Eoin Bolger

todays work: some user's who create a world do not have the time/knowledge to customize it but they do not want it to look like the generic fallback. This modal acts as a quick way to enable them to get their world customized super quick

Thank you for this post - it gave me a feeling of comfort reading words that resonate with how I have been feeling lately. Since AI has taken over more and more, I find myself experiencing burnout regularly. The more I feel burnout, the more I am not happy with my work, and the more I want to get back online first thing to try and rectify that feeling. This is a vicious cycle because anything outside of design can be hard to do - it becomes easy to avoid breaks etc. which makes it so much worse. This last weekend I took some time to intentionally switch off. I did not open my laptop or do any design work all weekend, I forced myself to detach - it's hard because I love design but I am realising more and more that for it to be sustainable then I need to set some clear and hard boundaries so I can stay healthy and happy. That and I have made it a mission to just have fun with design - AI can get in the way of that part too and it can start to become all too serious. I am trying to find ways to make design fun, and challenge myself in ways that I can grow sustainably.

Seen a few too many posts this week from big accounts ending up in A&E with heart or stroke like symptoms. I’ve also read some people pinning it on Anthropic. I’m not convinced that’s the right target. Software doesn’t magically give you palpitations. But I do think the way AI has been sold to us deserves a proper look into. And how we talk about it. I’ve been banging this drum for over a year now. I genuinely think we’re about to see a huge rise in burnout, anxiety, palpitations, nervous system dysregulation and people whose brains simply can’t keep up with the pace we’ve created. Let alone the expectations now set on an industry level. And before someone inevitably appears with “I’m fine”, good. This isn’t about everyone. Plenty of people have boundaries, switch off, touch grass and possess the rare superpower of loggging out. I’m personally relearning this as I’m a serial workaholic, and have been for 25+ years. I’m talking about the rest of us. The ones being told every day their job is dead, they should be making 50k MRR with three prompts and a team of agents, shipping 3 products before breakfast, and somehow still finding time to optimise their morning routine. Our nervous systems didn’t evolve for infinite urgency. They evolved to panic because Derek from the cave next door looked suspicious, not because twelve AI models released while you were making a cup of tea. I don’t think we’re watching an AI epidemic. I think we’re watching a stress epidemic wearing AI as a costume.

playing around with some expand/collapse animations after reading the 'Animation' section of @joshpuckett's interface craft. How could this be improved further?

Dublin designers, I'm the sole designer at my company and I'm starting to miss having people to nerd out about design with. Trying to get involved online but I'd love to meet some of you in person too. Anyone up for a regular coworking session?

Incredible - AI aside this is extremely valuable knowledge for anyone looking to level up their animation skills. Thank you! @emilkowalski

@senuj_ This is sick! What were you using to create it?

Started experimenting with light and water

also special shoutout to my co-designer - she’s the brains behind the design direction 👀

been working on my portfolio this morning, the idea is to keep it minimal and let the work do the talking

legit just spent 30 minutes playing with this portfolio site. so fun!

@AdityaSur11 Nice bro - where did you create this?

Dot matrix Hover Animation

@socoloffalex I have always used the terminal - it's just the way I was shown and I love it!

Rookie question but why using Claude from terminal feels way better than the native app? 👀

a question for anyone in design and engineering: now that AI writes most of the code, what's actually worth learning? is it still writing it line by line, or something else entirely? where do you land?

@j4ykadam my hunch is writing individual lines matters less now, since AI does that and the syntax barely changes. the useful skill is telling good code from AI slop and knowing how to fix it. but I don't really know, where do you land?

so… at what point can a designer call themselves a design engineer?

@jamesm @onlook_cam how'd you put this whole scene together? the bg, container, icons, all of it. looks great. render or mocked up some other way?

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@ObviousUnrest It's been so difficult to connect with people - feel like that initial start to try and get out there just takes time

Since leaving Atlassian, I realized how small my network in the design community really is. Just something I never prioritized. But now I’m feeling a pressure to build an online presence and gotta tell ya it sounds hella stressful.

@AdityaSur11 buttery

3d interactive folder Animation.

@tomjohndesign @figma @Basedash I'm not unfortunately - going to make it happen next year!

@eoindesigns @figma @Basedash You at config?

2 years ago at @figma config I was very much on the outside. Mostly kept to myself. Didn't go to events in the evenings. I'd been working as the sole designer at @Basedash for 3 years. At home. No SF network. I left and decided to be intentional. Started posting. Made internet friends. Sent DMs. Started making @ditherface , which grew into more connections. Last year at config I knew people. Found more who've now become friends. Went to a lot of events. Talked to many random strangers. Those friends and connections led directly to being able to work at @vercel. I'm unbelievably grateful for those who have opened those doors for me, invited me over for a chat. Responded to DM. Met up for coffee. This year at config I hope I can give that to more people. I wouldn't be here if others hadn't done that. Come say hi if you see me. I'll be wearing a ▲ Design hat.

@prestonb_xyz @mobbin @joshpuckett Love this. I see so many cool designs and can tell they're cool but not always why, so this exercise seems like a good fix. I looked for the @joshpuckett post that inspired it but couldn't find one, is there a reference of his you could point me to? Would love to read it.

I use @mobbin pretty much every day, but, inspired by @joshpuckett, I decided to slow down and jot down a few things that stood out to me. Here's what I noticed. ⬇️

okay I'm not ready to say what this actually is yet but I've been having way too much fun with this little indicator that tracks whatever section you're looking at as you move through it