Field log

Spotted this again

Short, dated observations that fit the pattern language but haven't been tested against enough material to name as a Research pattern, or argued out in full as a Thinking piece.

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Borrowed product sense

Nielsen Norman Group's new definition of product sense names the same shift context design does, from a different angle: knowing when a pattern doesn't apply is exactly what a model can't do on its own.

 2026-09-01