dthinks

New year, new momentum. Looking for a Senior or Staff Product Design role in risk, fintech, or health

@steveschoger Idk sometimes endless prompts feels slower than I can do it myself. I enjoy a mix of generation and manual editing

Spent the last day designing this using only Claude Code aside from the shader which was made in Paper. Didn't draw a single rectangle. Forcing myself to only design with Claude going forward 🫡

Hot take: some micro interactions are annoying and slow down the UX way too much

@figma thk goodness

Do more with Glass → Add it to any object, shape, or text → Round individual corners → Adjust the spread of light refraction with Splay → Apply variables from your design system

Building an app from scratch in cursor....Sometimes I am like. Them devs deserve that money cause damn.

@skirano So glad, old school prototyping f suuucked

Introducing Figma Connect. The best way to turn your Figma designs into code. No MCP hell. No plugins. Just copy and paste your designs into MagicPath and turn them into interactive prototypes without compromising your craft. Every pixel. Every detail. Every asset. Preserved.

@zendadddy The process burns talent. If you're an employed high-demand designer, what incentive do you have to spend 4 weeks on interviews?

there’s a weird phenomenon in our industry where I hear that the hiring pipeline is broken, nobody can land anything after 8 rounds of interviews, yet I have founders and studio owners dm’ing me asking if I know of any solid, reliable designers. skill matching issue?

@zendadddy Craft as well

who wants to tell them that storytelling has always been part of the senior+ product design role? lol

Idk if saying you don't Figma anymore is as big a flex as people think it is.

@dykezillaa Depends on how you wear your hair

so 4c hair requires too much maintenance but the wig you have to install, tie up every night, wash, brush and condition every week doesn't?

@eriktorenberg Wouldn't you just end up hiring the same kind of person if you are limited to your employees’ network?

This is how you hire an org of superstars. People first, roles/process second. There are many ways to put the puzzle together, but you want to prioritize top talent above all. It’s easier to deal with the chaos of non-standardized processes than it is to find & convince top talent. - From @zebriez’s excellent Colossus piece, “Inside Cursor”

@korysverse And still be snubbed for the Oscar...

is it safe now to admit that killing angela bassett was too far…

@jameslaurents Really curious about the phone animation, have a similar concept in my sketchbook atm

Can’t stop making these micro interactions and animations on the websites Took me about an hour to design and develop.

@designertom This is great I feel motion is where I struggle to find inspiration

I absolutely love what Mobbin has become. In 2024, I tried to launch a little product called Teardowns focusing solely on AI design patterns in software. The reality hit me that it is tireless work to keep up with and track pattern updates and catalog them. Huge respect for this team for keeping an up-to-date catalog of real-world product design patterns. And now they're even branching into cataloging animations. This is one of my no-brainer subscriptions.

@taylrmadee Won't he do it

I GOT THE JOBBBBBB!!! 😭😭

@jeremiahjw Big tech likes to infantilize the people they build for

sf tech people live in such an extreme bubble that they cannot relate to anyone outside of it — even in the most basic way

@lauradang0 Just like a toxic ex

@dthinksdesign Hot n cold?

No one talks about the aura loss when you're job hunting

Feeling uninspired, need to roam some museums, touch some grass

Most senior+ designers don’t share client work because they’re too busy working on shit.