I sat down with Tom Scott recently to talk about a wide range of topics about how we design at @Superhuman (formerly Grammarly). We touched on hiring, how roles are shifting and how AI is still continuing to change everything.

I think this is worth some nuance. In recent history, many companies have employed 'product designers' whose primary activity and output has been the creation of software interface facsimiles, e.g. mockups in a drawing tool like Figma. Those making mockups have of course been doing more than just that, to varying extents leading or more commonly participating in the process of deciding what to build and why. But there was value in that tangible output itself. I think @gokulr is directionally correct that the role of someone whose primary output is the creating of an interface mockup is quickly disappearing. But the role of someone who figures out what needs to exist, why, how it should work, how it should should be positioned, differentiated and made memorable has never been more in demand. I speak with founders on a near weekly basis (many of them in Gokul's own portfolio) desperate for this kind of person. His conclusions though I agree with almost entirely: there will always be an opportunity to specialize in the creation of visual interfaces, but more broadly most product designers who want to be employees (totally fine) should take on more responsibilities that have historically been done by PMs or Engineers, to varying degrees. From my POV, this is just what a product designer is and what we should have been doing the whole time, but that's another post.

Big day:@RowsHQ will be joining Superhuman🚀 Our mission was to make spreadsheets easy, automated & beautiful. Now we’ll bring what we’ve learned to @Superhuman's AI productivity suite. Excited for what’s next. Deep gratitude to our team, my co-founder @patife, and our customers

ever seen these small dead zones in a list of closely stacked elements? im seeing this more often. this can be easily fixed using css `::before` pseudo element on each element: ::before { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: -10px 0; /* extends 10px vertically */ }

As a former Google Principal Product Designer, I’m having the best time of my life working on brand identities and delivering a complete toolkit for my clients, not just to create consistent content but also micrographics for their products. Being a brand designer in this AI era is a creative heaven. No limits, just your imagination.

Superhuman’s logo explanation is a masterclass

grammarly just rebranded to superhuman and we're fed up with being called Superhuman so we did a thing go to superpower . com / superhuman you won't regret it

Grammerly is now Superhuman

Huge news: We’re changing our company name from @Grammarly to Superhuman and launching a new product! The Grammarly brand isn’t going anywhere, but we’re evolving into a multi-product company that includes Grammarly, Coda, Superhuman Mail, and a new AI assistant called Superhuman Go. 🧵

Grammarly is changing its name to Superhuman theverge.com/news/808472/gra…

Meet Superhuman: the new AI platform that combines powerful tools like Grammarly, @Superhuman Mail, @coda_hq, and Go, our new proactive AI assistant. Write, research, automate, schedule, and organize—all in one subscription. Learn more: sprh.mn/47Mi6P8

I meant this as a joke, but this is our reality now 2 years later.

An exciting role just opened for an AI-native Product Designer at @Grammarly in Berlin. It's a very rare opportunity to design new AI agents at the forefront of communication and language that will be deployed to millions of people. Tell your friends! grammarly.com/careers/jobs/d…

Superhuman is being acquired by @Grammarly! 💜💚 Together, we will build the AI-native productivity suite of choice 🥇 We will invest even more deeply in AI and email, reimagine chat and collaboration, and build AI agents that unlock a whole new way of working. More below 👇

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Job update: I’ve joined @aftershootco and will be leading design there. They’ve created a great and successful AI tool for pro photographers (before the hype) and this year we’re taking it to the next level 🦾

Woah - I was able to use Claude to take @pjonori's Dieter Dots code and convert it to little web app. Took 5 minutes. We're all going to be building our own on-demand mini apps very soon.

Using Claude's new artifacts feature, and realised it's fantastic wireframing tools. You can build clickable semi-working wireframes incredibly quickly.

Every time I try code something from scratch, I'm still pretty shocked at just how complicated it is to even get a dev environment up and running with libraries and dependencies. Really feels like everything is held together with duct tape and glue. It's so fragile.