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@hvost I can't even... What the hell is this, Artiom? 🥲

Designers going: Claude Code -> Paper / Figma -> Claude Code

How does it feel to work in the hottest software startup on planet Earth? What skills should we as designers cultivate today to get ready for the big shift coming soon? How Lovable is growing their product by reaching non-technical audience? We asked all of these questions to Mindaugas Petrutis of @lovable Here are the answers: fundament.design/p/we-held-a-ha…

How does it feel to work at the hottest software startup on the planet? Mindaugas Petrutis (Marketing and Growth at @lovable) sat down with us a couple of weeks ago to tell more about his extraordinary story of joining the team of just 60 extremely talented folks who generate $100M ARR. We first met with Mindaugas around a year ago for his previous project called Coho, way before he joined Lovable. During our interview, we checked on a couple of things: - Is work at Lovable exciting? - What makes Lovable so special? - Will they eventually compete with Figma? - Can you do a hackathon with no engineers? - And finally, what does he think of the future of design tools? Subscribe to Fundament to not miss this interview. Going live this Thursday, 11 September, at 12 pm CEST.

I was 15x more excited about this platform when I joined it 15 years ago.

Had a blast speaking at UXberries’ conference last weekend at @AGH_Krakow. I was invited to speak at the 10th edition of Ciemna Strefa UX („The Dark Side of UX”), and on the contrary, I delivered a quite positive talk: how good UX enables a chain of events that can save lives during floods. Here are some universal takeaways from my talk that all UXers can apply in their work: 💬 The success of a digital product equals Vision plus Strategy plus Execution. We, as designers, rarely have control over the Vision element. Depending on our seniority, we can influence Strategy. But no matter how experienced we are, we’ve got (almost) full control of Execution. If all ingredients are thought through, there’s a higher chance of creating something meaningful with Impact. 💬 Impact sometimes can not be directly linked to revenue, especially in enterprise projects. But there are other types of impact we as designers can make with our decisions: we can save money, we can save time, we can reduce manual work and stress, we can improve the quality of someone else’s life. 💬 Once you make a decision and look back, you will probably notice the influence you made (or Impact, if you will) wasn’t just in a single place but on many aspects and departments of your organization. More on that in my upcoming edition of the newsletter. 💬 Empathy helps in a deep understanding of the real needs of our users. Combined with cross-functional collaboration it can lead to making a piece of software that people find useful. I hope that the people who came to listen to my presentation left inspired. #UX is not over. There’s lots of difficult domains and unique problems that we designers can solve and bring positive impact on humanity.

@ZelenskyyUa Did you ask him if he has a black suit?

Good meeting. We discussed a lot one on one. Hoping for results on everything we covered. Protecting lives of our people. Full and unconditional ceasefire. Reliable and lasting peace that will prevent another war from breaking out. Very symbolic meeting that has potential to become historic, if we achieve joint results. Thank you @POTUS.

@skirano I'd like to give it a try and cover it in an article for my product design newsletter: fundament.design

In the next few weeks, I will launch a new design tool that will make existing ones completely obsolete. The cursor moment for design is here. If you want to be part of the beta, comment with your design work and I will DM you.

The essence of product making is knowing what people will use and pay for. Without learning about the users’ and customers’ needs and validating whether the ideas really address these, one can’t build a successful and lasting product. According to the latest data, 90% of startups fail, while poor product-market fit is the top reason (34%) for this higher-than-ever failure rate. Product discovery is an umbrella term for various activities teams can put effort into to ensure what they build is worth building. If you don’t have much experience with user research and validating ideas, this term can be a little overwhelming. But don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. Today's episode of Fundament will help you fight the fear. Together, we are going to plan and execute your first product design initiative. fundament.design/p/introduction…

Design Handoff is broken Design handoff in a product environment for in-house teams doesn’t foster collaboration. Instead, it creates more walls between design and engineering. Design handoff is like a little door in the wall designers occasionally open for a one-way conversation. Designers send engineers finished assets and close the doors for months. Can this be fixed? Read more: fundament.design/p/design-hando…

@OliLondonTV Very good. That’s not how you raise your children. They should learn that they can’t get everything they want.

Passenger who refused to give up her window seat to crying child files lawsuit against the airline after being bombarded with hate from viral video. Jeniffer Castro who had a window seat on a GOL Airlines flight in Brazil was harassed and shamed by passengers for refusing to give up her seat to the crying child. She was filmed in a video which later went viral, and has claimed she was forced out of her job as a banker and can no longer leave her home due to online hate. She was sat in her assigned seat, when a crying toddler started crying as he wanted to sit there as it was by the window, but Castro refused on a domestic GOL Airlines flight in Brazil. She has now filed a lawsuit against the airline after revealing her life has been ruined following the video. Source: LadBible 🎥: Travel

The biggest LIE that "vibe coding" community sold to beginners is that ANYONE can build a production ready app for mass consumption. It is simply not true (for multiple logical reasons). Prototype - sure. MVP for "invite only testers" - definitely. An app you can show to investors to secure funding - absolutely. But if you ship that shit to prod without understanding what the code does.... What do you think is going to happen? Don't believe the hype. LEARN TO CODE, then you can use AI to help you do it faster, anon.

@its_nataniah @SayHelloMarcus People just refuse to call themselves „UI Designers” or „Visual Designers” and I don’t really know why.

@arkadiuszradek @SayHelloMarcus the point im getting at is that x is filled with "product designers" who post the same layouts without any research – then everybody applauds in the comments simply because it's aesthetic. its all the same ui without any discovery or testing stages.

i hate product design and the vibes around it. vulture energy and usually no soul in the design. half of the product designers i see on here couldn't even draw a stick figure.

@its_nataniah @SayHelloMarcus That’s not product design. What you are reffering to could be web design. Totally different thing and different skill set. People call themselves product designers while they make websites or templates but never ever heard of metrics, research, and product discovery.

@SayHelloMarcus nah i totally understand where you're coming from. the clearest example that comes to mind is a few weeks ago when everyone in the product design space was designing interfaces with clouds in the background for no reason. it makes total sense to design in set patterns when users

Not sure what’s worse: this or the charging port at the bottom of the magic mouse.

If you are on Dribbble and looking for a new home, DM and we will help you to transfer your reputation to give you a head start.

There’s a designer out there right now refusing to learn AI—don’t let that be you.

What happened to Photoshop, Sketch, XD, and InVision will happen to Figma if they don’t get their stuff together. All it takes is one competitor that focuses on designers and gives back to the community.

I'm no longer offering mentorship through ADPList. After reading Filip Greš's latest revelation, comments under his post, and seeing so many other designers stepping away from the platform, I decided to delete my account, too. I don't want to be associated with a brand that is against its own mission. I don't want to be associated with a brand whose CEO steals content from other creators. I don't want to be associated with a brand that is harming the mentorship as a function. Today, I have deleted my account after almost 4 years. I was the second Polish mentor on the platform. I enjoyed the ride. But no more. I'll find a better way to offer mentorship to designers. linkedin.com/posts/filipgre…

@juanbuis The interior looks sweet. How fast can they go?

france's new high-speed trains were just revealed and... they look *incredible*

AI zastąpi programistów, tego jestem pewien. Zresztą to się już działo. Proces tylko przyśpiesza. Ale to nie oznacza, że w IT braknie pracy. Powstanie nowy zawód. Product engineer (PE)- osoba, na pograniczu product ownera i programisty. Jej celem będzie zebranie wymagań biznesowych i za pomocą promptów wygenerowania funkcjonalności. Software engineer (SE)- ten zawód już istnieje, ale ciągle jeszcze skupia się na programowaniu funkcjonalność. Z biegiem czasu osoby te będą się skupiać głównie na szukaniu błędów w kodzie wygenerowanym przez AI. Czym lepsza będzie stawać się AI tym mniej pracy będzie dla SE a więcej dla PE. Powstanie też cała masa gotowych frameworków, które będą ułatwiały AI generowanie kodu.