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How we design and build digital products at The New York Times.

Shilpa Kumar
Seeking AI for good. Take two dispatches and call me before the algorithm gets there first. Based in NYC.
Latest Posts

Using Provocations to Shake the Status Quo
The bold approach NYT Cooking used to define a strategy for recipe cards.

Developing an Internal Tool for Our Puzzle Editor
How we developed a dashboard tool created to help ease the workflow of managing puzzles for our Connections editor.

How The New York Times Game Designer Heidi Erwin Creates Variety Puzzles
An in-depth look at the process of making the weekly “Brain Ticklers” for The New York Times Gameplay newsletter.

Accessibility: Requirements, Not Features
Shipping fast often means shrinking scope — but accessibility deserves permanence, not compromise. We embedded it into how our teams think…

How The New York Times systematically migrated from Enzyme into React Testing Library
How we navigated the shift from Enzyme to React Testing Library at The New York Times.

How The New York Times Incorporates Editorial Judgement in Algorithms to Curate Home Screen Content
A look into how editorially-driven algorithms assist content curation on The New York Times home page.

Enhancing The New York Times Web Performance with React 18
How upgrading to React 18 energized The New York Times website — and how we tackled some of the challenges we faced along the way.

Journey as a Product Design Intern at The New York Times
What I learned while interning as a designer at The New York Times

Milestones on our Journey to Standardize Experimentation at The New York Times
How we balanced flexibility and centralization across a large organization.

Rethinking How We Evaluate The New York Times Subscription Performance
An exploration into the Growth Data team’s process of designing and building a new subscription reporting model.
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