Austin Yang✌️

Product at Softr

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

Hey Product Twitter!

If you like my s̵h̵i̵t̵p̵o̵s̵t̵ quick takes, feel free to subscribe to my blog for longer thoughts: https://t.co/OctXOomeJj

This year I will write more about:
- B2B SaaS
- Product growth (where GTM meets product)
- More nuanced PM topics

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

Eng: "I don't code anymore. I just write PRD"

PM: "I don't write PRD anymore. I just prototype."

Designer: "I don't prototype anymore. I just code in prod."

What?

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

@brodie66656 @softr_io Maybe it should just be kept like this

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

Hmmm, just launched @softr_io AI Co-builder yesterday, but it has already went rogue...

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

This looks like a true-crime documentary opening scene

[Slack @SlackHQ]

Meet the new Slack: Where AI works.

The place for all your people
All your agents
And now... Slackbot, your ultimate teammate.

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

I'm probably in the minority here, but reading emails has just never been a big problem that requires any tech solution.

But that's just me though

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

@zachtratar I think people who say they "hate" slack/email/zoom actually just hate the feeling associated with having to use those tools.

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

This works better

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

Tornyol (@tornyolsystems) is building micro-drones that kill mosquitoes.

They use smartphone microphones, car park assist sensors, and some clever DSP and control to transform 40-gram toy drones into mosquito killers.

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

"We're AI native company. Marketers can edit websites and PM/Design can build interactive prototypes."

Brotha have you been living under a rock for the past 10 years?

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

Neo's remote operators getting summoned for a task

[Grummz @Grummz]

And just like that, Neo is dead.

WSJ does a video interview and demo. Guess what, in the demo its 100% remote operated.

Yep, you gotta let a call center into your house, watching everything you do, and have it remote control your "robot" to get anything done.

Nobody will accept this.

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

@figma feature request: Add a "Conclusion" feature to comment threads.

Conclusion should be highlighted in a thread, and there should be a filter for threads w/ conclusion + a way to generate a note from conclusion w/ 1 click (linked to original thread)

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

@jasonlk Is there even any pure "traditional" SaaS anymore?

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

@noelcetaSEO @levelsio @cheepo2109 >It just means the AC will run longer and harder to try and get to your desired temperature.

Yeah that's kinda the goal...

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

@frantzfries A lot of non-designers never use it as default tbh

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

@jovvvian

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

New rule:

If you say "who needs GUI when you can chat with AI"

...you are not allowed to use map, spreadsheet, or even click on any buttons, including ones to open your browser.

If anything you do is not voice or text-based then I don't want to hear this stupid take

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

@Jobvo The after almost certainly don't meet min contrast for accessibility either

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

@joulee Aside from familiarity, a lot of these complex animations, unique colors/font choices, funky layouts are simply not that functional.

Was surprised when I first realized just how many people find them distracting and hard to read

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

@jlinbio @akothari Humans have been cooking their own food for thousands of years, but the restaurant industry is still bigger than ever 😁

[Austin Yang✌️ @IamAustinYang]

@jlinbio @akothari Everyone can make a sandwich and restaurant is still a thing.