Kirk from UI Collective

I spent 2.5 years racking up 2+ million views teaching design systems & UX design on YouTube. Now bringing that same energy to X. @UICollectiveDesign/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@UICollectiveD…

welcome to the future

The exodus of design and technical talent from Toronto isn’t spoken about enough. Almost all of my most highly educated and brilliant friends are already in SF, Miami, or overseas somewhere.

@amirmxt Dude save some for the rest of us

I want to see mythos try to replace this lil marshmallow

If an enterprise hands you an accessibility checklist, they’re probably not building something truly accessible. Accessibility isn’t a box you can check. No checklist covers the real needs across a product.

@amirmxt You’re the man

@KirkMDesign Huge

Life update

@amirmxt @gregisenberg This guy is undefeated

went back on the pod with @gregisenberg and walked through the full stack we're using to automate GTM - from idea to validated, A/B-tested landing page in a single session here's the workflow: 1) pull full project context into Claude Code using Idea Browser's new MCP integration - ICP, positioning, offer, growth strategy all loaded in the terminal 2) generate a lead magnet concept and design the landing page in Paper - no Figma, no handoff to devs, just visual design connected directly to the codebase 3) refine copy, layout, and components section by section - hero headline, pricing swapped for an ROI calculator, component library saved for reuse across projects 4) deploy and wire up humblytics analytics - live traffic data, page-level metrics, everything tracking immediately 5) run an A/B experiment on the headline with zero code deployment - humblytics dynamically swaps content for a portion of traffic and tracks conversions in real time 6) use Claude Code agent skills to pull data from Google Ads, Meta Ads, Stripe, and ChartMogul - then automatically optimize based on what's converting no manual Figma-to-dev handoff. no deploying new code to test a headline. no logging into 4 dashboards to figure out what's working if you can A/B test good ideas, create polished pages and lead magnets, and reach people online - the arbitrage is massive full episode link in comments

Figma used to be the everyday designer tool, but AI credits might change that. Hard to go from “everything for cheap” to paying just to use features that used to feel native, especially when other tools (Stitch) might bundle AI in.

Design systems are really just internal products, and products don’t survive without users. Start with your team’s actual product pain points and build from there

Your portfolio doesn't need 10 projects. It needs 3 where you explain the mess. The constraints you had, the decisions you questioned, what actually moved the project forward

When buying a coffee, the UX of tipping $1 vs 10% is interesting. The coffee might be $7, but tipping 10% feels way more aggressive, even though $1 is more.

Here's an overview of @figma Skills

With @figma's MCP update, Claude Code can now build designs with design system components. Here's how it works ⬇️

@lesbianbezos Wow congrats!!

We hit half a million in ARR today. I'm sitting here in complete shock.

@Layton_Gott Audience always. Had 15k YouTube subs before I released anything

Audience first? Or Product first? Which side are you on?

@stitchbygoogle @GoogleLabs willing to lead Google Stitch Education. You know where to find me.

@webdevluc @stitchbygoogle Thanks for the support!!

@KirkMDesign @stitchbygoogle Awesome overview. Learned a lot. Stitch is going to have a huge impact. Thank you for this

An overview of Google’s newest AI-powered design tool, @stitchbygoogle

Designers spend about 20% of their time actually designing, and the other 80% dealing with everything around it.

@Layton_Gott I used to work for a top 10 bank, and they had an internal survey provider that had the functionality of a high school comp-sci project. Sold for 11 million, because they managed to get in most banks.

@KirkMDesign Yep agreed

What’s killed more SaaS products than anything else? A) Bad code B) No distribution C) Quit too early D) Built for themselves