CEO of @onlookdev – The Open-Source Developer Tool for Visual Engineers. Ex-growth @DIMO_network, @wanderliftco, & @BirdRide. Scorched earth policy.

San Francisco, CA
Joined March 2009
contrast with one of my favorite Apple ads for the Apple Watch so much more optimistic, aspirational, and human-centric youtu.be/aBcXbbpy7y8?is=KbmG…
This is an extraordinary advertisement because it's effectively spending 60 seconds to tell us how technology is ruining our lives. Incidentally, it fails to point out that not only is French toast not toast, but Canadian bacon is not technically bacon.
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One of San Francisco's largest redevelopment projects could completely transform nearly 19 acres of land near Downtown. Plans are moving forward for the redevelopment of the Caltrain Railyards at 4th and King in SoMa. The project could include: • Up to 5,834 apartments • Up to 5.6 million SF of commercial space • 160,000+ SF of retail • A completely rebuilt Caltrain station • More than 4 acres of public open space • Multiple skyscrapers reaching 350 to 600 feet • A potential 850-foot tower This land is currently occupied by railroad tracks, platforms, maintenance facilities and the existing Caltrain station. The proposal would modernize the transit infrastructure, relocate train storage and maintenance, and create an entirely new mixed-use neighborhood above and around the station. Thousands of people could be living, working, shopping and spending time in what is currently a massive rail yard. And all directly connected to one of the Bay Area's most important transit corridors. The project is now entering environmental review, with construction potentially starting in 2029 and taking 15 to 20 years to complete.... There's obviously a long road ahead, but I love seeing developers think this big about underutilized urban land. This could completely reshape SF. 📍San Francisco
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market your features like a music festival lineup
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having a label under an icon in the left rail can make all the difference
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maybe we do live in a simulation
Y esto, amigos, es lo más cerca que hay de la realidad en los videojuegos ahora mismo. Cuesta imaginar que se pueda alcanzar un grado más alto de realismo, pero eso mismo pensamos cuando salió el primer Gran Turismo hace casi 30 años =).
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DRFarrell🐦‍🔥 retweeted
The Renaissance was an immune response to the first information overload crisis, triggered by the printing press. We are about to experience the same thing, only as a response to the slop overload crisis—and it will be incredible
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which teams run a scathingly intense design review process like what Apple does? does anyone??
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DRFarrell🐦‍🔥 retweeted
🚨 إذا تستخدم AI لبناء المواقع، جرّب Onlook. أداة مفتوحة المصدر تجمع بين Figma + محرر كود + AI في مكان واحد. 🤯 تقدر: 🧠 تبدأ موقع من Prompt أو صورة 🎨 تعدّل الواجهة بصريًا بالسحب والتعديل 💻 وتشوف الكود يتغيّر مباشرة ⚡ Preview لحظي 📦 تستورد مشروعك من GitHub 🛠️ وتخلي الـAI يعدّل المشروع معك الفكرة الجميلة؟ بدل ما تعدّل التصميم ثم ترجع للكود… تعدّل الاثنين مع بعض. من المشاريع المفتوحة المصدر اللي تستحق التجربة فعلًا. 👀 #AI #OpenSource #WebDev #GitHub
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another day in the design mines 🪨⛏️
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I remember at bird when we would spin up a new business line and it would take days or weeks to get an updated dashboard to see the analytics the way we needed to and now I'm just vibe-dashboarding with @posthog in seconds
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Onlook for making your apps look 🔥
AI app building is getting f...cking illegal 10 GitHub repos for turning GPT 6 Astra into a system that can build, deploy, and operate entire web applications 01 OpenUI ▸ github.com/wandb/openui → generate UI components from natural language BUILD THE INTERFACE 02 bolt.diy ▸ github.com/stackblitz-labs/b… → build full stack applications with AI 03 Onlook ▸ github.com/onlook-dev/onlook → visually edit React applications with AI assistance CONNECT THE BACKEND 04 Supabase ▸ github.com/supabase/supabase → database, authentication, storage, and APIs 05 Appwrite ▸ github.com/appwrite/appwrite → backend infrastructure for modern applications 06 Payload ▸ github.com/payloadcms/payloa… → TypeScript CMS and application backend AUTOMATE THE WORKFLOWS 07 Trigger.dev ▸ github.com/triggerdotdev/tri… → background jobs and long running tasks 08 n8n ▸ github.com/n8n-io/n8n → connect APIs and automate business workflows SHIP THE APPLICATION 09 Coolify ▸ github.com/coollabsio/coolif… → self hosted application deployment 10 Dokploy ▸ github.com/Dokploy/dokploy → deploy and manage applications on your own infrastructure the architecture: idea → UI → backend → database → workflows → background jobs → deployment → production 3 builds worth bookmarking: AI SaaS: bolt.diy → Supabase → Trigger.dev → Coolify internal tools: OpenUI → Appwrite → n8n → Dokploy content platform: Onlook → Payload → Trigger.dev → Coolify the crazy part is how much of the application stack is now open source you don't need 10 separate SaaS subscriptions just to prototype an idea one AI model, 10 GitHub repos, an entire application stack ⭣
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I actually asked my @bot to make me "personalized ad images" to encourage me to do things that will help me achieve my goals. an "ad" may be the best, most digestible format to help us do things.
long shot but i hope AI kills advertising
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malfunctioning parachute thrill issue
Weight Watchers ($WW) down 52% YTD pill issue
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flashbacks to the 4th of july fireworks show
The Blue Angels halted their Fleet Week performance midway through Friday’s air show as low clouds and poor visibility over San Francisco Bay complicated flying conditions. Read more → sfchronicle.com/weather/arti… 📸: Godofredo A. Vásquez/For the S.F. Chronicle
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maybe the craziest company in my batch
We built an 8000 sqft. high-throughput wet-lab in 30 days, to solve molecular discovery - starting with pesticides. Most teams in drug-discovery don’t receive target-organism verification until clinical trials. Pesticides allow us to rapidly validate our model in the target organism directly. With the help of our high-throughput lab, we were able to generate compounds that killed a $13 billion pest, the Fall Armyworm. We believe that the bitter lesson is coming for biology.
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been a while since I've done a podcast and this one was a blast! chatted about comics, creativity, brand, and the ideas behind the new @onlookdev thanks for having me @doctorbaytas and @designdisciplin
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more housing more housing more housing
There is a Fix Everything Easily button in SF and it isn't allowed to be pressed so the city will just continue getting worse forever
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why do teams name their competitors you're doing marketing for your competitor
You are overpaying for @clay. We brought trucks to Clay Sculpt to let you know. Every Clay customer that has tried Autumn has churned to us. Try Autumn with $20 free: platform.autumn.ai/?ref=SCUL….
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