Michael Freeman

@frisohakkers @jesse_vermeulen when sydney? 👀

walking around barefoot everywhere in australia is unbeatable

@jamesm @ppkorevaar yeah that and the fact everyone is "cooked" by some new ai tool that will be tried once and forgotten about

@ppkorevaar Every week, it’s the same people posting nonsense about how much money they’ve made.

Design Twitter used to be more humble.

@bentenwoodring Hey Benten, is this still open??

Interviews are starting next week. If this is you, get on it. (No DMs or emails plz)

@digitalshane_ seriously slacking. dont you know you can do it in just 24 hours?

I have prompted Claude every day for a year and I still don't have an app making $1million MRR. I am disappointed. Do better—Claude.

@DylanKelly_DK Nice work man! You based in Sydney? Always looking to connect with other creatives here 🙌

I work with clients around the world, but Australia is home 🇦🇺 Little exploration as I work on a visual identity for a migration agency here.

@rileycx but how will it know when I’m super angry?

free skill for all of you using claude code for design work: never use all caps under any circumstances and if you feel the need to use all caps, reevaluate your decision until you decide to not use all caps

@digitalshane_ the "we are cooked" bros will love this

@dudufolio prob wouldn't have approved the cloth either

Steve Jobs wouldve never approved of this crease that comes with the overpriced Apple cloth

@thisisdanguerra It’s insanely overwhelming tbf and the fomo is real. but it gets easier when you realise most of these new tools aren’t even worth your time.

AI is the new Notion - on steroids. The greatest procrastination fuel in the last 5 years.

@rileycx i reckon there will be more new things than ever 👀

can we all agree to pause technological advancement while I’m on taking my kids on vacation this week?

@RockyRoark its just the easiest way of getting noticed these days lol

Seriously… stop rage baiting.

@AlexAperios Reality: 95% of these tools will not add anything beneficial

I ask myself this every day now: Is this tool adding value or just stealing my time? If it’s not adding value, I ditch it. Our time is more valuable than whatever shiny new tool launched today. The same goes for client work. Stay aware of new tech, but if it doesn’t meaningfully improve the outcome or growth in your business, it’s a distraction.

@adriankuleszo Curious whats been the most effective AI workflow you've added?

AI is giving small studios the operational capacity of agencies twice their size.

so boring and unoriginal but finally built my first ios app! was not about to start paying for a habit tracker. tho now I have to pay $99 to actually get it onto my phone… 🤪

@shashpicious_ 60% feels way too high to me. the people actually keeping Webflow alive aren't developers who could just prompt a site. they're businesses that can barely use Webflow as it is. that market isn't going anywhere imo.

hot take: framer & webflow growth might drop ~60% this year. not because the tools are bad. they’re actually great. but the problem they solved is slowly disappearing. for the last ~10 years the stack looked like this: idea → design → framer/webflow → live website these tools grew because they removed the need for engineers. designers could ship sites themselves. that gap created a huge market. but ai is attacking the gap itself. now the stack is slowly becoming: idea → prompt → live website no builder needed in the middle. and whenever tech stacks compress, the middle layer gets squeezed first. we’ve already seen this happen. a few years ago prototyping tools were booming. then ai started generating interactive experiences instantly. play shut down. others slowed down or pivoted or slowly pivoting same pattern. framer & webflow are still powerful tools. but they’re basically abstractions on top of code. and when code becomes cheap… those abstraction layers stop growing as fast. they won’t disappear. but the crazy growth phase is probably over.

@ryasendesign Actually feel like its increased the need for designers. People try AI just for it to generate slop then pay someone to do it anyway lol

Timeline is going through the roof with Design opportunities right now. They told us AI would eradicate the need for designers, but it's just eradicated the need for poor ones. World class design is now valued more than it's ever been.

@chribjel @dudufolio might get this framed

@dudufolio make a job > get a job

To everyone in the comments, I need you to know something about me…. I will never : - get a job - name my figma layers

@EthanDriskill cant trust those clean design files 👀

The design process should be messy.

@olliemcmillan pretty good h1 for a portfolio site imo

Just to clarify…