Sathyan Velumani

Product : Design : Research

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

'OK with Cookies?' This copy made me pause and read. Kudos to the Writer. Otherwise would have gone for 'Reject all' by default. @meetgranola #uxwriting #copy

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

@Eureka_ForbesIN It's been 10 days and still no one has reached out for installation

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

Even the most successful websites eventually need a redesign. Take @Stripe for example.

After six years with the same homepage, Stripe recently unveiled a brand new site that reflects how the company has evolved over the past few years.

So when is the time right for a new landing page? And what should you prioritize in the redesign?

In this episode of Design Review, YC’s @aaron_epstein sat down Stripe’s Head of Design Katie Dill (@lil_dill) to pull the curtain back on their high profile redesign and to discuss how their team is evolving in a world dominated by new AI design tools.

00:30 - The Old Site
05:30 - “What is the point of a website?”
06:00 - Breaking down the new homepage
07:10 - The GDP counter (and how Stripe builds trust)
08:45 - The Bento Box that fixed the homepage
11:37 - Why great design feels effortless
15:40 - Craft, iteration, and getting it right
19:11 - Inside Stripe’s design process
27:10 - How AI is changing design
35:00 - The fight against mediocrity
40:00 - Walking the Store: Stripe’s Secret to Better Product Design

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

Designing will get more interesting now. Can we do this in a Canvas @claudeai #claudedesign

[Claude @claudeai]

Introducing Claude Design by Anthropic Labs: make prototypes, slides, and one-pagers by talking to Claude.

Powered by Claude Opus 4.7, our most capable vision model. Available in research preview on the Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans, rolling out throughout the day.

[Wade Foster @wadefoster]

Today we open the Zapier SDK to everyone.

If you're building with AI agents, this is for you.

I've been using this for 2 months. It's totally changed how I do my job.

You install it in your coding agent. Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, whatever you use. Now that agent has access to 8,000+ apps through @Zapier and can do anything those APIs can do.

I think it’s the most powerful thing we’ve launched in years. Now in open beta.

Just give this link right to your agent:
https://t.co/k6arEyZMMU

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

To err is human;
Lately, When I read a perfect document/post or formatted text, I'm looking for human errors - some typos and phrases that only humans can do. Am I the only one here? #AI #GPT

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

Pondering what a Designer needs to Unlearn or Learn as we slowly move from Designing for Humans to thinking about Agent Experience. Any recommendations?

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

My son: Appa, Do you have grandsons?

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

@joulee @perplexity_ai Completely agree. Kudos to the Design team. Inspiring stuff. I forget its an enterprise customer of ChatGPT, Claude and the rest..

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

“இனிய தீபாவளி நல்வாழ்த்துகள்! இந்த ஒளியின் திருநாளில் உங்கள் வீட்டில் அமைதியும், மகிழ்ச்சியும், செல்வமும் நிரம்பி வழியட்டும். நீங்கலும் உங்கள் குடும்பமும் ஆரோக்கியமும் ஆசியும் பெற்று வாழ வாழ்த்துகிறேன்!”- @ChatGPTapp நிரம்பி வழியட்டும்? wondering if will ever use it? Thank you

[Obbe Vermeij @ObbeVermeij]

20 years ago we released Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas.

The original plan was for the 3 cities to be on separate maps. The player would travel between the cities using trains and planes.
(Gta 1 and 2 also had three cities on separate maps)

Memory was very tight on the ps2 and with separate maps, the other cities’ skyline models wouldn’t have to be in memory.

It would also make it easier to have different police/ambulance/firetrucks for each city. Different pickups, weather types etc.

It would also be easier to contain the player until it was time for the next city.

It would also make it easier to organize the models on the DVD city-by-city which would help the streaming.

Just before the artists started working on the three maps, we had a final meeting at R* North in which we changed our minds and decided to go for a big map after all.

We still ended up doing city-specific pickups, police cars and weather.

Happy birthday San Andreas. You turned out all right.

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

On the way back from daycare - listening to #rowdybaby song
Aram: Amma, What is nattu katta?
Parkavi: Village log

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

Remembering our visit to #Katchatheevu in 2016 https://t.co/wQZZlvGZEA

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

@flight_pal @vasanthvelumani https://t.co/nIh5cYY5SO available for Mac as well.

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

Playing Transport Tycoon #goodoldgames ⁦@vasanthvelumani⁩ #transporttycoon

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

@adipatil Completely agree!!

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

@vasanthvelumani @madhanb @vasanthvelumani Post Hyderabad Launch https://t.co/XbppGLNn3L

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

this made my day!!

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

@vasanthvelumani @madhanb : ) We were initially planning to show the location in the map below. It didn't come out right. I moved it to the top in the "to: desitination" and now, we are using that area to mark our fav food places in different cities. More coming - in Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi..

[Sathyan Velumani @sathyan]

It's going to be a great start for 2024!! Trying out GamePass in Windows (another subscription to keep track off). Is it better than buying the game? The first games I bought was INR 20-25 in Richie Street, Chennai. Good old days!! Happy new year everyone!!