Tregg 🤘

The obvious path for designers in the AI age is to move closer to code. But the more valuable path may be upstream: closer to the customer, the business, and the problem. If everyone can prompt agents to code, the scarce skill becomes knowing why, what, and how to build.

@jack @blocks Sell signal

we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company. #### today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation. i'll be straight about what's happening, why, and what it means for everyone. first off, if you're one of the people affected, you'll receive your salary for 20 weeks + 1 week per year of tenure, equity vested through the end of may, 6 months of health care, your corporate devices, and $5,000 to put toward whatever you need to help you in this transition (if you’re outside the U.S. you’ll receive similar support but exact details are going to vary based on local requirements). i want you to know that before anything else. everyone will be notified today, whether you're being asked to leave, entering consultation, or asked to stay. we're not making this decision because we're in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly. i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. repeated rounds of cuts are destructive to morale, to focus, and to the trust that customers and shareholders place in our ability to lead. i'd rather take a hard, clear action now and build from a position we believe in than manage a slow reduction of people toward the same outcome. a smaller company also gives us the space to grow our business the right way, on our own terms, instead of constantly reacting to market pressures. a decision at this scale carries risk. but so does standing still. we've done a full review to determine the roles and people we require to reliably grow the business from here, and we've pressure-tested those decisions from multiple angles. i accept that we may have gotten some of them wrong, and we've built in flexibility to account for that, and do the right thing for our customers. we're not going to just disappear people from slack and email and pretend they were never here. communication channels will stay open through thursday evening (pacific) so everyone can say goodbye properly, and share whatever you wish. i'll also be hosting a live video session to thank everyone at 3:35pm pacific. i know doing it this way might feel awkward. i'd rather it feel awkward and human than efficient and cold. to those of you leaving…i’m grateful for you, and i’m sorry to put you through this. you built what this company is today. that's a fact that i'll honor forever. this decision is not a reflection of what you contributed. you will be a great contributor to any organization going forward. to those staying…i made this decision, and i'll own it. what i'm asking of you is to build with me. we're going to build this company with intelligence at the core of everything we do. how we work, how we create, how we serve our customers. our customers will feel this shift too, and we're going to help them navigate it: towards a future where they can build their own features directly, composed of our capabilities and served through our interfaces. that's what i'm focused on now. expect a note from me tomorrow. jack

@adl_btryl proud of them. very. also they outgrew me lol

I’ll never forgive you fuckin weirdos for ruining this band for me this album is so good

@soren_iverson Slipknot, Custer.

Spotify confirm you're a fan to listen

@devinsfountain This is just called starting a company

1v1 me in figma bitch new page no plugins autolayout on inter only

@disco_lu I imagine those back and forward buttons were a fight

In today's episode of Optical Alignment, I present to you these icons

@krispuckett Congrats, man!

Completed a 20 year dream of making my own software. All using tech I couldn’t imagine would be possible - @claudeai @AnthropicAI @perplexity_ai I’m so proud of this and I hope you check it out. Epilogue is official live in the @AppStore

@designertom @Smith_Diction @basementstudio @framer @BeastPhilanthr @scottbelsky @Kojima_Hideo @hoodzpahdesign @CriticalRole @alexisohanian @kevinrose Kojima would be all time

For season 2 of This is Taste, it would be a dream to follow: @Smith_Diction @basementstudio @framer @BeastPhilanthr @scottbelsky @Kojima_Hideo @hoodzpahdesign @CriticalRole @alexisohanian + @kevinrose Fingers crossed our season 1 pilot generates the hype. I genuinely don’t think anyone is doing what we’re doing right now.

@tcosta Sincerely awesome. Congrats!

Huge news for Fey today: we’re joining Wealthsimple! 🧵

@alessio_joseph Yoink acquired sploink

Fey just got acquired by Wealthsimple Molly just got acquired by Shopify design is at a premium right now and companies have no excuse to devalue it any longer

@JoshRozin Stompers for horses

We’re essentially making Stompers 2 now. Can’t wait to share more.

@bryce Love that

Our latest investment was a surpassingly competitive round. When I asked why they picked us over all the others, the founder said “you’re the weird one”. I’ll take it.

It’s still called a tweet.

@Ableton I just think “brush”

Why do you think the 'B' key toggles the pencil tool in Ableton? (Hint: it's not B for Bleistift)

@davidhoang @clairevo @Replit @visualelectric Really love this image!

I have entered @clairevo mode. I'm happy to share I'm alpha testing Tapestry: high touch design recruiting in the intelligence era. This is a vibe coded project built entirely with @Replit and @visualelectric.

@pablostanley @lummipics Congrats!

hey, some news—@lummipics got acquired by Udemy We built Lummi to give creators dope tools that are fast, simple, fun to use. Now we get to bring that stuff to millions of makers Super proud of the team. They've been killing it nonstop—I feel lucky to share this ride with them

@ajvirgil He’s free

Making a hard pivot to “stickers on laptop guy”

@clairevo @chatprd Congrats!!

Well…I side hustled too close to the sun and ended up with a real business. So some personal news: I’m going full time on @chatprd (and How I AI) 💕 A few thoughts as I embark on this new adventure:

@ghoshal Screw it, 1,000%

Excuse me, did he say 55% tariffs? Like… on everything?

We talk too much about taste and craft And not enough about dogfooding