2020 Software Design ((install)) May 2026

Software design in 2020 was ugly, frantic, and exhausting. But it was also the first time the industry collectively remembered that on the other side of the screen is a tired, hungry, slightly frantic human being.

We kept the async workflows. We kept the brutally honest error messages. We kept the accessibility defaults. But we threw away the panic. 2020 software design

And software? Software had to catch up. Fast. Software design in 2020 was ugly, frantic, and exhausting