hynes

Director, Product Design @DialpadHQ. Formerly @StackOverflow. Also at @[email protected]

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

I've changed how I work over the last few weeks.

I now have one lead agent for each area of focus, running all the time, and a chief of staff agent that oversees them. Each lead manages its own sub-agents that write code, test it, chase reviews, and coordinate with team members.

Everything I need to decide or review comes into one prioritized queue, a simple local web app. Each product review includes screenshots and a video demo of the feature. I clear the queue in batches, mostly by voice and keyboard shortcuts. The leads also bring back ideas I hadn't considered.

Working from one queue, instead of switching between dozens of chats, has cut a lot of mental overhead. The system keeps learning my preferences and distilling my judgment into a "Brian brain," so its recommendations and first drafts get better before they reach me. The goal is fewer corrections per change.

Every change still goes through the same human review and security checks. It is eliminating tasks, not human judgment.

What an exciting time to push the frontier of productivity, especially as we build the economy for agents (agentic finance). We should all keep pushing in this direction.

[hynes @hellohynes]

@alexlmiller @Cloudflare Congrats Alex!

[Frank Chimero @frank_chimero]

I’ve done 5 or 6 advising calls this year with designers ~10 years into their career. I told them all the same few things:

[hynes @hellohynes]

@wvrking @adriankuleszo Even if I’m generating frontend, I’ve found what @adriankuleszo is saying to be 💯 true.

1. Have Claude output the design to Figma
2. Rapidly make changes myself
3. Send it back to Claude for updates

Writing or speaking design changes takes too long at times.

[hynes @hellohynes]

@reallygabriella @warpdotco Thanks for sharing. I'm interested to know how do go about enforcing this? People forget at times, so how do you help them learn in the moment?

[hynes @hellohynes]

@staysaasy This reminded me to cancel my subscription. Thanks.

[hynes @hellohynes]

Love this product. Looks like an amazing opportunity with a team doing great work.

[Abigail Augustine (Readey) @abigailreadey]

We're hiring product designers on my team at @WisprFlow - both contract / full time. HMU with your portfolio and a note if you're interested ❤️‍🔥

[hynes @hellohynes]

@jc4p I found this site earlier today that I thought was cool: https://t.co/XrAdj1oVZQ

[hynes @hellohynes]

@jc4p Nice! I'll post a link to the 3d render tutorial site once its finished. I'd love to view the wine shop link 🤣

[Bill Clerico @billclerico]

Claude Code is Farmville for 40 year old former software engineers

[hynes @hellohynes]

@bentenwoodring 100%

[hynes @hellohynes]

Tried it tonight and it’s amazing. All gas, no brakes right now with how far you can move.

[Lydia Hallie ✨ @lydiahallie]

Claude Code now supports agent teams (in research preview)

Instead of a single agent working through a task sequentially, a lead agent can delegate to multiple teammates that work in parallel to research, debug, and build while coordinating with each other.

Try it out today by enabling agent teams in your settings.json!

[hynes @hellohynes]

@Dawn_Beth One of the best albums from 2025 IMO

[hynes @hellohynes]

@businessbarista Claude

[hynes @hellohynes]

Great conversation. Thanks for sharing @joonlee.

[Joon Lee @joonlee]

Sports gambling is not just corrupting our trust in the games, but America.

Thank you to @AmanpourCoPBS, @NPRMichel and @amanpour for the platform.

[hynes @hellohynes]

@GeoffPontesBA Miguel Rojas

[hynes @hellohynes]

Great post from @hvpandya and 💯 correct

https://t.co/0gf5GwjMcf

[hynes @hellohynes]

Coming back to x just to say my newest favorite account is @jh3yy.

That's all. Amazing work.

[hynes @hellohynes]

Interesting book I read last year on that decade’s action hero phenomenon: https://t.co/B5hxfuKGpH

[hynes @hellohynes]

@MikeCosper really enjoying the new Devil Deep Blue series. Thanks

A question I’ve been pondering: how much do you think the cultural fascination with action heroes (Stallone, Van Damme, Schwarzenegger) feed into how the church responded to satanic panic?

[hynes @hellohynes]

I wonder if some of the panic was a way for Christians to have a similar “Red scare” and be aggressive in response. Like they could co-opt the language of the moment, but sanctify it as a holy war of cosmic proportions.