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designing and building brand, product and ai experiences. commerce for games at @neoncommerce. vr f1 racer.

Joined April 2012
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
sorry process bros, the only thing that matters is the output
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
The future belongs to designers who build…and who have the spit in them to push past engineering dogma. Agents are making technology choices most legible to them, time for us to update our priors.
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
Introducing Code on Canvas in @pendev AI design tool for Claude and Codex. Design ❤️ Code are officially in a relationship, opening new ways to create on canvas. Ask agent to generate custom design tools inside Pencil on the fly, create interactive components, generative art and more, but still keep the full manual design control. This is just the beginning. Let us know what you think. And let's take it to the next level together. Download the new Pencil update today.
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
Replying to @joshelman
writing the spec was always the hard part. people just didn't realize it because building was slower. now that building is instant, everyone's discovering that the thinking was the actual product all along
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
this is something I’ve practiced at @polar_sh since I joined as a founding designer. we rarely design in figma. if you can express design with code — then you’ll be incredibly efficient.
designers, we need to talk. design is not about the figma you made. design is all about how your vision gets implemented & used by users. your pixel perfect figma is worthless if you can’t realize it in the end product, whether the medium is code or something else.
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
unpopular opinion: if you spend enough time vibe coding, you'll eventually learn to code
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
AI shines a spotlight on everyone and reveals exactly how much agency/ambition they have
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
Tough seeing founders put too much faith in data and research to find PMF It's like trying to reach London from SF by walking 100ft, asking "Is this London?", walking another 100ft in a random direction, and asking again You'll never get there
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
youre probably better off learning design than learning to code
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
You get paid based on the level of abstraction you can work at. • Level 1: Here’s the problem, the solution, and how to implement it. • Level 2: Here’s the problem and the solution. Figure out how to implement it. • Level 3: Here’s the problem. Figure out the solution. • Level 4: Here’s a list of problems. Identify the most impactful one to solve. • Level 5: Find all the problems and determine which are worth solving. • Level 6: Predict future problems and create systems to prevent them.
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
Replying to @eryc_cc
the best designers want to start companies companies want to hire the best designers ♾
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
I am convinced that future belongs to product designers. Give designers the ability to code (thanks, Cursor), and watch them create the most beautiful apps themselves. Surely AI can code, but impeccable taste? That'll take a while.
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
My best career advice:
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
inspo → claude prompt → working code in ~15m this is the new 10x eng
It could be a Midjourney ad, but... Part 2
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
It's been just over a month since my time with the incredible team at @GetSanlo came to an end. For a year, I had the pleasure of leading all design efforts and had an absolute blast doing it. I'm incredibly grateful for the amazing experience and the opportunity to work with such a talented group of people. Now, I'm ready for my next exciting adventure! If you know of anyone who might be looking to hire an experienced designer (contract or FT), please tag them or send them this post. Your support means the world to me! If we've worked together before and you feel inclined, I would be so grateful for a shout-out. Thank you all for your help and encouragement as I embark on this new chapter! Please like, comment, and share this post to help me reach a wider audience. 🙏
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
It’s amazing how much of UI design is thinking “How long can this string get?”
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
Design debt doesn’t get talked about nearly enough in comparison to tech debt
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
Gmail option to declare email bankruptcy
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
Designers skeptical about Figma's autolayout probably haven't tried coding their designs. Once you do, you'll see everything in code is about stacks and autolayouts. It's a basic principle, not a style choice.
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𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐀. retweeted
Being a Design Lead is like getting paid 💰 to be interrupted at all times by dev leads, stakeholders, other designers 😅
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