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Read this korrent: If you are primarily designing something, it makes all the sense in the world to own the front end.
If you are primarily designing something, it makes all the sense in the world to own the front end.
Last stated 2 months ago
11 Aug 2026
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Kyle Zantos — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Roles are blurring but expertise still very much matters, and a designer should feel empowered to take an idea all the way to front end production. — tap to centre the map on it
Roles are blurring but expertise still very much matters, and a designer should feel empowered to take an idea all the way to front end production.
Last stated 3 months ago
24 Jun 2026
LC
Loredana Crisan — holds since 2026-06-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Because anybody can write software, a designer's job will be more and more about helping edit, direct and curate. — tap to centre the map on it
Because anybody can write software, a designer's job will be more and more about helping edit, direct and curate.
Last stated 6 months ago
8 Apr 2026
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Ian Silber — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Designers can no longer be just execution or order takers, because a product manager does not need them for that. — tap to centre the map on it
Designers can no longer be just execution or order takers, because a product manager does not need them for that.
Last stated 4 months ago
9 Jun 2026
RG
Ron Goldin — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: With today's tools and culture, a head of design and four designers are ample even for a company that wants to get big. — tap to centre the map on it
With today's tools and culture, a head of design and four designers are ample even for a company that wants to get big.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
23 Sept 2026
GT
Geoff Teehan — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Design is kind of going to turn into making more successful decisions. — tap to centre the map on it
Design is kind of going to turn into making more successful decisions.
Last stated 2 months ago
29 Jul 2026
CD
Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: To design the end thing, a designer increasingly has to design a tool first. — tap to centre the map on it
To design the end thing, a designer increasingly has to design a tool first.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Aug 2026
PM
Patrick Morgan — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. — tap to centre the map on it
A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now.
Last stated 2 months ago
29 Jul 2026
CD
Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is no human in the loop: you own the loop, and what comes out of it is your work rather than the model's. — tap to centre the map on it
There is no human in the loop: you own the loop, and what comes out of it is your work rather than the model's.
Last stated 2 months ago
12 Aug 2026
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — 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
TG
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
AW
Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Aug 2026
AW
Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it
A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it.
Last stated 5 months ago
21 Apr 2026
BJ
Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it
A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers.
Last stated yesterday
4 Oct 2026
PG
Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — 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
GS
George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it
A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
IA
Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it
A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness
Last stated 14 years ago
8 Jan 2013
DD
Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it
A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
18 Sept 2026
CD
Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
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If you are primarily designing something, it makes all the sense in the world to own the front end.
Last stated 11 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
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Roles are blurring but expertise still very much matters, and a designer should feel empowered to take an idea all the way to front end production.
Last stated 24 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Loredana Crisan
Similar wording
Because anybody can write software, a designer's job will be more and more about helping edit, direct and curate.
Last stated 8 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Ian Silber
Similar wording
Designers can no longer be just execution or order takers, because a product manager does not need them for that.
Last stated 9 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Ron Goldin
Similar wording
With today's tools and culture, a head of design and four designers are ample even for a company that wants to get big.
Last stated 23 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Geoff Teehan
Similar wording
Design is kind of going to turn into making more successful decisions.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Charlie Deets
Similar wording
To design the end thing, a designer increasingly has to design a tool first.
Last stated 18 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Patrick Morgan
Similar wording
A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Charlie Deets
Similar wording
There is no human in the loop: you own the loop, and what comes out of it is your work rather than the model's.
Last stated 12 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Charity Majors
Same subject: simplicity
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 29 Sept 2018 · 8 years ago
Holds Tren Griffin
Same subject: simplicity
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 17 Feb 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Adam Wiggins
Same subject: simplicity
A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic.
Last stated 9 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Adam Ward
Same subject: taste
A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it.
Last stated 21 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Brandon Jacoby
Same subject: taste
A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers.
Last stated 4 Oct 2026 · yesterday
Holds Paul Graham
Same subject: taste
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 6 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds George Saunders
Same subject: creativity
A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
Last stated c. 1959
Holds Isaac Asimov
Same subject: creativity
A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness
Last stated 8 Jan 2013 · 14 years ago
Holds Daniel Dennett
Same subject: creativity
A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise.
Last stated 18 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Cory Doctorow