Silas Sao

design director, frontier experience @IBM

[Silas Sao @silassao]

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Drowning in AI tools, methods, and hype? Same.

I launched a newsletter to cut through the noise—practical ways to stay sharp, build smarter, and rethink UX for the next generation of software.

Let’s make sense of it together:
https://t.co/iuWmRuJyTs

[Silas Sao @silassao]

@jenny_wen happy we're finding the plot again 🥰

[Silas Sao @silassao]

@shadcn I felt the same way. I felt like it was the first time I watched a movie that enhanced my book experience.

[Silas Sao @silassao]

@ryolu_ One might say this was the job of a designer all along

[Ryo Lu @ryolu_]

as agents make it easy to add features, design matters more, not less. the role is no longer just pushing pixels – it’s deciding what should exist, how it fits together, how humans stay in control, and how intelligence feels clear, trustworthy, and useful.

taste, craft, and judgment have always been the bottleneck. the game is not who ships fastest, but who makes the right thing for humans.

[Silas Sao @silassao]

@jsngr when AI gives you the average, design gives you the edge

[Lydia Hallie ✨ @lydiahallie]

if your skill depends on dynamic content, you can embed !`command` in your SKILL.md to inject shell output directly into the prompt

Claude Code runs it when the skill is invoked and swaps the placeholder inline, the model only sees the result!

[Silas Sao @silassao]

@charliedeets @diabrowser Delightful

[Silas Sao @silassao]

@jenny_wen been waiting for this!

[Silas Sao @silassao]

@Vtrivedy10 Being that not all agents are fully autonomous and require a human (maybe call them an operator), do you think we'll see purpose built harnesses for specific types of operators?

[Silas Sao @silassao]

@altryne 😭😭 was just texting with a buddy about this

Feels very much like: mobile provider unlimited data plans with priority bandwidth upsell

[Silas Sao @silassao]

It actually works. I try so many different demos and less than half actually deliver. Great job, Tom.

Had it turn a frame into a Next.js app in one shot.

Note: Also works with just Claude Desktop, if you add the MCP server in your settings.

[Tom Krcha @tomkrcha]

Excited to launch Pencil
INFINITE DESIGN CANVAS for Claude Code

> Superfast WebGL canvas, fully editable, running parallel design agents
> Runs locally with Claude Code → turn designs into code
> Design files live in your git repo → Open json-based .pen format

[Silas Sao @silassao]

@tomkrcha This looks so sick. Can’t wait to try it out.

[Silas Sao @silassao]

@nlevin @jasonfried I'm convinced it's just misaligned priorities between customers and shareholders. $$ is more important than delighting customers.

[Silas Sao @silassao]

@jasonfried This kind of reminds me of: https://t.co/CIBc6v2Dab

[Lee Robinson @leerob]

Designers are unstoppable with AI.

They already had amazing taste and care for quality... and now they can more easily contribute to shaping the final product.

And not design files, the real codebase!

[Silas Sao @silassao]

@clairevo @HappenstanceAI @diabrowser Totally. And that was raw, unedited, and like 5 minutes of my time 😂

[Silas Sao @silassao]

@laurenloprete this is awesome work Lauren!

[Silas Sao @silassao]

@AgnoAgi such a fan - been watching you since phidata - y'all have been killing it

[Silas Sao @silassao]

@charliedeets ty for bringing the sidebar back papa