This link: https://type.method.ac/# on the page is absolutely fantastic. You have to drag letters until the kerning is proper. Will be checking out the rest of the resources soon!
The design of the site itself is not great; my brain parses the entire thing as an ad. I've thrice now opened it and closed it without really reading anything because It feels like an empty article.
Probably not. Design is varied and has a lot of pathways so it's really hard to summarize that way. But I think the best place to start if you want to be a designer in tech is Don Norman's The Design of Everyday things.