Reza Ali

Designer • Engineer

[Maxime @MaximeHeckel]

New post 📝

A deep dive into a topic I wanted to explore for a long time: how to render a realistic sky and atmosphere

I explore everything from simulating the interaction of light with air, to handling sunsets, all in real-time, from ground to space

https://t.co/lov84x0Ods

[Reza Ali @rezaali]

Wowowow... I wish I had discovered Grasshopper (Rhino) a decade ago when my friends told me to check it out 😅

It's one of those rare tools that help me visualize & reason about parametric & procedural geometry / forms through the process of making and experimenting.

[Warren Moore @warrenm]

New on Metal by Example

Bismuth: A Prototype Scene Graph Language

https://t.co/ZC9CMPvV0A

[Anton Marini @_vade]

Fabric just past 500 github stars, not bad for not being out of alpha!

https://t.co/lmcp65mpwB / https://t.co/l8gVFTDpLE

[Reza Ali @rezaali]

@mrdoob @claudeai Yup, all static

[Reza Ali @rezaali]

New site is up: https://t.co/oWo888nl4e

I ported over my Squarespace site ($25/month) to a static site w/ more design flair using the latest web tech (react, next, ts).

Hosting it on AWS & paying ~$2/month for all my sites.

Couldn't have done it this quickly w/o @claudeai!

[Reza Ali @rezaali]

@daniel__designs Happy Birthday! Great Gift!

[Reza Ali @rezaali]

@marcinignac Also my happy place!

[MAZE @remvze]

Introducing DesEngs ✺

An ever-growing, curated collection of resources for design engineers.

→ https://t.co/7fk3BqVVP6

[Mo @atmoio]

I was a 10x engineer. Now I'm useless.

[Ridd 🤿 @ridd_design]

what makes for a truly great product designer?

an all-time clip from @soleio 🎧

[🇺🇦 Maks Surguy @msurguy]

I heard #skills and #taste are in demand...

#vibecoding #ai #design

[@levelsio @levelsio]

how to build a bootstrapped startup without funding:

1. pick a problem you personally have. if you don't use your own product daily, quit now

2. skip the pitch deck. open your code editor. ship something ugly in a weekend

3. charge money from day 1. free users give you nothing but support tickets

4. use boring tech. PHP, SQLite, vanilla JS. frameworks are a trap that mass waste your time

5. host on cheap VPS ($5-20/mo). not AWS. you don't need kubernetes for 1,000 users

6. do customer support yourself. it's the fastest product feedback loop that exists

7. automate everything you do more than twice. cron jobs > employees.

8. grow on Twitter/X by building in public. your journey IS the marketing

9. keep your burn rate near zero so you never need to raise. ramen profitable > series A

10. say no to investors, cofounders, and "advisors" who want equity for intros

i've been doing this for 10+ years now. no employees, no funding, no board meetings

the entire VC game is designed to make you think you need permission to start

you don't

[Reza Ali @rezaali]

@davesmiddy Whatcha cooking?

[mrdoob @mrdoob]

It's happening.

[Reza Ali @rezaali]

@eugenebokhan Whoa, this looks awesome cc @_vade

[eugene @eugenebokhan]

Repo: https://t.co/Yrp5ZtLdao
VS Code Marketplace: https://t.co/WWmNfu0K1O
Open VSX: https://t.co/k090WXqCqU

[Stammy @Stammy]

https://t.co/CJU2XAF3yB

[Reza Ali @rezaali]

@mike_matas Stunning, fresh and super clean! Congrats!

[Mike Matas @mike_matas]

After many years of development, I’m excited to share the interior of the first electric Ferrari designed by LoveFrom. Tactile controls and digital interactions blend into one cohesive interface, shaped through deep collaboration across engineering, interaction, graphics, typography, sound, and industrial design. So incredibly proud of the thoughtfulness and care the team brought to every detail.

https://t.co/JZCleflfu7