security is often presented as an absolute. Products are either secure or insecure. Teams either...

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