Vova Stegantsov

I used to draw and make music but ended up doing product design and hanging out with mathematicians

[Cedar You @our_decay]

Watched a cute animal video that I knew to be AI all the way through

[Vova Stegantsov @unfinisheddddd]

@r3s3t yes, exactly, thank you!

[Vova Stegantsov @unfinisheddddd]

We now will have Sony Ericsson inside our iPhones, nice

[Rasmus Andersson @rsms]

This is really neat but it’s not a design tool as much as it’s a design _production_ tool.

The practice of design is mostly about what comes before production.

There’s no doubt in my mind that all parts of software production will become automated very soon. Writing code, making web pages, putting pieces of a design system together etc.

And that’s fine. I think few people actually enjoy this kind of production work. Wouldn’t it be better if we spent our precious time in life on what is more meaningful?!

At the core, the practice of design is methodical; like architecture, not like art. In a nutshell: We find constraints, form comprehension of the whole and propose solutions that honor those constraints. First after that do we enter some form of production phase, usually prototypes first, learn about some constraints that were hidden before, loop back, prototype and then build the production-grade “final” artifact.

These last few tasks are quickly losing value because AI tools can do it much faster (not yet better though) than humans. It’s simply just what has the best RoI for a business.

Some companies and individuals will continue to spend human time on certain parts of the “production line” as a market differentiator, but it will cost them a relatively high price compared to competitors.

Anyhow, I still haven’t seen a tool better than Figma that supports the actually-interesting part of the design process.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Figma focused their products on that, maybe separating “products for production” of “products for ideation & exploration.” The latter would obviously still leverage AI, but not to do the work for me but rather to support my efforts the way a therapist helps me live a better life (not living my life for me.)

[Vova Stegantsov @unfinisheddddd]

@timsoret Book publishers are similar?

[Notion @NotionHQ]

Agency is a muscle.

Tools can strengthen it — or let it atrophy.

@ivanhzhao

[Vova Stegantsov @unfinisheddddd]

@raphaelschaad felt like they were showing too many choices all the time, but glad they dialled it back and now the model picks the best approach by default

[Vova Stegantsov @unfinisheddddd]

It's surprising how quickly ChatGPT started to resemble Microsoft Word. Took less than two years.

[Vova Stegantsov @unfinisheddddd]

I like how they further simplified the prompt line by merging attachments and all other options. Less is more.

[Vova Stegantsov @unfinisheddddd]

Everyone is comparing the new MacOS to Windows Vista. But does anyone remember PlayStation Vita?

[Vova Stegantsov @unfinisheddddd]

Update to previous post: Happy to see that they are trying to simplify the initial state.

[Vova Stegantsov @unfinisheddddd]

OpenAI image creation is polished, good with text and all, but boring as hell. @midjourney is what you want

"holographic orb with pictures of past lives inside it"

[Vova Stegantsov @unfinisheddddd]

@TablyHQ I want it only this way!

[Tably @TablyHQ]

Unsheetify your data

[Vova Stegantsov @unfinisheddddd]

if optimisation is optimization, should design be dezign?

[Tably @TablyHQ]

📈📈📈📈📈

[Bret Victor @worrydream]

As Kay himself has said so many times, this question is entirely about funding. With ARPA/IPTO-style funding, you get Kays (and Engelbarts, Minskys, McCarthys, Corbatós, etc) With VC and NSF, you don't.

Even Kay hasn't been able to "be Kay" since the 80s: https://t.co/skTxUmLPWx https://t.co/jyH1wcZvz0

[Vova Stegantsov @unfinisheddddd]

Feels exactly like product design

[patrick. @imPatrickT]

This might be one of the best descriptions of the film writing process I’ve ever come across, and it was written by James Cameron.

[Tably @TablyHQ]

BREAKING: Your data just went fullscreen. Revolutionary, we know.