Well that escalated quickly! (😮‍💨11 mos) Really proud to announce that @newthing_co has been acquired by @joinbenjamin. @TheCodeBender and I will join the team in product and engineering leadership roles to bring AR rewards to as many people as possible! venturebeat.com/games/benjam…

Kirkland & Ellis, the world's highest-grossing law firm, is setting aside $500M to build its own AI platform rather than rely on tools available to its rivals (Financial Times) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)

That's how programming feels nowadays

It doesn't matter you can build faster now. The slop bucket is overflowing. People need to see visible effort, craft and passion in products, otherwise they fade into obscurity almost instantly. Being genuine as a maker is more important than being efficient.

I can't believe over 30k of you willingly follow me on here. I am both honored and horrified. To celebrate, interfacecraft.dev is 30% off for the next 30 hours. Join members from over 114 countries who are committed to growing and designing with uncommon care.

Check out this way you can get a sun tan whenever you want for $1000/hr (which is its only practical application, of course) reflectorbital.com/

Come and join me on.design 👀 (saw @rogie post this) on.design/claim?ref=aubrey

This is still such a goat feature.

Design Mode for Cursor Introducing a new way to design right where you code.

These chopped off loading bars in iOS 26 feel like they deserve a better solution.

the ladder of product value in 1 photo: relevant → functional → desirable → magical

Watching @pablostanley vibecode webgl stuff in real time at @valiocon @posthog. It’s cool to see how other people get in and make with ai.

Day 1 @valiocon (yesterday) was awesome. More fun today. @drewwilson events are 🔥

Just saw (heard) some of @neversitdull's sound design work in @jeremiahjw's @valiocon talk. incredible! The way premium sound design levels a video up is wild.

Great talk on landing pages @valiocon by @robhope this morning.

When you show stakeholders a design / prototype and their snap reaction is "I don't like this," there are only 3 reasons: 1. They disagree with the problem you're trying to solve 2. They disagree with your assumptions on how to best solve the problem 3. They disagree with your specific execution of how to best solve the problem The first thing you need to do is figure out the root cause of the disagreement -- it is #1, #2, or #3? The stakeholder usually can't articulate the reason for you b/c they don't know your intention. All they see is a design they don't like. Make the root cause analysis easier by always stating: 1. What is the user problem? 2. What assumptions are you basing your design on? Disagreement on #1 and #2 is like 60% of design disagreements in my experience.

The @Starlink mini is fast!

The Figma case study is a great one. A team 100% focused on building great product, product led growth, fair pricing, building strong network effects, and expanding into logical adjacencies without getting too overextended. Many lessons for the next crop of startups.

Imagine getting to learn from and hang with all these talented folks :) That's @valiocon! Come join use September 11-14th in San Diego. The most fun creative tech conference™️

RT @semil: The startup fundraising market is clearest I've seen in my 13yrs of tech investing - major funds only interested in 2 things:…

“I’ll invest if you find a lead” is the single lamest thing an investor can say.