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← Claude has surprisingly good design taste for SwiftUI applications.
17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 1 Feb 2002 to 10 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about taste .
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27 Mar 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-03-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Claude tends to have good default taste in web page design. — tap to centre the map on it Claude tends to have good default taste in web page design. Last stated 2 years ago
11 Mar 2025
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Simon Willison — holds since 2025-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Designers will do well out of AI rather than badly, because taste is the hardest part of their job to imagine being automated away. — tap to centre the map on it Designers will do well out of AI rather than badly, because taste is the hardest part of their job to imagine being automated away. Last stated 3 months ago
9 Jul 2026
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Adam Mosseri — holds since 2026-07-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Founders, designers and developers need to develop their taste the way a sushi chef develops a palate, and appreciating culture is how. — tap to centre the map on it Founders, designers and developers need to develop their taste the way a sushi chef develops a palate, and appreciating culture is how. Last stated 14 years ago
2 Sept 2012
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Karri Saarinen — holds since 2012-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Taste is not just personal preference: there is such a thing as good and bad design, and a maker's taste can be wrong. — tap to centre the map on it Taste is not just personal preference: there is such a thing as good and bad design, and a maker's taste can be wrong. Last stated 25 years ago
1 Feb 2002
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Paul Graham — holds since 2002-02-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The best product designers can switch their own taste off and match somebody else's, which is a separate skill from having taste at all. — tap to centre the map on it The best product designers can switch their own taste off and match somebody else's, which is a separate skill from having taste at all. Last stated 12 months ago
16 Oct 2025
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Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. Last stated 2 months ago
6 Aug 2026
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George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A gift's perceived price is part of what it does, so a drink known to be cheap fails at its job however good it tastes. — tap to centre the map on it A gift's perceived price is part of what it does, so a drink known to be cheap fails at its job however good it tastes. Last stated 10 months ago
9 Dec 2025
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Rory Sutherland — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lot of people can match a framework for taste; almost nobody can create one, and creating one is the rare skill. — tap to centre the map on it A lot of people can match a framework for taste; almost nobody can create one, and creating one is the rare skill. Last stated 12 months ago
16 Oct 2025
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Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. Last stated 4 weeks ago
3 Sept 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces. — tap to centre the map on it A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces. Last stated a month ago
2 Sept 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A story's quality depends on whether it engages and satisfies the reader, not on the tool used to write it. — tap to centre the map on it A story's quality depends on whether it engages and satisfies the reader, not on the tool used to write it. Last stated a month ago
30 Aug 2026
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Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every six months you should delete your whole AI configuration — instructions, skills and hooks — and find out how much of it the model never needed. — tap to centre the map on it Every six months you should delete your whole AI configuration — instructions, skills and hooks — and find out how much of it the model never needed. Last stated 2 months ago
27 Jul 2026
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Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago
29 Sept 2018
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Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago
17 Feb 2024
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Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anthropic or OpenAI's revenue could equal or exceed the combined revenue of Elon Musk's public companies within the next one to two years. — tap to centre the map on it Anthropic or OpenAI's revenue could equal or exceed the combined revenue of Elon Musk's public companies within the next one to two years. Last stated 2 months ago
7 Aug 2026
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Derek Thompson — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anthropic’s models are becoming steeply more expensive while open weight models and OpenAI are getting much cheaper. — tap to centre the map on it Anthropic’s models are becoming steeply more expensive while open weight models and OpenAI are getting much cheaper. Last stated 3 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Claude Haiku hallucinates badly enough that its use inside Claude Code's WebFetch tool is a hallucination risk on every fetched URL. — tap to centre the map on it Claude Haiku hallucinates badly enough that its use inside Claude Code's WebFetch tool is a hallucination risk on every fetched URL. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
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Claude has surprisingly good design taste for SwiftUI applications.
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Claude tends to have good default taste in web page design.
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Designers will do well out of AI rather than badly, because taste is the hardest part of their job to imagine being automated away.
Holds
Founders, designers and developers need to develop their taste the way a sushi chef develops a palate, and appreciating culture is how.
Holds
Taste is not just personal preference: there is such a thing as good and bad design, and a maker's taste can be wrong.
Holds
The best product designers can switch their own taste off and match somebody else's, which is a separate skill from having taste at all.
Holds
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Holds
A gift's perceived price is part of what it does, so a drink known to be cheap fails at its job however good it tastes.
Holds
A lot of people can match a framework for taste; almost nobody can create one, and creating one is the rare skill.
Holds
A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year.
Holds
A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces.
Holds
A story's quality depends on whether it engages and satisfies the reader, not on the tool used to write it.
Holds
Every six months you should delete your whole AI configuration — instructions, skills and hooks — and find out how much of it the model never needed.
Holds
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Holds
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Holds
Anthropic or OpenAI's revenue could equal or exceed the combined revenue of Elon Musk's public companies within the next one to two years.
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Anthropic’s models are becoming steeply more expensive while open weight models and OpenAI are getting much cheaper.
Holds
Claude Haiku hallucinates badly enough that its use inside Claude Code's WebFetch tool is a hallucination risk on every fetched URL.
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