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@bnj @karrisaarinen @variantui @figma Once CC/Cursor has Figma functionality, we’ll do it by hand in browser, and skip handoff.

@karrisaarinen @variantui @figma I actually think they had the right idea with Figma Make, just the wrong shape Giving designers a version of CC/Cursor in an environment they're familiar with is the right move

This was the first version of @variantui, but we realized it didn’t really help anyone design Great for execution in an environment/workflow familiar to designers though

@JerimiahLee @marshal You can tell its Raleigh by the fresh clay stains on a new build 😭

Spent the afternoon with @marshal and toured his new home. Safe to say: if the startup world doesn’t work out, HGTV is waiting.

@itsmechase @frantzfries @edsuh @Trace_Cohen Because every function outside of design uses it?

@frantzfries @edsuh *Trace has entered the chat* @Trace_Cohen why do you think they have more corporate penetration?

There is a very strong chance Canva can IPO at well over $100B market cap: - $3.3B ARR (vs $900M for Figma) - 50% YoY growth rate (vs 46% for Figma) - Profitable - Relentless product execution As a comp, you could argue Canva is performing better than Figma even at almost 4x the size (which is insane), and its TAM is enormous. Heck, it’s possible Canva’s market cap could approach $200B.

@zeeg @positiveblue2 You can connect a domain to it, a database, and auth in under 5 minutes with no code experience and launch it. Those features will also create lock in.

@positiveblue2 no but i understand some of those industries better (same w/ squarespace) these apps however actually require you to know how to code to ship software

I really dont understand where all the revenue is coming from for Bolt/Lovable/v0. Who's paying for these? Let alone at the scale of revenue folks are reporting? I just dont see data from my peers on adoption (and dont see it at Sentry). Is it consumer?

@Jacobsklug @lovable Build

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@bnj @karrisaarinen @yitong I find most designers are spanning across multiple squads of engineers, solving problems. Those engineers are then working on tiny parts, very deep. Also to say designers benefit from “big companies on their resume” or that some aren’t tinkerers is no different from devs.

Mainly, designers are rewarded on subjective output and not business outcomes Leading to people pleasing and small surface areas where they can only go deep and not wide They benefit from having large companies on their resume where these problems are exasperated and they never learn to solve problems holistically or take risks Whereas engineers are graded on more objective measures and can iterate independently towards those goals with far fewer stakeholder checks and handoffs Engineers are steeped in a culture of tinkering, side projects, satiating their curiosity and can directly transition to a technical co-founder role that doesn't look that different from their day-to-day For designers taking on a non-technical role, the leap is more substantial—they need additional skills to bridge the gap

Designers would make great founders except that most prioritize quality of life over the shit eating grit required to start a company

@karrisaarinen Funding, network, competent cofounders. I would wager it has nothing to do with their ability to create a vision or design a company. It’s the building and distribution of said product that takes resources most designers won’t have readily available.

Agreed! Designers often focus on vision and how to connect different elements to that vision. When designing something, you usually have to create that vision yourself because it guides your choices. I’m not sure what’s holding designers back

@Stammy @aaron_epstein What is a “pm-like task”? I hard disagree with you take that most designers can’t do PM work but saying you need PM like tasks to be a founder feels waaaay off.

@aaron_epstein If I had to say why this is the case - the overlap of designers that can handle PM-like tasks often and under their own autonomy is very low. Designers have been trained to too often think that stuff slows them down from the craft. Often the opposite.

More designers should be founders. They already have so many of the skills needed to be great – strong user empathy, a focus on solving problems, a high bar for quality, and taste. If you're a designer, what's preventing you from making the leap?

@flyosity I feel like its obvious everything is going to be contextual, like most of iOS, and they’re setting up for that. Thinking your experience with Photos as a utility vs app definitely feels like your experience is not like most Apple users.

Apple broke the Photos app in iOS 18 because they stopped thinking about it as a Utility and started treating it like an app they are trying to grow casual usage of, which is insane. Apple’s goal should **never** be to increase usage of it like it’s some social product or game. Their goal should be to provide whatever a user is trying to find when they open it. Here are my primary use cases: (1) I need to find an item in my library that was added recently so I can edit it, share it, copy it, etc. (2) I need to find an item that was added to my library long enough ago that just scrolling back and glancing at thumbnails quickly is laborious or won’t lead to success without frustration For #1, the best way to solve that is to show me a chronological list of items as quickly as possible For #2, the best way to solve that is to have a Search feature that can accept arbitrary queries like “pumpkin patch” or “last Thanksgiving” or “baby pics” or “Dad with a beard” I don’t care about moments, slideshows, dynamic collections, memories, or anything else Photos is trying to put in my face. I don’t open Photos to stroll down memory lane, I open it for 1 of the 2 use cases outlined above. So what did Apple do? They jumbled the quick list of recent items with a bunch of dynamic collections and memories into a new main screen, but more egregiously they took Search out of the tab bar (closest to my thumb) and put it at the top right of the screen, which is the 2nd hardest region to reach when holding a phone. Moving Search to an ergonomically inconvenient location would be bad enough, but Apple designers took it a frustrating step further by shrinking the tap target wayyyyyy down from iOS 17. How much smaller is it? 91% smaller by area compared to the iOS 17 tab. 91% fewer individual pixels to try to tap on, now placed in the most inconvenient location they could find.

@JanLosert @webflow They tried to increase my cost 100x based on “CDN usage” that wasn’t listed in pricing or tracked anywhere. Negotiated down but ultimately moved away.

Kinda surprised how just a few people are talking about the new @webflow updated pricing. Are most people really working only on small sites? And the larger projects have already on Enterprise Lite?

@j5p @webflow It’s been brewing for awhile, unfortunately they seem desperate at this point. Can’t recommend anyone stay with @webflow.

Horrible pricing update by @webflow, this is down right shameful. Bandwidth just got slaughtered. Pricing for a number of my projects just jumped from $49 - $229. Want to add 10k extra items making your total CMS items to 20k? That's an extra $75/mo. This is NOT a win, no matter how it is spun.

@MartinBekerman @figma Moved mine over, and immediately got the message I could "only have 3 pages". Are all your drafts less than 3 pages?

The @figma draft things was super easy honestly. Moved 100% of them to a personal free account

@zoink @DannPetty @negativespaceca @figma Adding shared view of files across personal and work accounts would be a great way to help this transition, vs trying to sell it as a workflow improvement, imo.

@DannPetty @negativespaceca @figma This is the source of a huge amount of product / technical debt and it will unblock all sorts of ways to make our product better. I’m sorry if this is annoying for you. We need to continue improving the platform vs accepting local maximums.

I'm sorry @figma but this doesn't make any sense. Your draft is YOUR draft until you associate it with a team. There is no confusion. No one has asked for this feature, surely. What's the real reason here to make us move years worth of drafts?

80s and 90s kids: Is there a movie you've never seen all the way through but that you've seen parts of 250 times because it was inexplicably on heavy rotation on HBO? It seemed like they were usually comedies that didn't do well at the box office (due to cheap licensing fees?)

@ramit @PaulyPropBets Hes saying you cant include how much you’ve spent on renos, and the interest it would have accumulated. Dude is still just trolling for engagement. He says he rented for 20 years but can’t compete with profits in the last 6. Imagine if he ran the numbers back to buying in 2004.

@PaulyPropBets That’s incorrect. What other costs are you not counting?

I’ve rented for the last 20 years and it is amazing No worrying about repairs or maintenance payments or $50,000 renovations I take all the money I would have spent on owning and invest it, save it, and spend it on trips to places like Japan, India, and Kenya

@LorilynWilson @ramit Why not buy a cheaper place? All this talk from @ramit against buying but if he could afford the house he WANTS, he would never rent again.

@ramit The place I currently rent is $3k/mo and a similar unit sold this summer for $800k. My effective monthly payment would double if I bought, I think I'll stay renting + investing for now.

You can always spot LCOL guys from a mile away (There are 4 clues in the comment below)

@ramit I’m a fan but you’re just pandering this point, the fake outrage is a little much. Most of the top comments are just pointing out you’re using “investment” as a strawman argument for why people shouldn’t buy homes. But maybe it’s just an incredibly subjective decision?

Lol people on reddit are VERY angry that I don't own real estate 500+ comments. Enjoy reddit.com/r/REBubble/com…

@Shpigford @maybe @rails Lol 😂 he blocked me

@Shpigford @maybe @rails You were making good progress so definitely makes sense you would completely change course again.

We're moving @maybe to @rails. We'll be creating a new "rails" branch on the main repo by the start of next week & then move it to main by the end of February. The React codebase will be moved to a new repo then. ...and you thought things were moving fast before. 🎉

@ramit @brergnat In the 3 or 4 HCOL cities maybe? Interest rates were 2%! 0 down payments! Then you roll that equity into a massive down payment, tax efficient. This era has been a major L for most renters outside those major cities.

@ramit @brergnat If your rent is same as a mortgage, what money are you putting in the stock market?

"Obsession with buying a house" Read this comment from someone who ran the numbers, is renting by choice, and the people around them think they're crazy What do you think?