Vibe Prototyping Is a Double-Edged Sword, by @eddzio.bsky.social (@[email protected]): https://archive.ph/nYONX #prototyping #vibecoding #ai #design

The hardest part about measuring design impact is connecting discrete outcomes to lagging indicators such as churn or customer retention or even growth. Especially in the case of startups, where usage numbers are not always statistically significant, and you have to rely on qualitative feedback.

Where do we go as a society when AI inaccuracy permeates even scientific literature? How can you fact check something when even science is susceptible of made up facts?

Going with this one

Explorations for my upcoming talk at #tcuk

AI made polished writing the norm. Humans writers now look for ways to write less perfectly. More raw. To signal humanity. Analog lenses, vintage filters, tape effects, unpolished writing. We yearn for real. Perfection became the mark of the machine.

For research. Erika Hall's Just Enough Research. Best one. Period. For UI. Check out Refactoring UI by Tailwind, Matt D. Smith and Fons Mans. For UX. Nielsen Norman group and Pavel Samsonov. For design engineering. Dan Hollick on X. For product. Lenny's Podcast, blog and newsletter.

I find the concept of customer-centricity to be silly. For a couple of reasons: Number one is that I truly believe referring to people as "customers" or "users" often dehumanizes the individuals we, as designers, are committed to serve. Number two is that without customers there's not business.

A lot of work of design is explaining concepts so people understand them with the least amount of context possible.

Raycast lets you search for any file in your Google Drive without taking your hands off the keyboard. 🤯

I use a lot of shortcuts and tools like Raycast, not to work faster, but to minimize micro-distractions. You don't want anything to take your attention off the work. I really believe the quality of your focus has an impact on the quality of the result.

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Pro tip Pasting OKLCH codes into Figma automatically converts them to P3 HEX (if you're using the P3 color profile)

Dark moon 🌑 #designsky #madeinfigma

One of the biggest challenges in communications is explaining others why you're excited about something.

I recreated the liquid glass effect in @figma.com Get the file in my community profile www.figma.com/community/fi... #designsky

Concept. #Linear meets #liquidglass #madeinfigma #designsky

I'm starting a Slack group for solo/founding designers. If you're interested, drop a comment or DM me and I'll send you an invite. Keeping it to max 10 people for now! #designsky

Don't tell me your product uses AI. Everyone has that. Tell me how it makes me richer, fitter, or happier or all of the above.

Another day, another AI company promises to replace workers on a mass scale soon™️ (in this case: Anthropic, 20%, 5 years). But don't look at what they *say*. Anthropic sells to enterprises on a per-user model. What's likelier: they designed a self-obsoleting business model or they're full of shit?

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Evil orb #designsky #buildinpublic #ux&uisky #madeinfigma

Users #designsky #buildinpublic #ux&uisky

For my work @ Medium.com, I'm studying why designers/UXRs write on the internet. If you blog or publish a newsletter, I'd love to learn more via this very short survey (or send me a DM if you prefer!): medium.typeform.com/to/cKg2sFIv?...

I'm a sucker for those #raycast -style illustrations #madeinfigma #designsky #buildinpublic #ux&uisky

An imperfect solution applied consistently is more effective than an ideal solution applied inconsistently

Specs for charts Because life's too short for ugly ass charts #designsky #buildinpublic

I'd love for #Apple to make their ports easier to find. When facing the screen, it's nearly impossible to guess where the ports are. Since these speaker grills are mostly decorative, why not replace a few holes to indicate where to connect their cables? #designsky

You can’t afford reaching product market fit in 10 years. Investors and employees want to see early proof that you’re onto something and not just building a cash-burning factory.

Design’s greatest impact isn't beautiful UIs. Craft has value but it’s small compared to discovering and framing problems. I have yet to find a better way to discover valuable problems than speaking with people. ✱ What’s the problem? ✱ Why is it a problem? ✱ What are you doing about it today?

"Rewrite with AI" #designsky

The more you know your users, the more you’ll develop your sensitivity around their needs. This will give you the confidence to create designs that stray away from the average middle and towards the righteous lane. #designsky #buildinpublic

Here's a relief map of South America I find really interesting. The Andes is the longest continental mountain range in the world, 8,900 km (5,530 mi) long, with an average elevation of 4,000 m (13,123 ft). The Amazonian basin has an average elevation of 100 m (329 ft). A land of contrasts!

#UX research is one of the most important inputs in deciding what to build. If you don't know what your customers or audience are willing to pay for, you're best case missing out on business opportunities, worse case burning cash building stuff people don't find important.

Senior engineers think a lot like designers. Senior designers think a lot like engineers. #designsky

Spent way too long trying to set up a custom domain for @beehiiv.com — it's incredibly frustrating. Couldn't figure it out even with ChatGPT 4o Gave up and disconnected the custom domain. Now my account is useless because it keeps pointing to the custom domain instead of beehiiv's #buildinpublic

Designers operate at the frontier of what already exists and what doesn't. #designsky

I tried Astro. It's great but for a newsletter it's too much work and maintenance. So I began to compare newsletters options... 👇 #buildinpublic

We all know what seams look like in the physical world. The seams that run through the legs of your jeans. In software, they are the bugs and weird UX issues that are common in software. They are part of how the product was built. Have you ever used a truly seamless product? #design #ux

As a designer who codes for fun, I greatly appreciate how Warp always explains what each git command does and the logic behind the suggested actions.

Deep domain knowledge it’s hard to create. Specialized designers do really well because they become familiar with the common challenges of certain industries. This is especially true in technical fields. If there's a field that interests you, double down on that and you'll do really well.

Kit (ConvertKit) has subtle yet effective way for people to discover their ⌘+K search menu. It's hard to make these menus discoverable and they often remains hidden features reserved for the more tech-savvy users. This is genius. Mind if I borrow it? #ux #design #discoverability

Specs! Consistent target sizes can do wonders for the usability of your product. In case of doubt, bigger is better, especially on mobile. #designsky #buildinpublic #ux&uisky

When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure — Goodhart’s law

Working on a custom icon today #designsky #buildinpublic #ux&uisky

We’re surrounded by an ocean of vanilla ice cream, the most basic and undifferentiated flavor. Lots of products today use the same palettes, same fonts, and same style.

Specs #designsky #buildinpublic #ux&uisky

Dial it up #designsky #buildinpublic #ux&uisky

Go-to-market is 50% of the equation. Your great product is useless if nobody knows it exists.