Evan Stewart

design @shopify (leading channels, markets, agentic storefronts), prev: ceo @basewellhq, supporting @ making ███ and ███.

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

@benhylak @JoshuaSteinman bat signal

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

@julianbenegas8 Congratulations! Big moves!

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

I've enjoyed using Codex in part because it's the full vision we had at @BasewellHQ years ago. Connect everything, contextualize instantly, run automations—fully personalized, real-time intelligence.

While it wasn't us, still feels gratifying to see that concept come to life.

[Lee Robinson @leerob]

"Engineering, product, and design are all merging into a 'builder' role"

Yeah... I'm not so sure. This feels like an oversimplification and podcast talking point. Reality is a lot more complex.

Even with 1000 "Member of Technical Staff" titles, someone still has to wake up and care 100x more about Product or Design than anyone else. It is their Main Thing™

That's not to say MTS titles are universally bad, but I think they're an example of this 'builder' talking point that's become bastardized.

AI and coding agents have made generating code easy and yet... you're in for a world of pain if non-engineers ship a bunch of slop and don't have great engineers to tame the complexity.

The SF hivemind has a tendency to overfit what works at startups for every company. And to be fair, sometimes this is true! Startups can be a leading indicator for how the industry is changing and often cause disruption.

However, it is going to be incredibly hard to disrupt the extremely human parts of corporate jobs. You really think there's going to be a PM who also does some engineering and design on the side at JPMorgan Chase?

This is true for the simple parts of most jobs, like people wanting to have ownership over something and do good work, move up a career ladder, support their family, get paid well, make an honest living...

And also the hard parts: internal politics, some critical business system that has a bus factor of 1 which has been running for 15 years and isn't documented anywhere because it's that guy's job security. The real world has a lot of this stuff.

It's easy to pontificate about all roles collapsing but it's actually really nice to have a specific person or team who is an expert in one thing that you can work with. I don't expect that to change. Further, I think AI disruption to knowledge work will take decades to play out because it is more fundamental to the human condition (e.g. sociological/organizational) than pure intelligence.

[Michael P Gibson @William_Blake]

The road to utility-scale quantum computing is officially open. Atom Computing announced its first complete demonstration of quantum error correction with neutral atom qubits.

I have fond memories of GPs w/ PhDs in physics at other funds telling me this wasn't possible.

1517 - be the first check, not the last.
https://t.co/khBtV5uPEi

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

@stephenhaney @paper me patiently waiting for components

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

I can't believe it's finally here. Vector editing in @paper @stephenhaney 🤝
https://t.co/4dbjcWU8kp

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

@OldHollowTree Proud to know you. Congratulations on the growth!

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

When @mercury launches personal banking credit cards it’s all over.

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

@jsngr 👀

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

True masters of their craft know that less is more. A few hours of focused, intense work beats “9-9-6” 100% of the time.

Anyone preaching differently is anchoring on the performance of creation rather than the output.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Finally, someone said it on grindmaxxing: "There is a growing cliché in startup culture where founders and startups feel the need to perform intensity publicly. How hard they work, how little they sleep (...) You almost never see this from the most successful companies/people."

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

@cramforce Always stairs

[Benji Taylor @benjitaylor]

People always complain about design not having a seat at the table when the reality is that you just have the drag the chair over

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

@Polymarket @brandon spotted

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

@zillowgonewild “Sorry, can’t today. Have to mow my roof.”

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

@RhysSullivan Chemex coffee maker, gym membership, gear for rock climbing/mountaineering

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

@DoWCTO @DeptofWar @DOWResponse Congrats @JoshuaSteinman!

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

Good coaches are judged by the quality of their teams. Company leaders should be held to the same bar.

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

@stephenhaney I think syncing with the repo makes sense, since the other rules live in the repo.

Could see adding a 'paper.md' with rules for paper, 'design.md' for design system in code, etc.

[Evan Stewart @heyecs]

Rare opportunity to work with the best

[Markus Aarstad @maarstad]

We’re hiring at @Flighty, and @rjonesy, @ifrins and I are looking for a few exceptional people to join our tiny team ✈️

I’m personally hiring a Senior Product Designer to work closely with me. If you love travel, obsess over details, and care deeply about craft, I’d love to hear from you.

We’re also hiring:
• A Senior Full Stack Engineer to work with @ifrins, one of the most talented engineers I know
• An Aviation Correspondent to cover major disruptions and help make Flighty the go-to source during IRROPS
• A Head of Operations & Finance to help us scale the business side of Flighty without losing what makes the company special

If this sounds like your kind of thing:
https://t.co/OJmS6qSHbm