Latest set of UI tweaks and sparkly delights amongst some IA changes for wndl.app
Gorgeous orbs courtesy of @Jakubantalik
For anyone thats turned into more of a vibe coder... do you still use the @work_louder Figma micro keyboard?
Have a bit of an experiment going on if you're thinking of repurposing 😉
I've been building something for the last few months. first time doing a lot more than just front end... auth, backend, security, chrome extension... all the things.
In private beta now: wndl.app
but why make something like this?
AI's opened doors to build almost anything now, and using it daily means learning something new every hour and it's honestly been one of the best teachers i've had.
but all that learning, all those small decisions it helped me make, kept slipping through the cracks.
Was about that time to redesign the portfolio. Hopefully answering all the AI questions upfront 😅
👉 thatsidd.io
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I asked the long-time Chief Design Officer at Airbnb ( @alexoid )...
"What do you look for in a junior IC that would indicate they have a high ceiling?"
I agree w/ his answer 100%
(but also I'm glad he said it not me 😅🌶️ )
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After 2 years...
Handoff Helpers 2.0 is LIVE 🥳
I even included a free lesson video detailing all of my strategies for file organization and communicating inside @figma 👇
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Your new favourite plugin just dropped
Styles ➡ Variables, by @yannglt
Works like a charm: figma.com/community/plugin/1…
Shoutout to @nlevin's flawless presentation on AI and the future of design. One of the best story tellings pieces I've personally come across 🤩
Love a how-we-done-it and this one gives such a great insight into what was considered and why they didn't take a certain direction 🤩
Today is a big day! Dev Mode launches in @figma. It's the culmination of an ~18-month journey, filled with countless riffs, prototypes, reviews, PRDs, and PM mocks. Here's my story of how we got here. 🧵
Sid Bhattacharjee retweeted
Have you ever seen a company consistently call out the engineers/designers responsible for new features in product update emails?
@browsercompany is creating a future corporate comms case study
Affinity 📈
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Design hack:
Set up an hour long meeting once a week, or at least once a sprint with your dev team just to go through and fix all of the tiny UI details that could be better.
All of the things that would never get prioritized in a Sprint planning.
All of the things that maybe a user would never notice.
All of the things that might have been missed in original implementation or just don't align since they were first built.
Change colors, update icons, improve hover states, fix overflow issues, add better tooltips, make shadows better, cleaner alignments, fix typography bugs, move a pixel here, change a hex there.
No tickets.
No backlog.
No user stories.
No business justification.
Nothing that takes more than an hour (or close to it).
Just craft.
You'll love your product more. Your team will get a chance to jam with no expectations or KPIs. I thought it would be nit-picky at first, would give the impression of busywork, but my team is as motivated by it as I am. It helps clean up old code, unify implementation, and get exposure to features that they may not have worked on.
Cleaner code. Cleaner UI. Cleaner product.
Tiny improvements, huge gain.
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I’m learning so much about organizing #DesignTokens in @figma with #TokensStudio 🙌
One more iteration towards #DesignSystem theming ✨
youtu.be/tBusiDOh_Sg
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Ed Catmull said prototyping is like "exploring the neighborhood", where you stroll potential paths forward, peeking around the corner for obstacles and consequences.
In this world, @figma is about to give everyone an electric bike. Excited to share more!
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