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Product designer & Framer dev

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@WAVArchive

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L update as usual @Upwork

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@its_sslvr Thank you!!

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@Khaleedxh Get well soon buddy. Best of luck with both templates!

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@devkidd_ amazing work

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@den_turbin @framer wow 🥰

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@VadimCarazan Honestly I think the same, I keep up with what's out there but I'm not in a rush and I'm more focused on honing my fundamentals more than anything rn

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@StarTropica Love seeing doffy in the wild

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@IntCyberDigest

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@waelwebdesign @framer بالتوفيق ان شاء الله!

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@MehediHnux Thank you sm!! 🫶

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Trying the new Framer shaders

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It's time to lock in again.

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@DaniyarUI @rive_app looks sick!!

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@Khaleedxh Good luck!

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@Khaleedxh it's just how things evolve.. AI is changing the workflow but design was never about the tool or the executing part.

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This kind of take is exactly why its crucial now more than ever for product designers to stop taking pixel pushing/executors roles.. work with people who know design is more than visuals and expect more from you

[Gokul Rajaram @gokulr]

DESIGN: THE FIRST AI CASUALTY

I'm increasingly sure that 2026 signals the end of product design as a full-fledged stand-alone function within companies. If so, it will be the first role / function to be eliminated by AI on a go-forward basis.

Instead of hiring FT designers, startups are hiring / will hire design consultants to create a design system that the founder likes (this takes a few weeks max). Once the design system is finalized, PM/Eng feed it into their AI tool of choice to generate prototypes. The design system is refreshed annually by the same consultant.

Larger companies will likely not backfill design roles and will do some targeted attrition to reduce the design department to 20% the size it is today.

If you're a designer, I think you have two choices:
1. Become an entrepreneur: Start a design agency and become the go-to resource for design systems for startups and even larger companies. This can be a good recurring revenue business.
2. Become a builder: Add PM/Eng responsibilities to become a product builder.

Would suggest you embrace this proactively vs waiting for the other shoe to drop.

I'm really sorry about this - some of my best friends and the people I admire most and have learnt the most from are designers - but it seems inevitable.

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Or be ready to kill ur growth and career

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@Palade_Arc @Pirat_Nation lmfao

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@alxui_ux Love this

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@mms_stella Really love the color palette.. great stuff