fivenp

yet another random product design, code and oldschool hiphop loving dude.... crafting fancy developer stuff @LaunchportHQ, @testkube_io and @contrib_design

[fivenp @fivenp]

stop talking – start doing – stay humble

[Alim @almmaasoglu]

If I had to start over, I'd still choose design as career but invest heavily in engineering. It's truly a blessing to both build and understand the whole process. This combo lets you create seamlessly, bridging concept and execution in ways others can't.

I seriously think we over specialized into our roles too much in the last 30 years, creating artificial boundaries between disciplines that should naturally overlap. This siloed approach has often resulted in products that excel in one aspect but fall short in others, missing opportunities for true innovation.

Reuniting design, engineering and research should be central to every new company's strategy.

[DANN© @DannPetty]

Design jobs that we'll see slowly fading away and one that we'll see needing more of.

Fading away:

The Basic Design Manager - because there are so many yet we don't need that many however having a good ONE is game changing. A good DM can pop in a Figma file and tweak files when necessary and knows how to protect designers when necessary. Someone that doesn't say "my" team but "our" team. Someone that doesn't manage...but leads, guides, and helps.

UI (only) Designer - becoming useless in a quicker, simpler, UX focused design world. First design job to go. If you can only do UI and don't want to do UX, stick to graphic design or social media graphics. That role will become more valuable than a UI designer.

UX (only) Designer - too limited. Need good UI skills, not just the basics. Second to go. The hardest yet the easiest role to get. Easy because anyone can become a UX designer but hard because it's hard to become a good UX designer. If you're a good one (can create UI, actually interesting UX, research, prototype, etc) then you are irreplaceable.

Design Researcher (only) - everyone needs to be a researcher. To standout, be able to do UX/UI as well and you'll be a top hire. Third to go.

Need more:

Product + Web Designer Generalist - designers that can design products and websites when needed. These already stand out as the best hires. Need to understand UX and have strong UI. Everyone thinks they are here, but they are really one of the above roles.

Bonus:

Designers that build - if you can design and build, well, you probably don't need a job because you're making your own income. But if you're not a soloprenuer, you'll be irreplaceable on any team if you're good.

[Mitchell Hashimoto @mitchellh]

Its really amazing how much software is just one-person-really-giving-a-shit away from being great. Not all software, but its amazing how much falls into this category. And when I say "giving a shit", I don't mean one week of excitement, I mean some years of dedication.

[contribute.design (@[email protected]) @contrib_design]

knock knock… guess who is now part of @Cloudflare‘s workers launchpad cohort #2?

we‘re pretty flattered to be next to amazing tools like @clerk @tldraw @lessdotbuild @astrodotbuild @wundergraphcom and many many more… ❤️

let‘s get things rolling 🚀

https://t.co/t6b7IKMgyW

[Frédéric Harper @fharper]

A friend created a very cool approach that is easy to use for any devs working on OSS to help designers get on board & help make better UI & UX.

Check @contrib_design & implement it: I'm sure you'll see value really fast for something that simple to do!

https://t.co/N9ZzJ0ueNd

[contribute.design (@[email protected]) @contrib_design]

Maybe we haven't been loud enough in our last post - let's try it again :)

Hi @OpenSourceOrg ,
Hello @uxdesigncc

We think it's about time to work closer together 🚀
https://t.co/Yp51xtd1RP

[fivenp @fivenp]

@plainspace a heart and 140 chars just aren't enough to describe the feelings for this post....

[fivenp @fivenp]

@plainspace Dudeeeee…. Do you ship overseas?

[Moritz Schwörer @motills]

Its awesome how @GraphQL allows to document everything right in the schema. This is why we built https://t.co/8sV61Duosz – gets you instant & beautiful documentation!

It's running on @Cloudflare workers, uses GraphQL and @reactjs with SSR and blazing fast DX with @vite_js

[Jessie Frazelle @jessfraz]

Vim nerds, you should probably sign up for copilot access because the vim plug-in is 🔥🔥🔥, been using it the past few days for everything from c++ to rust, go, bash, and lua & vimL (once I realized this plug-in deserved a very nice home in my setup) https://t.co/UitHWIfXTh

[chan @chantastic]

Ultimately, I think Design Systems (read with limited, common understanding of enforceable design decisions and UI component libraries) promote "us vs them" thinking where few design and many implement

And it makes both groups of people worse thinkers

[UX Collective @uxdesigncc]

Your design system is actually a product — treat it like one https://t.co/XHK8gU1tkW (by @fivenp)

[fivenp @fivenp]

RIP to the most brilliant, heroic and unique artist - your favourite MC's MC!

[Spline @splinetool]

🎁 Xmas time! We are giving away one MacBook Pro M1! To play with Spline!

📚 How:
1. Be a designer/artist/dev/creator/self-taught (👀).
2. Retweet this and follow Spline account.
3. Tag your friends.

Deadline: 11:59pm, 24th Dec. Random winner announced on 25th Dec.

[fivenp @fivenp]

@notdetails https://t.co/gFAEYflAHh

[fivenp @fivenp]

Why is it so hard to get a job as a Junior Full-Stack Dev these days? Is it because everyone expects you to have 10+ years of experience with React? If anyone is looking for a VERY talented autodidact JUNIOR engineer – RT and help him out! #webdev #remote

[Andy Coravos @AndreaCoravos]

Over two weeks, the @ElektraLabs team engineered a set of free resources to remotely monitor COVID-19 at home.

Project was selected as a finalist (out of 1500+ submissions) in the #BuildforCovid19 hackathon. 💪

Congrats team!!

Try it out: https://t.co/bIdbg9URnd

[Yuval Noah Harari @harari_yuval]

In @FT, Yuval considers the measures some governments may introduce to deal with the coronavirus:

"Temporary measures have a nasty habit of outlasting emergencies, especially as there is always a new emergency lurking on the horizon."

https://t.co/iW6u1zArLI

-YNH Team

[Daniel Destefanis @daniel__designs]

Excited to share Design Lint, a @figmadesign plugin I've been working on for a few months. The plugin finds and highlights missing styles (for type, borders, effects, fills, etc) and incorrect border radius values in the context of your designs.

[fivenp @fivenp]

@chopeh mr. line-height and mrs. letter-spacing