Julia

design and code

[Julia @itsthearcher]

@v0 @mobbin @paper @builtformars When I sketched my flow, I realized it looks… heavy.
Or maybe this is just the new reality.

I don’t have a clear answer yet. I need to keep exploring this flow to understand what should be optimized.

[Julia @itsthearcher]

@builtformars @v0 @mobbin @paper Will do! MCP integration is probably the most valuable addition for me so far :)

[Julia @itsthearcher]

Lately I’ve been experimenting with different design/AI workflows to build a process that actually fits the way I work - fast iteration, strong context continuity, and more space for reasoning and exploration.

Usually it starts with a PRD, then the creative process kicks in.

[Julia @itsthearcher]

@v0 @mobbin @paper @builtformars When I sketched my flow, I realized it looks… heavy.
Or maybe this is just the new reality.

I don’t have a clear answer yet. I need to keep exploring this flow to understand what should be optimized.

[Julia @itsthearcher]

@v0 @mobbin @paper small workflow update: I’ve added @builtformars to this flow via MCP, and it fits really well! bringing strong UX patterns and product references into exploration before ideas move forward.

[Julia @itsthearcher]

I’m really enjoying the results I’m getting with @paper

[Julia @itsthearcher]

@arynadesigns @paper I was missing this feature 👏

[Julia @itsthearcher]

@AristideBenoist @emilkowalski Now, I’m confused, I followed both guys, but it looks like OG is @AristideBenoist 😁

[Julia @itsthearcher]

It turned into a balance between the implicit knowledge already embedded in the component and the design reasoning that still needed a human perspective.

So the ideal outcome is infrastructure for the LLM that will eventually ship the next screen.

[Julia @itsthearcher]

We’ve been building a proper connection between our design system and codebase for the past couple of months as a side project inside the company.

If you want to build a workflow where screens can be generated through prompts using your design system, so every component 🧵

[Julia @itsthearcher]

We kept stripping the documentation back, removing everything Storybook could already communicate, until the guides became mostly about decisions: “Use this when X. Avoid this when Y.”

[Julia @itsthearcher]

@vida994 Just wondering, are these things you ship at work, or side projects?

[Julia @itsthearcher]

What a beautiful start to the year. My PR using the latest CSS features was approved by the coolest engineer on the team.
The plan is to build solid mid-level frontend engineering skills by the end of the year, while continuing to thrive as a senior designer.

[Julia @itsthearcher]

And the ones that catch on follow what he calls the law of remarkability:
they’re worth talking about, and they live where people actually talk.

That’s how a vague idea quietly turns into a real, visible mission.

[Julia @itsthearcher]

I started reading this book for two reasons. First, I struggled mentally when transitioning from a Russian-American company to a European company as an employee. My performance declined, and my frustration increased. Second, I’ve been considering a design-engineering career path,

[Julia @itsthearcher]

I used to think a mission was something you find through reflection. But Newport shows it’s something you build - step by step, through skill and exploration.

Once you have enough career capital, you start making little bets - small projects that reveal what actually works.

[Julia @itsthearcher]

What could be better than playing a cozy game on Nintendo on a rainy autumn weekend? 🍂🎮

[Julia @itsthearcher]

@lalizlabeth @cursor_ai @ryolu_ @jinsu @tryramp It would be incredibly nice to see something like this online - for people who are far from the US🥲🫶

[Julia @itsthearcher]

went back to learning React on Udemy.

Vibe-coding isn’t a shortcut - it’s a trap if you overestimate your skills. Without solid engineering, agents just spit out messy, unreadable code.

[Julia @itsthearcher]

I thought I could build a Figma plugin with just a couple of prompts - but no way. I don’t know how others create apps from scratch without any engineering knowledge.
I’ve been working for 4–5 evenings already just on

[Julia @itsthearcher]

It was difficult to admit and share, but I tried hard to vibe-code a Figma plugin and actually got pretty far - until I hit the wall of my missing expertise. I realized I didn’t want to dive deeper into plugin internals, so I dropped the idea, unsubscribed from Cursor, and