Nick Welch

[Nick Welch @w_elch]

@ParthJadhav8 This is all a pricing story imo. Their model put a bounty on building around them, and AI dropped that cost to a weekend. New discipline seems to be pricing so build-it-yourself never pencils.

Where does that logic fall apart? Curious what keeps lock-in working.

[Nick Welch @w_elch]

Newton ADUs are running about $350/sqft. 12 permits, $3.7M invested since the start of 2025.

75% are internal conversions, not detached builds.

https://t.co/8LmjRTQkRG

[Nick Welch @w_elch]

Trying to make sense of ADU permit data across Massachusetts so I built https://t.co/TzNZl12U0c

What town should I dig into next?

[Nick Welch @w_elch]

@madwatcher789 @Reebok Ha, I’m currently wearing my Shaq Attaq tee that came w Shaq display that I purchased years ago from a former Reebok employee.. You would’ve found them in shoe stores during the ‘92 release. The shirt was too cool to not wear!

[Jonathan Berk @berkie1]

Continue to be impressed with New Bedford's ongoing work around housing production. If you're on the South Coast and want to learn more about this "ADU" thing, what you can build, and how to finance it, head over to the New Bedford Public Library on April 9th to learn more.

[Nick Welch @w_elch]

ADUs became by-right in Massachusetts this year.

Yes, it means more housing—but it also means more choice.

Luxury, independence, multigenerational living—now possible in the places people already call home.

[Jack Saba @JKSaba44]

@RoKhanna @ezraklein Institutional investors are not the cause of housing challenges in CA, policy is. Rent control, eviction moratoriums & exclusionary zoning stifled housing productions

In Sacramento over 24,000 rental homes are owned by people with 3-9 rental units but only ~1500 by institutions

[Omlet @omlet_dev]

We're chatting all things design systems with @adekunleoduye next Tuesday—see you there! 🍳

[Omlet @omlet_dev]

Our very own Patrick Suzuki had a major mic drop moment in our blog—data isn't the whole story, but it HELPS tell the story of your design system. 🍳

Data-driven decisions are a great place to start figuring out how to optimize your system.

[Zeplin @zeplin]

We asked @michalmalewicz what the most important skills for a designer to learn in their career are, and the end might shock you. ⚡️

What do you think, folks—are you team specialist or team generalist? What have you seen in the current market?

[Zeplin @zeplin]

Donnie D'Amato has 20+ years of experience writing code & parlayed that into an illustrious career in design systems, so we're interviewing him for our community series, The Design Annotation LIVE! 🎙️

Join us & @donniedamato on Wednesday at 10am PT! https://t.co/oUZk6z4cOQ

[Zeplin @zeplin]

Chisom Nwokwu is a Software Engineer with experience at Microsoft, a published author, and a global speaker, so we're interviewing her for our community interview series, The Design Annotation LIVE! 🎙️

Join us & @tech_queen tomorrow at 9:30am PT! 👇 https://t.co/2xBT4zjnkS

[Omlet @omlet_dev]

No insight as to how your components are being used? Need to identify underused components in a flash? Want to make data-driven design system decisions?

Omlet's got you covered, just like how we have Daron & the crew at @SageSure covered too. 🍳

[Akorede J. Ayanbisi @AJ_Ayanbisi]

Can’t wait to share my knowledge. 🤗

[Louis Lazaris @LouisLazaris]

Web Tools Weekly #579 - https://t.co/zArN8AXHiQ

🍳 A Review of @omlet_dev, a React Components analytics platform (by @zeplin)
💻 JavaScript Utilities & Tools
🐞 Testing & Debugging Tools
📱 React Native & Mobile

[Zeplin @zeplin]

Mark takes a community versus competition approach to design, and specifically his role as the DesignOps leader at @TRowePrice. 🤓

Sharing makes the world go round; thank YOU for sharing with us, Mark! 🤗

[Omlet @omlet_dev]

The one & only @nathanacurtis gave valuable advice during our panel around a common pitfall in measuring adoption over time: not focusing enough on who is adopting your stuff. 🍳

You should seek to understand who is using which components & how rather than what usage there is.

[Zeplin @zeplin]

Come find out what Brian Alfaro, Design Lead of Design Systems & Operations at @washingtonpost thinks about design systems, the future of design systems, and AI. 🤖

See you in 30 minutes! https://t.co/i9oJvoAAGK

[Omlet @omlet_dev]

The one & only @TaylorCashdan dropped some design systems wisdom on us during the #DesignSystemsChat. 🍳

His advice, regardless of your org size & resources: