Alex

techno optimist, probably skiing

[Alex @sashawsmith]

healdsburg mogs napa

[Alex @sashawsmith]

@wadesgirlie @eyecup223 @MurrayHillGuy1 Just in these sections lol

[Alex @sashawsmith]

My vision for Bellevue WA: turn these streets into pedestrian malls with single lane traffic at 5 mph. Six lane thoroughfares here is crazy. And turn the rooftop of Bellevue square mall into a living roof public park, the PNW’s high line. Would become a world class downtown.

[Alex @sashawsmith]

@wadesgirlie @eyecup223 @MurrayHillGuy1 Single lane traffic at 5 mph with ample street parking would be a great balance!

[Alex @sashawsmith]

@wadesgirlie @eyecup223 @MurrayHillGuy1 The streets around Bellevue mall should be pedestrian only. So much potential for a truly great walkable downtown… the 6 lane roads are crazy.

[Alex @sashawsmith]

Going on week 7 of waiting for a routine ios app version update to get reviewed. Requested an expedited review at week 3 and have called developer support weekly asking for help. Any advice from more experienced ios devs?

[Alex @sashawsmith]

My vision for Bellevue WA: turn these streets into pedestrian malls with single lane traffic at 5 mph. Six lane thoroughfares here is crazy. And turn the rooftop of Bellevue square mall into a living roof public park, the PNW’s high line. Would become a world class downtown.

[Alex @sashawsmith]

please stop recording m-

SAY HI TO MY FOLLOWERS

[Alex @sashawsmith]

Written communication has long been my superpower, especially for essays and narrative docs. Tonight, ChatGPT 5.5 Pro took a v1 draft I wrote and produced a v2 that was far more concise, convincing, and exciting than what I’d have written in a week. I’m in awe, and a little sad.

[Alex @sashawsmith]

The most beautiful airport in the country is Jackson Hole

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

I’m sorry, Portland has the best looking Airport in the country and it’s not even close.

[Alex @sashawsmith]

the 20th anniversary spotify app icon is beautiful and perfectly of the time, and if you don’t like it you unfortunately have no taste

[Jack Appleby @jappleby]

This is one of those design / marketing moments where I just scratch my head.

There are huge readability & brand issues.
- Different color green
- The green is too dark against the black
- disco ball texture looks pixelated
on a tiny phone screen

A kinda dumb mistake.

[Alex @sashawsmith]

@terronk Block came to this conclusion first — flatter org, player coaches instead of pure middle managers

[Alex @sashawsmith]

Anthropic has been on an all time heater, but Claude Design is chopped... the design system generation for an existing product is awful. Will continue using markdown files and reference screenshots to communicate to Claude Code how things should look in the UI unfortunately.

[Alex @sashawsmith]

@nikitabier Day 22 here waiting for review.

[Alex @sashawsmith]

@bgub_ @Apple @AppleSupport I'm on day 10 of waiting for a review of a resubmission after fixing an issue they flagged... losing my mind waiting.

[Alex @sashawsmith]

@stoolpresidente Try the chocolate almond croissant from Arsicault before you leave SF

[Alex @sashawsmith]

temu ggb

[Matt Carey @mattzcarey]

not bad

[Alex @sashawsmith]

Jan 5th 2026 at @palisadestahoe 🙂‍↕️

[Alex @sashawsmith]

@Carrie_Army @sj_118_ I speak Russian and can confirm 🫡 she clocked him bad

[Alex @sashawsmith]

My brother, it’s $5.