@irondavy

Design at @castlexyz. Making distinctions.

 San Jose, CA
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🌋 After years of being an internet recluse, I’m now bursting with announcements: 1. @castlexyz has been my full focus for >5 years now, and I’m proud to share we recently closed a $15M round led by @khoslaventures to keep pursuing the dream of HyperCard, Flash, MarioPaint et al
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I was also crushed to learn this and used the occasion to look through every single work of his: xitter.cf/irondavy/status/191298…
Romain Revert@romainrevertOct 24
I'm very very sad tonight. I just learned that Stephen Biesty passed away in 2024 at 63... He is one of my favorite artist. Rest in peace.
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shoulda been “touch glass”
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I used to quote Charles and Ray Eames on this matter: “Innovate as a last resort.” I always got blank stares in response — isn’t innovation the premise of a startup? Yes it is, and this quote does not refute that.
joshpuckett
@joshpuckettJul 31
Replying to @EmmettMaher
90% of software *should* look and work the same. millions of hours have been wasted by software makers and users trying to create, and figure out how to use, special snowflakes.
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Making a little library of trivia trainers for this doohickey, starting with morse code and world flags
Steve Ruiz
@steveruizokJul 25
Replying to @steveruizok
Another great one (more io, fewer features tho that's not a bad thing)
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I think this game idea is working but I am so bad at it that it’s hard to tell
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Context as light, model as prism, tool as mirror
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Math and code are domains of knowledge where experts tend to converge. LLMs making strides in convergent domains does not generalize to divergent domains. I think engineers flatter themselves when they suggest otherwise. Marketing and art, for example, have the reverse nature.
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Go work with Mills 👍 and his smart fun team 👍👍 on one of the only social apps that doesn’t make you feel like shit after using it 👍👍👍
Mills Baker
@millsbakerMay 18
I'm hiring a product designer, and perhaps more than one! In the JD, I note that we're looking for a designer "with engineering characteristics," mild hyperbole (perhaps) and definitely one of the stranger phraseological references I've made in a posting. 1/n
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David Cole retweeted
Osebo
@0seboMar 6
Popping up to share something we've been excited about... Castle has a CLI that lets you edit games using models like Claude and Codex. You can create games at lightning speed, then instantly play, tweak, and share them on mobile and web
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You might expect the Apple Human Interface Guidelines from 1993 to feel quaint, but even the introduction to the basic concept of a “screen” still hits — we’re doing more “mail slot” software than ever here in 2025!
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New podcast with @millsbaker: thedeadhorses.substack.com/p… On the state of LLMs and how vibe coding is like sports betting for ADHD designers like me
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Any day now…
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Wow no way xitter.cf/irondavy/status/193265…
System Settings
@app_settings7 Jul 2025
the difference between beta 1 and beta 3 is CRAZY
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Very special chance to work in gen AI that isn’t vapid or anti-humane, on a product that’s already working made by a team filled with heart 👇
Amit Gupta
@superamit7 Jul 2025
I’m hiring a product designer for Sudowrite. This is a dream job for a designer who loves to write. The beginning of the listing is… a mini therapy sesh for me. You’d think it’d be chill after that. But no, it goes on to talk about our company cult… sudowrite.com/jobs/designer
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Can’t fit this into the character limit on this app so
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The full cycle goes like this: 1. What looks good in a keynote gets shipped first 2. Over the beta they fix the glaring accessibility issues, but doing so dampens how slick the design system is 3. In 1-2 OS releases they find a reasonable middle ground and we forget about this
David Cole@irondavy10 Jun 2025
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kitze 🛠️ tinkerer.club
@thekitze9 Jun 2025
steve jobs would've cornered you in a dark alley and beat the shit out of you with a metal pipe if you even SUGGESTED something like this
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