Brooks Solveig

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[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

@sethbannon @fiftyyears Beautiful and inspiring. I feel seen, because this is what I feel when I look around SF. It was true before AI, but golly is it true now.

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

I’m inspired by this piece, and I feel seen. When I look around SF, I see too few smart people working on truly world changing projects. We need more.

[Seth Bannon @sethbannon]

Can't we do better?

First short film from @fiftyyears.

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

@benblumenrose Already added to my slack profile

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

staff slop cannon, reporting for duty!

[Ben Blumenrose @benblumenrose]

Our 2026 Design in AI Report is now live!

This report is the culmination of thousands of people hours and many late nights to create what we believe is the most comprehensive, well-researched report capturing and synthesizing the state of Design + AI today.

While we used AI in many areas, a report like this still required deep thinking, grit, and humans coming together to do what they do best.

The final report spans nearly 20k words covering the survey results of over 900 people paired with dozens of qualitative interviews.

Over the coming months we will also release 7 beautiful case studies showing how top design teams are working on the ground featuring designers at @AnthropicAI, @framer, @linear, @NotionHQ, @Shopify, @SierraPlatform, and @stripe.

This work is a true labor of love to help guide a design community we hold so dear.

Link in the comments and please let us know what you think. Your feedback helps us shape how we will evolve this work over the coming years...

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

@benblumenrose Bringing back welcome animations! I love this

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

@tetrisgm 🙏🏻

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

@axeldesigns @gokulr @coinbase @brian_armstrong @emiliemc They do, and they don’t want to work for someone else

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

@fuelfive @Reddit Can I just show some appreciation for the audio quality in this podcast? It's my hyper-fixation.

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

@alessio_joseph @round @cognition @MercedesBenz Yoooo those micrographics are siiiiick

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

@BuildWithFlux This is IT!

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

This was the last piece of the puzzle

[Flux | Design PCBs with AI @BuildWithFlux]

Flux can now place your PCB components.

Schematic → placement → routing → board. Every step AI-assisted, in one tool.

You steer it. AI builds it. Like vibe coding, but for hardware.

This has never been possible before. Try it now

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

@sethbannon @typesfast A god for the AI to worship. Y’all know how to make a hook!

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

@sathaxe Aight you got me. Hook up a code?

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

@tetrisgm @philippberner I used Duet in the past and recall it working well.

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

I was wrong! We’re 2nd of self serve customers. Apparently we have a long way to go to catch up with enterprise users.

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

We use Devin… A LOT. So got curious and asked the @cognition team, “Where does @BuildWithFlux rank in terms of Devin usage?” Guess what! We’re 2nd!! Like, in the world!!!

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

Ok ok apparently we’re only 2nd out of the self serve category. Enterprise go brrr. Not AS impressive as a global 2nd place but look, there still time!

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

We use Devin… A LOT. So got curious and asked the @cognition team, “Where does @BuildWithFlux rank in terms of Devin usage?” Guess what! We’re 2nd!! Like, in the world!!!

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

@lennysan @cognition @BuildWithFlux 💪🏻🦾

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

@tetrisgm @cognition @BuildWithFlux No name, but we do have a number. The first place has over 3x more usage, but is also larger. I have a suspicion though that our per capita ACU usage is higher…

[Brooks Solveig @BrooksSolveig]

@chaserobbinss @cognition @BuildWithFlux They wouldn’t tell me 😅