The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino

Building @usetalki because "make it pop" shouldn't require a 30-min call. Collect useful website feedback from anyone. Ex-design lead.

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

If your brand has earned trust, “trendy design” is usually the wrong move.

Trendy is loud.

Legacy is already loud.

The move is restraint:

A focused system. Clean decisions. No decoration.

Because restraint is what makes it feel expensive.

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

Hey @mattyp I’ve done some isolated tests with the app and noticed that the token usage can jump drastically with even some simple requests. I test this against tools like Ghostty and CMUX that use anywhere from 2-4% versus Conductor eating up 15-20%. Any idea what’s going on?

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

@mattyp is it just me or did token consumption go through the roof recently?

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

@charlieholtz token consumption has increased significantly recently. What happened?

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

@conductor_build your token consumption is insane right now. What happened?

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

@SarafatHabib Love the orange and that icon

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

Are there any vibe coder websites/profile people are hanging out on? I’m wondering how every shows off if its not on X or Threads?

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

@eashinarafath I wonder if you could do something with the second icon and negative space?

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

@yashwanth941v @framer Woooooooooah this tickles my brain

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

@viktoroddy So is it like you get a video from somewhere and set it as the background? And then you can say “Claude can make animated social media posts” just for shits n gigs?

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

@adriankuleszo @socoloffalex I think the issue us designers might have is that like 65% are ok with this and I agree. From far this looks totally believable. Like someone could run an add with this and get somewhere with it

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

@jameslaurents nice and fluffy and airy. I dig it 👏

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

@igarcido @extradotemail 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 - Honestly doh the section transitions are insane!

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

@g1_fted I like the card design a lot

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

@KeensDesign design pr0n 🔥

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

@JoshuaBarzon the mark for new life is ace. Really good balance between the logo and wordmark

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

@shahinwise The rounded corners on the cards look 👌 nice touch

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

@Katagiri_329 I like the double n but im at a lost for the full name

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

@Dil_Nawax You nailed the mark and the green feels like a nice unique variation

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

I built a system so I never scroll social media again.

Automated the parts that steal attention.

No feeds. No rabbit holes. Just targeted engagement 3x a day.

If you need social but hate it, build the system first.

[The Design Guy | Jon Sorrentino @thedesignguyjon]

Shipped something small today.

Your custom emoji cursor follows your mouse everywhere in Talki.

Small touch. But it starts to feel like there's a real person on the other side.