Konch

Iain “Konch” McConchie — Head of Design, News @Yahoo. From the UK, now in LA. Previously @Netflix, @Headspace, & @MTV.

[Ben Cline @yocline]

Spicy take:

The older, slower path of developing ideas through canvas-based tools, paired with Claude Code for prototyping, is producing more intentional and better creative outcomes than these insanely over-processed AI workflows.

[Frank ☼ Bach @zendadddy]

Fresh batch of design jobs at companies like @tryramp, @meetgranola and others

Product Designer at Granola: https://t.co/YNNdCulTAB

Product Designer at Ramp: https://t.co/CXs3XnSVfl

Design Lead at Hanover Park: https://t.co/RPO7DcEzTL

Lead Product Designer at Ami: https://t.co/YgxD5p3Qwq

Founding Designer at Dot Product: https://t.co/oLpejyTRF6

Creative Director at Graffeo Coffee: https://t.co/e56qWu9aCQ

[joshpuckett @joshpuckett]

New Tools for a New Era.

Coding agents like Claude and Cursor have dramatically reduced the time it takes to go from idea to functional software. But the experience of designing and refining with them sucks.

One reason for this is that while the terminal is an incredible tool for communicating direction with language, it is a terrible tool for defining and exploring visual and interactive objects.

Here is one idea for how we might fix a small part of that.

In the old world, when you wanted to create a transition or animation in your app, you would type some code, refresh your local server, and click to run your animation.

It probably wasn't right, because after all no one can know what 'cubic-bezier(0.3, 0.05, 0.45, 1)' really feels like when you read it. You need to see it. Feel it. Interact with it in a real world context.

So you'd edit some values, save, refresh, and keep guessing and checking until it felt right.

Today, you can write a quick, single-use tool that's a visual studio for designing animations.

You can then configure some components and containers common in all apps, and explore different animations in real time, adjusting key properties, and getting it just right.

Then, you can copy a highly detailed prompt (or export a skill containing all your animations) that captures your intent and direction with perfect clarity.

Paste this into your terminal and your agent instantly implements it everywhere. To me, this is an improvement over the old world, and a better way to work in today's.

I'm extremely excited to see the ways in which our ability to rapidly create software will shape how we design software tomorrow.

Feedback, ideas, and critiques welcome!

[Jordan Singer @jsngr]

UI straight from 4o

[Alex F.🍻 @blueveedesign]

@thekitze You forgot that this is still created by you—your vision and thought made this happen. AI is just a tool to speed up the process, not replace your creativity.

[Konch @imcconchie]

@zendadddy Jealous that you have fiber. We’ve used Eero for years now and it’s better than the modem and wifi unit we got bundled but you need to have a lot of units to make it great. They also come with Matter support if you are into smart home things.

[Konch @imcconchie]

@wzrdla Loved the Reel Inn. Stay safe Will.

[Cat Noone @imcatnoone]

Hey folks! Looking for your new gig? We're looking for a Customer Success Manager to come work with us on the @getstarkco team!

Plz RT for visibility <3 https://t.co/svFifSopIM

[Konch @imcconchie]

@schlafman Very sad to hear that Dave. Some amazing work by small and mighty teams. You and the crew should be very proud. I’m grateful to have been a very small part of it.

[Jeff Weinstein @jeff_weinstein]

can someone please, please introduce me to the likely genius product manager on this taco bell team? please. i must meet them. [email protected]

[Dave Schlafman @schlafman]

Hey design peeps, I am hiring a senior product designer to lead Netflix Games social features. This person will transform how you engage with family and friends via play on Netflix. Please RT, share. https://t.co/4lckej1Brt

[Konch @imcconchie]

@millsustwo Nice one! 💪

[Kurt Varner @kurtvarner]

Adaptive UI at its finest.

Ben is one of the legends @Frame_io

[almonk @almonk]

i made my book on design management into a tweet

[Web Design Museum @WebDesignMuseum]

Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone in 2010

#MobileAppHistory

[Aleks @aleksliving]

being a doctor and saving lives is cool, but imagine being a software designer and saving someone 2 clicks in an on-boarding flow. heroes.

[Daniel Kuntz @dankuntz]

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[Konch @imcconchie]

@flarup As ever, awesome work.

[Charles Patterson @CharlesPattson]

Designers on their way to a Zoom call to say “no updates from me”

[Konch @imcconchie]

@maxvoltar Lovely work Tim.