Efe Bakir

designer who ships. building Plate + Unit
- → Milan → Barcelona

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

@signulll Does May feel like years ago to anyone else? We were using Claude on Plate back then and it only hit TestFlight this week

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

@wholemars Saying no is the real design work - every extra model is one more decision pushed onto the buyer

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

@thsottiaux texting my dot more than my group chat now - at least it replies

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

A touch MacBook means homework for every designer:
- Buttons big enough for a finger
- Nothing hidden behind hover
- Menus that fit a thumb
Apps built for a cursor are about to feel tiny

[Marques Brownlee @MKBHD]

MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR

Almost every demo I’ve seen has some amount of mis-touches and slight fumbles because at the end of the day this is still a computer designed to be used with a keyboard and a trackpad/mouse, but… there’s no denying it’s responsive and smooth as hell

Pro tip: the nanotexture version is way softer/smoother to the touch than the glossy, which drags a bit under your finger. Both do a surprisingly good job hiding fingerprints

You know what the most underrated difference to me is? The lighter weight. I swear. The 16-inch weighs almost a pound less than the non-touch version. Very into that

Full video impressions coming soon

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

@signulll Switching is the easy part - every macOS app still has tiny targets built for a cursor so a finger on an iPad would miss half of them

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

@levelsio Does it factor in visas? Moving from KL to Milan on Nov 7 and the Spain digital nomad visa is next - for me paperwork picks the city more than rankings

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

@thsottiaux chat and work in one app - so slack but it answers back

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

@Yuchenj_UW Do you switch on day one? We built Plate with Claude so a benchmark alone wont move me - it has to win on a real screen first

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

@theapplehub every hover state in my figma file just got nervous

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

@raroque Back gestures already covers most of it - Android users will tell you fast if anything else feels off

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

@signulll So the scarce skill becomes writing a good objective? Same shift is hitting design - picking the right problem matters more than drawing the screen

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

@claudeai first gallery where the fine print is the main exhibit

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

3 hours for claude to port it - 3 weeks for humans to agree on the back gesture

[Chris Raroque @raroque]

@efbakir I actually have no idea what it means 😅 I think I'll figure it out once I use this phone for a few more days but I'm really looking to people who use Android on a daily basis to help me answer that

but I do support the back gestures!

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

@JoshPhillipsPhD Same base here - chicken as the default and mince when I get bored - red meat once a week so dinner is never a decision

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

@MacRumors macbook studio - finally a laptop that admits it never leaves my desk

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

how to improve your pull up:
1. rest 3m between sets
2. some time in the week do weighted

yw

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

Do you remember what you ate on your last trip? We built Plate so every meal lands on a map - Milan is winning so far

[Efe Bakir @efbakir]

@marclou Unit was my first full loop of design ship market learn - still a small app - turned out the skill was the real win not the app