Working Surface weekly · 14 September to 20 September 2026
Checked against what?
Six pieces from this week on checking work made with AI: what the reviewer compares it with decides what the review is worth.
 
   
ProductDesign
“A human sign-off only makes AI-generated content trustworthy if the review itself is structured and checked by the right domain expert.”
Ananya Das · DataHub
Product
“results can be reproduced, audited, and challenged.”
Wren Dougherty · The Airbnb Tech Blog
DesignEngineering
“You have to calibrate the judge against your own judgment first.”
Teresa Torres · Product Talk
DesignEngineering
“A software engineer or product manager specifies the problem and desired outcome. Judgment, prioritization, and taste are becoming more important for this phase.”
Gergely Orosz · The Pragmatic Engineer
Design
“This looks great, can we just ship this?”
Megan Chan · Nielsen Norman Group
Wevy, the site's clerk robot, winks
Wevy's quote of the week
Hello hello! One line from this week that I keep repeating to myself:
“a working demo argues exactly as hard for a bad idea as for a good one.”
Shipped this week
5 of the 14 releases logged this week. All releases
6 of the 17 links added this week. More on this theme · All links