Andrew Patton

co-founder and builder. Music lover and maker. Mountain runner and explorer.

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

chat interfaces aren’t the be-all end-all of UX, but using a well-built AI assistant for a complex SaaS product is a genuine step change from where things were even just a year ago

[Outlyne @outlyne_com]

typed “I want to add a newsletter” and Outlyne’s AI just… did it.
live page → test signup → confirmed in dashboard. 21 seconds.
no settings menus. no tutorials. just intent → result.
https://t.co/bEpq7J8EY8

#NoCode #AITools #BuildInPublic

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

Currently we're using Gemini's URL context feature, but I want to experiment with Cloudflare Browser Rendering to attach URLs as M↓, screenshots, or both. Still building intuition for what gives the most effective context. Would love to know if you’ve tried something similar!

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

I sent Kenji’s reverse sear URL to the Outlyne AI assistant and said “make a page about this and how it changed the way I cook.” It got me 80% of the way there without me having to spend time rehashing the approach.

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

Another use case I’m excited about: getting feedback on what I’m working on.

So not just visual inspiration, but visual feedback too.

I pasted in a screenshot of a menu and said it felt too busy, and the assistant cleaned it up:

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

Wait, I can just paste a screenshot and have the assistant work from it?

Here’s what I got when I pasted in a screenshot of one of Tufte’s dataviz examples and asked the AI assistant in https://t.co/GwMO7wLRKM to create a visualization of urban mushroom foraging inspired by it:

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

@JeremyOutlyne the new experience is so satisfying! and the fact that the LLM always knows what you mean (even if you say “stuio” instead of “studio” or whatever kind of typo) is one of the many wonders of this magical new technology that we are still figuring out how to use.

[Jeremy Willer @JeremyOutlyne]

Instant gratification feels incredible… until you actually care about the outcome.

Most AI website builders: prompt → full site in seconds. With good prompting + clean markdown? Impressively solid results.

We loved that rush too.
But then reality hit.

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

we’ve been on the vite 8 beta for a month and rolldown for half a year at https://t.co/GwMO7wLRKM and it’s been fast and dependable throughout. this should bring that to the whole ecosystem. now i just need the rust version of react compiler and our full toolchain will be dialed.

[Vite ⚡ @vite_js]

⚡️ Vite 8.0 is here!
The most significant architectural change since Vite 2.

⏬ Powered by Rolldown bringing faster production builds and more consistency
🛤️ New features such as tsconfig paths and emitDecoratorMetadata support

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

@JeremyOutlyne ship it tomorrow plz i don’t know how much longer i can wait to start using that sidebar thx bye

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

This site came out really well and gave us the opportunity to build a bunch of nice features into https://t.co/diLRNTBmDj. Truly a win-win collaboration. See for yourself: https://t.co/fP7QtbJL8y

[Outlyne @outlyne_com]

Excited to launch the new digital home for Tim & Liz Serratt and Vero Beach Contour Mortgage! 

Built on https://t.co/Lj9ukbBWIQ for a premium borrower experience. Early feedback: the design is already winning over new clients.

Link: https://t.co/Fe5e7LJatb

#Fintech #WebDesign

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

@outlyne_com i love that gemini suggested “Gilded Grog” as another possible name for this fictional bar. good inspiration for my future restauranteur endeavors.

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

@outlyne_com Clip from the ShopTalk Show where this came up:
https://t.co/796Ic9KX0n

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

The conversation about @outlyne_com on the latest ShopTalkShow hit on something I’ve been thinking about a lot: AI can make creation too easy. If you push a btn & a site appears, it can feel hollow and robs the satisfaction you normally get from publishing something you created.

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

@outlyne_com We’ve been actively exploring how to pare back pure generation and lean harder into guided personalization, so AI handles the grunt work in service of intent, not in place of it.

AI is the engine. I want to be the driver.

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

can’t stop won’t stop.

just had an amazing interaction with the Gemini CLI where after saying “I'm done”, it continued going with 11 “final checks” + 4 “one last checks”, along with 14 requests to “Wait” for it to recheck its work. the gruesome details: https://t.co/ad8v35AOVN

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

Claude writes code like a caffeinated golden retriever.
Codex reviews it like a grumpy staff engineer.

Treat them as interchangeable & you get bugs.
Play them off each other & get something workable.

Claude vs Codex: practical guidance from daily use https://t.co/djuAy7d2mQ

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

what a thrill to be watching the latest @ShopTalkShow episode and suddenly see my company, https://t.co/GwMO7wLRKM, show up on the video stream: https://t.co/EBcw6hDnXq

huge thanks to @davatron5000 and @chriscoyier for spotlighting community projects, and for the show itself.

[juan @juanbuis]

to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

@intellectronica @stolinski Zed has built-in support for Astro (https://t.co/zA2ALDBor7), Prettier/ESlint (https://t.co/cBTE60o2zk), Tailwind (autocomplete, lint, hover previews: https://t.co/txawEJxNAy), a Ruff extension. never used error lens, but the Zed debugger is impressive (https://t.co/5U87LC29YI).

[Andrew Patton @andpatton]

@stolinski you absolutely should. every time i try out a new editor (most recently Antigravity) i truly cannot believe that most developers spend their time in VSCode-based editors. i don’t think they appreciate how much nicer it is to use Zed.