Nick Groeneveld

Progress bar animation I did for a golf course's onboarding flow.

@noahkagan Congrats!

Claude-working. Engagement bait with new 🐥

@heyitsgeorg @MatthewBerman Looks veeery cool and dreamy!

@MatthewBerman Step 1. Go to Switzerland Step 2. Hike up a mountain Step 3. Set up camp Step 4. Get up at night and reach the summit Step 5. Enjoy the sunrise

I’m genuinely struggling to think about anything but AI. My mind constantly goes back to it. It’s becoming a problem.

@stephenhaney @axeldesigns It doesn’t go viral without a ‘RIP’ or a ‘Gamechanger!1’. And virality is more important than being right… 🤦‍♂️

@axeldesigns Wait, Paper = RIP designers?!? It's the opposite. Social media is wild.

R.I.P DESIGNERS! Spoiler: Kanita never touched a design software in her life

@danmall I would have raised my hand, but after mostly designing for healthcare, government, and high-tech, we’re probably not a good match!

@BenjaminHouy Yep. Also good to compare it to saved costs. $25 instead of a person at $100/hour looking at it.

I don’t know why everyone is surprised by Anthropic charging $25 for PR reviews. They are burning money and facing intense competition from OpenAI and Chinese models. They are doing what any company burning money eventually does: charge for every little thing to keep afloat.

@helloitsolly I’ve done the same for two of my websites. It is very much worth it!

Am I about to waste 100s of hours? Senja's marketing website is built in Framer But I'm thinking of migrating to Astro + GitHub + Cloudflare Pages This would allow me to use Claude Code to spin up new pages and refinements based on insights from Google Ads, ahrefs, Senja and Posthog. Is this the foundation of modern marketing websites, or a big waste of time?

@theroborourke Smart. Better than thinking about how long it would take you

I've done over 1,000 sales calls at this point. Here's how I actually price deals: Most people price the work. I price the situation. - First - what's their total budget? - Second - what's the budget for this specific project? - Third - where does your work fit in that project budget? Your job on the sales call is to figure out how big that third box actually is. A project that's critical to a $1M marketing push shouldn't cost $5k. And a small piece of a bigger system shouldn't be priced like it's the whole thing. Price what makes sense for the situation, then adjust the scope of work to match.

@socoloffalex Oh I wish I’d had known sooner. I’ve done loooots of health/medical design projects in the past 10 years and could have helped. I also have only 2800 followers 😛

@andriixzvf Lekker, man!

Netherlands today. 4 months of gloomy weather is over. ☀️

@theroborourke At 8k per client, you also have the safety net to survive in case a few say ‘no’

I've helped a lot of freelancers and agencies go from around $10k a project to 2-3x that within a few months. The harsh truth... most of your old clients won't stick with you. It's not personal. It's just hard for someone who paid you $8k to suddenly pay you $22k. Even if your offer is better. Even if the value is there. The mental jump is too big. Much easier to charge more with a new client than an old one.

@BenjaminHouy Oh damn!

Update: apparently we may not earn enough money to qualify for residency in Cyprus.

@linuz90 14 inch MBP would be a great middle solution. Still small, but also powerful. I'm using an M1 Pro MBP 14". Works great. 16" feels massive and heavy.

I’m on Air M3 now 💀 Really not sure between: - New Air M5, 32GB of RAM - New MBP, M5 Pro, 64GB of RAM I’d like to keep the Air form factor but maybe it’s time to be a big boy with Pro.

@Steen3S Als ‘ie lekker commentaar geeft, zou het nog wel lachen zijn!

Not the best name for an ai if you're a Dutchie 😅

@adriankuleszo DM sent. Sounds like something I’m doing!

Also looking for an experienced senior designer/lead to help review our designers' work and connect on client calls (afternoon EST times). 2-3 hours/day, 40-60 hours/month tops High pay + performance bonuses + extra perks if you live in Poland (health & sport benefit cards).

@calabuigllamas Pro-AI people will make you feel bad and say it is a ‘skill issue’ 😛

The amount of time it takes me to make Claude do something just okay in Figma makes me realize the issue I have is not AI but people forcing me to use it. Don’t get me wrong, I find Claude super useful but it’s just not there yet.

@helloitsolly Yeah best to just make friends and see if they want to work together at some point

Had calls with 2 really smart engineers today Not interviews, just informal chats Went through the roadmap, their projects, our working style, and how I can help them deliver their best work I think this format is a good way to find good talented engineers who might not be available otherwise:

@dvassallo @LewisHamilton Curious to see how the power saving stuff will play out during actual wheel-to-wheel racing this weekend

Since it’s the Melbourne Grand Prix this weekend, here’s @LewisHamilton taking two corners at 250km/h pulling 6.5G:

@vponamariov Figma's fine, then. Worked well for me.

@ToolboxOfDesign Thank you, sure thing I won't print it. Printed books about CSS/Code/UX will be outdated in a year.

Writing a book in Figma: yes or no?

@heyitsgeorg I'm enjoying the trip towards it

@ToolboxOfDesign It's a great direction to take. I'm sure there are plenty of detours but with the strong compass you'll finally manage!

Do you prefer to operate with: 1) a five-year plan or 2) a compass?