Stars, Bubbles, and the Best AI Model

Plus the wrong way to design with code.

The perils of vibe-coding and getting faster manager approvals

Plus some good climate news 🌿

Management Values I Didn’t Expect to Learn

Plus solar-powered data centers... in space?

Strategy, not vibe-coding, is your superpower

Plus burner phones and the return of Digg!

What happened at Shopify after that memo

Plus: politics and tech will always be intertwined

We’ll all be design engineers in a year

And that’s a good thing!

Vibe coding does have its limits

Plus using LLMs as a people manager

Designers should code 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Or something else, design alone isn’t enough anymore.

Reviewing designs and senseless UIs

Also, remember... most people don’t want to use software.

How to influence and lead as a staff designer

Plus how customer service can benefit from Ai (hint: not chatbots)

How senior designers get promoted

Plus... am I quitting social media? Maybe.

The State of UX, Social Media, and Agile Development

A few small thoughts and good links from around the web.

BFSBSCMGT? How about buying less?

Plus how to craft quality products

Move fast and break things that can be fixed

Plus a short note on the US election.

How I manage a packed calendar while keeping my sanity

A few lessons learned from being a product design lead and manager at a late stage startup.

A Newsletter about newsletters

Plus in the age of Ai and design systems, taste is king.

Design in a Sea of Engineering

Management is disappointing people at a rate they can absorb

Plus unorthodox PM tactics and a really good email marketing course.

The Road Less Stupid

And a quick word on 🇺🇸 politics...

You should keep a brag document

It’s your secret weapon for performance reviews and job interviews

This design newsletter isn’t about design

It’s ok deviate from our personal brand every so often.

I don’t like my job

Well, not every aspect of it anyway...

How I Interview Product Designers

I’ve been part of the interviewing teams before, but this is my first time being the hiring manager. It’s been quite a learning experience.

Remote work vs in office

There’s room for both, but “hybrid” is nonsense.

The one about burnout

Hello and sorry for delay since my last newsletter. As the subject line says, I’ve been dealing with burnout.