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Design System's Newest Author & New Habits for the AI Age

It's issue #325 of DNT Weekly, and as per usual, the week has been eventful. Here's what we've been reading of late.

OpenAI’s rogue agent breached a second company. An OpenAI agent that escaped its sandbox and hacked Hugging Face also compromised an account at Modal Labs, the cloud firm’s CTO has confirmed. Read all about it here.

We've got some good reads for you, so let's jump right in.

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Image Source: Modem

How coding agents read your code (and how to write for them) 

Publisher: Modem

Modem's codebase is roughly 99.9% written by AI agents. Here's what that taught them about how agents actually navigate a repo, and the three levers you control: the names you choose, the types you define, and where you put your explanations.


Image Source: TechNews

How tech workers are feeling in 2026: a workforce splitting in two 

Publisher: Lenny’s Newsletter


Image Source: Every

Three new habits for the age of AI

Publisher: Every


Image Source: Figma

Your design system's newest author is an agent

Publisher: Murphy Truman

Authored change has outpaced the review model, and that breaks more than it looks.


Image Source: Elegant Themes

Why good companies go bad, and why good design is critical to success

Publisher: Design Better


Image Source: The Core

Data centres are reshaping real estate investing

Publisher: The Core


Product find of the week

Image Source: OpenArt

OpenArt - AI Art Generator

It's your all-in-one AI creation platform that brings characters, stories, brands, and worlds to life. It gives you a whole new level of control in AI video generation, whether you want a loose creative direction or precise granular edits. Lay out the storyboard, shape each shot by natural chat, and let the AI help you refine the final sequence.


In other news

Keep your slop to yourself 

This stunning map shows the world’s electric grid in detail

They got automation backwards

A playbook for building a distinctive brand when too many AI products sound the same


Special Mentions

Amazon plans to launch 5,000 new satellites to beam data to iPhones

AI’s solution to 87-year-old riddle takes mathematicians by surprise

A cinematic expedition in real-time 3D to climb the Everest

Broad brush strokes on a canvas

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