Phil B.

Designer who ships. Building doppio in public.

[Phil B. @httphil_]

New year, new funk. Check out the website for fresh projects, proposition and collaborators. https://t.co/YJG7mWTX3E

[Phil B. @httphil_]

@i_mika_el They did. The app eventually grew to 25k users. But getting them in a lot of hands was a job on its own.

[Phil B. @httphil_]

In 2014, at 22 years old, I launched my first app: iParty.
Designs in Photoshop, three devs, distribution via flyers and a Facebook page. The MVP alone set me back €30.000 and I had no clue how to run a business – so needless to say, it did not make me rich.

But it got me into product design, right when every company on earth wanted to be in the App Store. What followed was a decade of amazing projects. From start-up to agency, or under my own studio. Deep in the trenches with devs, learning their lingo so my pixels would actually hold up across every breakpoint. Until I started shipping front-end myself through Webflow, and later design engineering from scratch.

During this decade, I had always been up to something of my own. An app, a platform – hell, even supplements that were good for your private parts. But buried in client work, my own projects kept losing momentum.
Which, for most products, is the beginning of the end.

So now that I've got momentum with doppio, I'm going all in on myself. A motion tool now, but I'm certain it'll pivot completely within the year. And I'll be sharing all of it – the ins, the outs – but mainly, how I'm shipping this entirely myself, as a designer.

Give me a follow if you're coming along for the ride.

Cheers, P

[Julian Galluzzo @galluzzo_julian]

Well, I have big news - https://t.co/rZI76XBJ2c is officially open source 🎉

Ship Studio began as nothing more than a better terminal for my own workflow.

Then i shared it with some people, published it, and since then, it's grown quite a bit. today, hundreds of people depend on the tool to build for their clients.

I am so proud of that, and I am sure I could capitalize on this... but I've decided some things are more important than money.

You see... when a tool is for-profit, it will do what it needs to do in order to survive - including, changing directions and leaving you behind.

I don't want Ship Studio to become another 'them'.

I've seen how such an amazing community can be built around a tool - and I think the community who builds the tool, deserves to own the tool itself.

And that's why Ship Studio is no longer mine - it's ours.

It's time for us, the community, to join forces and build the tool we need.

Welcome home 🖤💚

[Phil B. @httphil_]

@michelleefang Wooooow! Let's go!

[Phil B. @httphil_]

@zobeir 1. Done
2. Done
3. Done
4. Let's go

[Phil B. @httphil_]

@henrythe9ths FUNDRAISE please

[Phil B. @httphil_]

@vanschneider You actually inspired me to do so. Thanks for that.

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

It’s now 27 years since I was made redundant and given a few grand. I decided that if I was careful, I could live off the money for 6 months trying to become a comedian before I had to get another job. I was 37. Worth a punt.

[Phil B. @httphil_]

@s_chiriac AI housekeeper for your mac: https://t.co/OvZiGuWoAh

[Phil B. @httphil_]

https://t.co/OvZiGuWoAh

[Phil B. @httphil_]

How many files are in your downloads? Is it a three-digit number? Four?

Meet Laisy, the housekeeper for your Mac. It puts your files where they need to be. Neatly organized. Clearly named. Duplicates? Gone. Link in comments.

I will be building this app in public. Follow here!

[Phil B. @httphil_]

@iljavaneck 🤣 I feel you. Had a 'very strict' deadline for 30/10/2024. Project launched today.

[Phil B. @httphil_]

@ibocodes just use AI

[Phil B. @httphil_]

@ericruizm @masterflowmaker @webflow We tried connecting it through Claude, but we had far better results connecting it with Cursor. We could experiment with different models etc. It basically takes a shift in mindset; teaching the AI what you want to achieve and plan accordingly.

[Phil B. @httphil_]

@skirano Yes. Very interested! Been testing the latest tools for hours on end (Cursor, Figma MCP etc.), if you want I'll take the time to give proper feedback.

[Phil B. @httphil_]

https://t.co/YJG7mWTX3E is the website in question

[Phil B. @httphil_]

Since I am not actively working as appart anymore, I am thinking of making the website available as a #Webflow cloneable, mainly to inspire others. Yet I am afraid a lot of ‘designers’ will just copy it and use it as their own website. Thoughts on this? Link in comments.

[Phil B. @httphil_]

@ThomasCarre_ @greensock @webflow ❤️