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Product design for startups we help founders design MVPs to raise capital, fast enough to ship, and strong enough to win users.

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Stocks 💹📈

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@alexsssaint For sure! Since it drives more engagements to post. Win win basically

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Well it takes some time, but it’s finally here

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

We're rolling out a small tweak to boost visibility of your posts to your mutuals (people who you follow back).

We noticed this data was missing from the algo and it made your friends appear less in your replies. This resulted in the reply section feeling more like a battleground with people you don't recognize.

This should also help clusters form around interests more easily, which many people have asked for.

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@AFisolami I’ll be coming back soon brother!

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@uixfahad Chef’s kiss 👌

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@wzulfikar @gorhom This one is smoooooth, mantap 🔥

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@mona_biasia I will try this and use yours as an inspo 😝 Anyway's great work!

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Always amazed by how the Singapore government keeps an eye on where the world is heading 🇸🇬

Early on gov tech. Early on education. Now early on AI adoption. Not many countries move like that.

[Gabriel Chua @gabrielchua]

OpenAI for Singapore 🇸🇬

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Learning frontend makes me much better in terms of producing accessible design: WAI ARIA, A11y, semantic markup all become how you think, not a checklist you tick off later.

Learning backend makes me much better in terms of seeing constraints, and pursuing creative ideas within them. You stop designing things that can't ship. You start knowing what's cheap, what's expensive, what the API can actually return.

You don't just get more technical. You become a better designer in ways you didn't expect.

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@stevelauda_ Aha me too man, me too 🫡

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3 paths product designers can take in the agentic era.

- Go technical. Closer to production code. Learn frontend, basics of backend and APIs. Understand how systems actually work, not just how they look in Figma. Ship prototype directly in code.

- Go strategic. Out of pixel land, into the room where decisions happen. Influence product roadmap. Pull your own SQL. Read funnels, retention, cohort behavior. Sit in revenue conversations. Tie every design decision to a business metric, not "delight" or "feel."

- Stay in the bubble. Keep posting Dribbble shots only. Keep waiting for the PM to write the brief for you. officially ngmi.

My bet: strategic will win every time. Code is getting more accessible with time. The seat at the table isn't given. You earn it by speaking "real" growth, not aesthetics.

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@Harish_521 Bruh how come they thought that the code is free 😂 the audacity to ask that lol

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@melfanzaa Clean workk 🔥

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@grimcodes 😭😭

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“Nail the functionality first then worry about visual delight/uniqueness later” will always be my design principle

[shadcn @shadcn]

I’m not saying “no design.” I’m saying most apps can get away with just nailing the fundamentals.

Not every app needs layers of “visual expression,” motion, personality, or over-design-engineering in pursuit of delight.

What really matters when you want to get work done are: speed, obvious UX, good defaults, clear behavior. That works every time.

The interface design should stay out of the way.

I’m arguing for “design is how it works.” Do this first.

I don’t want to notice your UI. I want to see my content.

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I thought @whop changes its name to @WHOOP but apparently it's not - 2 different brands entirely.

Today you always learnt something new.

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@paperseasons @mobbin Suuper excited to play around with this

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@shadcn I second this

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@oykun Lmao there's too much of it here

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@rahulbhadoriiya For me it is still design cause it is a rendering of intent. Personally I also find excitement when I found a new workflow like this vs the regular old ones

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Wisdom tooth is the single most useless thing to ever exist.

Can’t even do the one job they have: chewing food. Ultra zero value nowadays.

Don’t be a wisdom tooth.