As I read online, I bookmark resources I find interesting and useful. I share these links about once a month here on my blog. This post includes links related to vibe coding and accessibility, learning friction, AI trends and L&D teams, a tool to help freelancers recover unpaid invoices, and a potential future in medical imaging for Midjourney.
Vibe coding and accessibility
The Vibe Coding Crisis: Why AI is Manufacturing Accessibility Debt
Jacob Wood shares examples of technical debt for accessibility caused by using the messy code that vibe coding generates. Yes, we can build activities and websites quickly, but how are we going to make it accessible? If we ignore accessibility and don’t plan for it from the start, we’re going to accumulate a lot of cleanup work later.
So here’s a quick tip: When vibe coding anything, remind your friendly neighborhood AI, “The first rule of ARIA is that no ARIA is better than bad ARIA.”
Learning friction
Why AI Needs Vygotsky: The Case for AI-Based Intentional Friction – Learning Guild
LLMs can give nearly instant answers with almost no effort–but effort is what helps us learn and grow. This article connects classic learning science of Vygotsky and the ZPD to how AI can cause harm through cognitive outsources and provides principles for designing for intentional friction.
The absence of “desirable difficulty” or friction in AI interactions is among the most serious concerns for learning and instructional design experts today. This concern is not due to tool speed, but rather because the lack of friction bypasses or eliminates essential stages of the learning process that strengthen human cognitive and neurological foundations. When machines respond effortlessly, the natural learning pathway described in Vygotsky’s ZPD and scaffolding is disrupted. While this may seem “efficient” in the short term, over time it can undermine higher-order cognitive skills such as problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity.
—Atefeh Ferdosipour
AI trends and L&D teams
The Anatomy of a Modern L&D Team [2026 Edition]
Ross Stevenson shares research, trends, and outlook for how roles in L&D have shifted and are continuing to change. What do those roles look like moving forward? What skills should L&D professionals focus on?
Recover unpaid invoices
Recover Your Unpaid Invoices
I’ve had several conversations with other freelancers and consultants recently about clients not paying their invoices. It’s usually not enough money to justify hiring an attorney or sending them to collections, but it’s also painful when you work for yourself. This is an AI-supported tool to generate and send a certified letter and follow up until you get paid. Will it work? I don’t know. For $50, I’d probably try it myself if I had an unpaid bill. I might even pay the extra for an attorney to send the letter on their letterhead.
Medical imaging with Midjourney
A New Era of Midjourney
This is all very early and not in production yet, but Midjourney is working on using their expertise working with image data into developing a body scan machine to provide medical imaging. I think a heavy dose of skepticism is smart until it’s actually in use and we see results, but I like the idea of using AI to generate images that help doctors and patients make more informed decisions.
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