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@baileebuilds

Product Design 🔸 AI in critical infrastructure deployment & ops

St. Louis Sumali Şubat 2024
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Bailee@baileebuilds·
@marckohlbrugge Would much rather it surface the same component for similar use cases - so it be aware of what to use in what context but not a full diy each time
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An exchange of ai written emails is just slop ping pong
Matthew H. Young@matthenryyoung

The thing about many (most?) AI productivity hacks is that they're only a hack if you're the only person using them. I was recently tasked with evaluating proposals submitted by faculty members. Several of the proposals contained substantial amounts of AI slop. I was offended to have to read slop but here's the thing: I'm sure that those same people who used an LLM to write their proposals would be deeply offended if I shoved their proposal into an LLM and asked it to decide whether to approve it and to write feedback! Those who use AI for tasks like this are counting on being the only ones to 'defect.' They want to get away with submitting slop and yet receive a real human being's attention and judgment on whether to approve their proposal. It's a classic prisoner's dilemma: they have an incentive to defect (send slop) but if the reader does the same thing, we get a world of slop-bots talking to one another. It strikes me that the same dynamic takes place in other areas: "I use AI to handle all of my emails" -- well, again, that really only works when everyone else is writing their own emails. Otherwise, we get a world of slop-bots endlessly emailing each other. "I use AI to screen resumes and perform initial interviews" -- this only works until everyone starts using AI to make resumes and give initial interviews. What good is it to have my AI agent "interview" your AI agent? It's just a world of slop-bots endlessly interviewing each other. "I use AI to polish up my writing assignments" or "I use AI to make my grading more efficient" -- again, this is only a "hack" if you're the only one defecting. Otherwise, we have a campus full of slop-bots endlessly talking to one another and we've lost what was precious.

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Which I’m supportive of any feature aimed to kill illustrator
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The worst part of a work trip is the transitionary state where the hustle is over, you’ve all went separate ways, and you’re just at the gate….alone….but not yet into home mode
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Bailee@baileebuilds·
@shashpicious_ I think at this point it’s just assumed people know the other stuff - tools enable or expedite actual design process - it’s new and exciting. Do we really need to keep rehashing that user needs are important to design or what a jtbd is
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Shashi (シャシ)@shashpicious_·
Product design before 2026: users, user needs, JTBD, pain points, context, constraints, trade-offs, systems thinking, edge cases, UX debt, outcomes, impact, metrics, long-term bets. Product design in 2026: tool, tool, tool, tool, tool, tool, tool, tool, tool, tool, tool, tool, tool, tool, tool wen did we go from saying product design isn’t about tools to everyone only talking about tools?
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Bailee@baileebuilds·
@joshpuckett Post more like this - love the level of detail
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joshpuckett@joshpuckett·
To really dial in animations and transitions, pay close attention to the origin objects animate from. Here's an example I just noticed: Vercel has a lovely little toolbar on a project's analytics page, but bc the icons animate from their center, it feels ever so slightly off.
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Bailee@baileebuilds·
Was in a long line for an outdoor event and after, we knew the pros/cons of our line neighbors’ solar panels, where they lived, worked. It got chilly, the wife ran home for jackets, remembered I was wearing birks without socks, grabbed new socks, and found me in the crowd 🥲
Chris Albon@chrisalbon

One of the things I love about America is that if a line takes longer than like 10 minutes, Americans will inevitably start a open group conversation with their neighbors in the line.

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Bailee@baileebuilds·
@mnowakdesign I see people skip the value part on enterprise tools too often - for a complex system it’s a wasted opportunity to incorporate how the data on this page will connect to other objects/why you would use this at all. An easy way to connect to the bigger picture.
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Michael Nowak@mnowakdesign·
Most empty state images are making the problem worse. User arrives at empty dashboard - Sees: Giant illustration of a sad robot. Text: "No data yet!" User: "...okay. What do I do?" Cute illustrations don't help users accomplish goals. What empty states should do: → Explain why it’s empty Tell the user what’s missing and why. → Show what will appear here later Help the user understand the value of this page. → Make the first action obvious Clearly tell them what to do next. → Reduce friction to get started Fewer steps. Less thinking. No guessing. Empty state isn't "absence of content." Empty state is "presence of opportunity to help user get started."
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Bailee@baileebuilds·
An absolutely batshit brand of tenacity that I would hire on the spot
taylor@taydotfun

what high agency looks like: @rtwlz got hired as @mschf's first intern by getting an NYC DOT permit to put a newspaper box outside their office full of his resume build your path, dont wait for it

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Bailee@baileebuilds·
@emersonsays As a product designer with more of a business background, hanging onto the whimsy is tough. One of the benefits of a decent sized team is that the mix of personalities help keep the process from lingering in exploration AND from overthinking metric tradeoffs too long.
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Emerson Ward
Emerson Ward@emersonsays·
Top tier visual designers tend to be quiet artistic types, more environment agnostic and happy to do their thing somewhere decent Top tier product designers tend to be ambitious, cracked types who are highly selective about where they work.. why? Product design selects for different values because the job forces you to sit next to outcomes all day You develop a strong sense for timing, opportunity, leverage.. it tends to favor people who inherently find that way of thinking rewarding The downside is even ninja product designers can lose a sense for craft and artfulness when efficiency brain takes over or market conditions push toward flatting style Over time the real work is holding onto play, knowing all the reasons a detail shouldn’t matter and still obsessing over it because aura matters more than metrics can directly measure The best things come from deep product sense paired with a genuine childlike love of making something cool and inspired
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Bailee@baileebuilds·
@JoBarrow @meetgranola Fascinating and nailed it - except I must say I would love to bite that dog breed I am in meetings.
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jo barrow@JoBarrow·
how do you get AI to celebrate someone's year without psychoanalysing them, glazing them, or accidentally reminding them of the worst parts of it? I wrote about writing the prompts for @meetgranola Crunched 2025 granola.ai/blog/how-we-wr…
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Bailee@baileebuilds·
@staysaasy If you’re using 1:1s for updates, they are a poor use of everyone’s time. Send updates ahead of time - people can read. Use the collab time to answer any remaining questions, have career development conversations, to crack open a problem that is keeping you awake at night.
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staysaasy@staysaasy·
A tip for individual contributors: send regular updates. Bi-weekly is usually a good cadence. Send your boss, cc their boss, a doc that says what you’re doing, what you need help with. This serves multiple functions * Builds awareness of your work * Builds awareness (and record) of your needs * Forces you to reflect on the above * Forces you to make sure you’re making meaningful progress on things every two weeks * Forces you to write regularly * Gives you more time in 1:1s to do important discussions (context already set on status). The benefits of this ritual are truly massive. You’ll be shocked at how much better you get at self-management when forced to do it. You’ll be shocked at how often your boss/bosses boss can solve your problems faster when presented this way. Ps if you use AI to write these updates you’ve destroyed its purpose entirely/it adds negative value.
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