Marvin Messenzehl

October 27, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #116 - Atlas, Notion, Loyle Carner

Hey there 👋

Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month.

Saw Something

Apparently it's now a thing for every major AI tool to build its own browser. After Perplexity, ChatGPT is now following suit with Atlas. Meanwhile, I'm still sticking with Arc. Simply because I've come to love this browser and its subtle design details.

Read Something

I've been experimenting a lot with my note-taking setup and I'm finally very happy with it. I use Obsidian as my daily log and archive, while my second brain was previously in Evernote. But Evernote has stalled so much lately that I almost feel forced to switch. Over the weekend I moved to Notion and followed this setup. I haven't regretted it for a second.

Heard Something

Last week I was able to see one of my absolute favorite artists live: Loyle Carner. His music has been on repeat for me for quite a while, and I can honestly say it was one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to. Definitely worth a visit if you get the chance!

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-Marvin

About Marvin Messenzehl

I love working in the realm between design and code. Some things that make me excited are CSS, Interaction design, Javascript, and making interfaces feel fun and human.

Currently, I'm designing & building interfaces at DAYY.  Besides that, I'm teaching UX and UI design at Memorisely.