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didn’t have «cracked design team» on my bingo card when I joined Shopify, but oh wow are these people talented

Design at Shopify is having a moment. A big moment! Incredible talent, and even stronger output. So we gave it a home: Shopify.design Come explore

was v fun beta testing this

since em dashes are no longer allowed in human prose, i've resorted to the typewriter favorite -- the double dash

cambrian explosion vibes

@codyplof yea it’s best of both worlds… precision of a gui editor but prompting to make the change instead of endless dropdowns; might be limited React tho cc @benjitaylor

@dodeca That’s cool I gotta try it. You find it gets the point better than screenshots?

Anyone using Paper for vibe design? I can do a lot without needing any actual design and either make it great in just HTML or inside Shopify. But the last 20% is what takes longer and I’d love to hand off. Figma MCP is meh and messes up a bunch. Paper seems like it handles this handoff better. On one hand Paper seems cool and the “new” way of doing things. On the other Figma can just make their MCP better and wipe them out.

good riddance, backlogs

@BradMorehead nice roundup. which AI did you use to generate and format the tables?

Over the past year, I’ve been spending time building, testing, and actually using AI tools in real workflows. One thing I realized quickly: the AI landscape is moving fast (many recommendations and tools from just three months ago are now totally out-of-date), but most people don’t have a clear, side‑by‑side view of how the major ecosystems fit together. While I'm no expert, (I did have some help from AI, obviously) I put this summary of key tools together for myself — and friends who are learning this space kept asking for a copy, so I wanted to share it more broadly for others who are on this journey with me. 📎 AI Tools & Ecosystems Reference — 2026 What’s inside: • Major AI ecosystems (Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI) • Enterprise vs. freemium vs. private data distinctions • Agentic platforms & automation tools • Video, voice, coding, research & workflow AI tools • Quick privacy + cost comparison framework It’s a practical reference I use when helping people think about: • Which tools are production-safe • Where enterprise risk sits • What’s actually useful vs. noisy • How agentic systems are evolving AI is no longer just a “chatbot conversation.” It’s becoming infrastructure. If you’re learning, investing, operating, or just trying to stay ahead of the curve, I hope this is helpful. I would love to hear what tools you’re actually using in real workflows. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #EnterpriseAI #Productivity #Automation

i’m pretty certain the only place non-code artifacts belong for teams building software is in github, as an .md file, alongside code. agent and human legible by default. clear PR history. it just makes sense.

@michalmalewicz left seems like it got more love

Which mobile breakpoint should we go with and why? Left or right? This is more of an aesthetic question, as functionally there's no difference. Vibe?

i've bookmarked more tweets in the last three months than I have in the entire time since joining twitter nearly 20 (!!) years ago. pace of AI change + quality of algo = non-stop bookmarking.

it’s all CC now for everything

writing for an entire two-hour flight with no wifi was like an everything shower for my slack/agent-addicted brain. highly recommended.

infinite delegation

@michalmalewicz @shop DMing you - a Shop Mini version would just make them easy to buy from any of the merchants on Shop.

@dodeca @shop I don't sell these products, this is just knowledge - science and influencer sourced on how to best use them.

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clarity is now the scarcest resource