Oshada Seneviratne's piece of the internet. Design, code, and opinions he did not need to have.https://oshadaseneviratne.com/encontact@oshada.aleeas.com (Oshada Seneviratne)contact@oshada.aleeas.com (Oshada Seneviratne)Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/a-fintech-app-pixel-by-pixel/https://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/a-fintech-app-pixel-by-pixel/A case study in which Oshada builds a fintech UI from the ground up and justifies every decision, whether or not anyone asked him to.Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTOshada SeneviratneDesignCase StudyUI DesignUXFintechhttps://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/his-two-cents-on-ai/https://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/his-two-cents-on-ai/Oshada on leaning a little too hard on AI in design and development, and the point where a genuinely good tool quietly becomes a crutch.Sat, 24 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTOshada SeneviratneTechnologyAIOpinionhttps://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/user-friendly-by-design-10-heuristics/https://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/user-friendly-by-design-10-heuristics/Jakob Nielsen's ten usability heuristics, with real examples, for anyone who would rather their interface did not make people quietly suffer.Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTOshada SeneviratneDesignUXUsabilityhttps://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/block-by-block-a-minecraft-habit/https://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/block-by-block-a-minecraft-habit/Oshada on his enduring Minecraft problem: the YouTube guides, the SMPs, and the Hermits quietly responsible for most of it.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTOshada SeneviratneCultureGaminghttps://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/take-control-of-your-digital-privacy/https://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/take-control-of-your-digital-privacy/Your personal data is worth a fortune to people you will never meet. Password managers, multi-factor auth, and how to claw some of it back.Sat, 16 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMTOshada SeneviratneTechnologyPrivacySecurityhttps://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/is-our-reality-just-a-simulation/https://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/is-our-reality-just-a-simulation/Oshada takes Nick Bostrom's argument seriously for a while, notes how fast our own technology is moving, and then quantum mechanics makes it worse.Sat, 14 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMTOshada SeneviratneCulturePhilosophyFilmhttps://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/the-art-and-science-of-color-in-design/https://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/the-art-and-science-of-color-in-design/Colour is doing far more work in your designs than you think. The science and psychology behind it, so every hue on the page earns its place.Mon, 16 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMTOshada SeneviratneDesignColorDesign Theoryhttps://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/why-arcane-is-a-masterpiece/https://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/why-arcane-is-a-masterpiece/Oshada, entirely incapable of objectivity here, on why Arcane's animation, writing and characters add up to one of the best things on screen.Mon, 16 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMTOshada SeneviratneCultureTelevisionAnimationStorytellinghttps://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/design-systems-and-why-they-matter/https://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/design-systems-and-why-they-matter/Design systems sound like bureaucracy and turn out to be freedom. Why structure is the thing that lets a team actually create something.Wed, 18 May 2022 00:00:00 GMTOshada SeneviratneDesignDesign SystemsUI Designhttps://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/breaking-bad-and-better-call-saul/https://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/breaking-bad-and-better-call-saul/Walter White and Jimmy McGill go bad at different speeds. Oshada on how both shows pull it off, and why Gus Fring still steals every scene.Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMTOshada SeneviratneCultureTelevisionStorytellinghttps://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/the-art-of-typography/https://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/the-art-of-typography/A tour of type: where it came from, the vocabulary nobody bothers to explain, and the hierarchy, alignment and contrast that make letters behave.Sat, 14 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMTOshada SeneviratneDesignTypographyDesign Theoryhttps://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/principles-of-design/https://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/principles-of-design/Balance, movement, emphasis, and the rest of the rules. Learn them properly, use them until they are instinct, then start breaking them on purpose.Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTOshada SeneviratneDesignDesign TheoryFundamentalshttps://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/fundamental-elements-in-design/https://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/fundamental-elements-in-design/Colour, line, shape, form. The unglamorous building blocks nobody wants to talk about, and the reason your work either holds together or does not.Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTOshada SeneviratneDesignDesign TheoryFundamentalshttps://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/welcome-to-whatever-this-is/https://oshadaseneviratne.com/blog/welcome-to-whatever-this-is/The obligatory first post, in which the site explains what it is for, what will turn up on it, and how much confidence any of that deserves.Sun, 20 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMTOshada SeneviratneMetaBlogging