Andy McErlean

building Flex

[Andy McErlean @andy_mcerlean]

@checksy_ Copped a print. Love your style.

[Andy McErlean @andy_mcerlean]

@appsynic Great! This would be a full-time position, just fyi. Happy to connect to chat further.

[Andy McErlean @andy_mcerlean]

@liaujianjie @mobbin Awesome! I’d love the ability to target specific patterns, flows, and apps at large when prompting.

[Andy McErlean @andy_mcerlean]

@mobbin mcp wen?

[Andy McErlean @andy_mcerlean]

@Samuelelliot41 @mobbin @referodesign does this, but mostly for marketing sites

[Andy McErlean @andy_mcerlean]

@Samuelelliot41 @mobbin 100%. Imagine asking its db common emergent patterns, differing solutions to problems, etc.

[Andy McErlean @andy_mcerlean]

@0xzkleo Awesome. Just sent a follow request. Add me and let's chat.

[Andy McErlean @andy_mcerlean]

Flex is hiring devs with #stablecoin specialty. Huge external referral bonus opportunity. DM me if you're interested or know someone.

[Andy McErlean @andy_mcerlean]

@rustsoldev I don't know what's up with my dm's, but have had a couple reach out and do not see messages. Feel free to hit me up here to move things quickly: https://t.co/5f1yxAkjGW

[Zaid Rahman @zaidrmn]

@robbiepetersen_ we are cooking a big launch here @FlexSuperApp

[Andy McErlean @andy_mcerlean]

Yeah, I’m sus on this.

[Financelot @FinanceLancelot]

Claude powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds including backups, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue

This disaster has wiped out months of consumer data essential to PocketOS and its customers' businesses.

[Andy McErlean @andy_mcerlean]

@joshpuckett @mercury Way better than yet another water bottle.

[Andy McErlean @andy_mcerlean]

How does Chrome dev tools not have any iOS devices more recent than a 14

[charlota @0xCharlota]

sorry, i have no time to react to the obituaries of the design profession y’all are tweeting; i got an inbox full of project inquiries to get through

[Andy McErlean @andy_mcerlean]

@drewcoffman Cancel culture has a massive hand in this. Risk is beyond no longer rewarded, but chided when it goes beyond "acceptable" bounds.

[Andy McErlean @andy_mcerlean]

@gokulr Creating a design system would not take "a few weeks max", which is why it's hard to take your view on AI seriously.

You can build an AI-made design system in minutes.

[Andy McErlean @andy_mcerlean]

@putrikarunian @shadcn @lunagraphHQ Just applied for early access.

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

George RR Martin of celestial bodies

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

After advising 50+ consumer companies over the last year, the one thing that separates those who can execute and those who can't:

Having a full-time designer in the room at all times

I've met with countless companies that have raised millions��and even one that has raised billions—that do not even have a designer on payroll.

This makes product development broken:

1/ You simply cannot have constructive conversations about ideas without visualizing them in real-time
2/ Your experiments will frequently have inconclusive results because users cannot discover features or they misunderstand how they work
3/ There is no one who can galvanize the team with a vision of what the product could look and feel like

And to be abundantly clear: I'm not referring to visual UI or graphics. I'm talking about someone who can think through the fundamental building blocks of product comprehension—like navigation, interaction and copywriting—and is technically savvy enough to visualize those components in high resolution.

There can certainly be exceptions to not having a designer, like where the CEO is an exceptional visual thinker, but that does not scale beyond a small team.

At the end of day, products live and die in the pixels: it's what the users see and tap. And without someone shepherding that process, you are effectively wandering the desert blind.

[Andy McErlean @andy_mcerlean]

@sheffeii @sheffeii I'd be happy to chat about an internship spot on my team at @FlexSuperApp