Archie Leeming
8 posts


there's one element of my design workflow today that I definitely did not see coming... a year ago I thought I would be making a (functional) mess in code and then dialing in the details in Figma turns out the opposite thing happened? instead I typically start by ideating with Claude inside of @paper maybe I'll make some manual tweaks but more often I'm simply getting to a rough concept that feels directional correct the canvas has become my whiteboard and the output is rarely any higher fidelity than the example video above 🤷♂️ at this point I have Claude quickly scaffold the concept I like the most and start to dial in the details in code two tools I use constantly: 1) Agentation 2) DialKit that combo move speeds up frontend iteration immensely also Claude is SO good at extrapolating styles. Sometimes I say things like "use our tertiary button styles but extrapolate the inner shadows to make them higher contrast for this large card" and it freaking works not only that but the way I use inner shadows, border rings, etc. takes forever to create manually (or forever to create a system large enough to not be rigid in Figma). I'm genuinely faster in code which I never saw coming. dialing in the visuals in code also brings motion and interaction details into the process. how things move and feel is now 100% included in "UX Design" finessing in code gives me wayyy more control than I've ever had as a designer






✨ i am hosting a panel on nov 3 exploring how designers are using @cursor_ai to transform their workflows! join me for a conversation with some very cool designers: - @ryolu_ (cursor) - @jinsu (notion) - catherine wang (ramp). rsvp below, hosted at @tryramp nyc~

