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Brett Williams

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@brett-williams · 16 positions · 0 changes of mind

Founder of Designjoy, the one-person subscription design studio.

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7 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Brett Williams has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingThe last 20% of building an app with AI is like 80% of the time.

    Their wordsit's like the last 20% of building an app with AI is like 80% of your time.

    ↗Brett Williams - How a Visual Designer Became a Builderyoutube.com 2nd of 16 in this recording

  3. Our readingYou can tell Claude exactly what you want as long as you know how to describe it, and it will eventually get there, though perhaps not on the first, second or third try.

    Anthropic

    Their wordsI could tell Claude exactly what I want as long as I know how to describe it and it'll actually output that. It may not output it the first time or the second time or the third time, but it'll eventually get there.

    ↗Brett Williams - How a Visual Designer Became a Builderyoutube.com 4th of 16 in this recording

  5. Our readingSome knowledge is needed to get over the obstacles AI tools run into.

    Their wordsSo, there it's like you do have to have some knowledge in order to get over some of those obstacles.

    ↗Brett Williams - How a Visual Designer Became a Builderyoutube.com 6th of 16 in this recording

  7. Our readingA strength of Claude is that it is good at ranking your options, lowest risk and least expensive first.

    Anthropic

    Their wordsit's very good at like kind of ranking your options of being like, hey, here's like the lowest risk like least expensive option.

    ↗Brett Williams - How a Visual Designer Became a Builderyoutube.com 7th of 16 in this recording

  9. Our readingEveryone, however experienced, is just scratching the surface of these AI tools and still figuring out how to use everything at their disposal.

    Their wordsit's so evident we're just all all of us, regardless of how experienced you are, are just scratching the surface of this thing and still figuring out how to like use everything at our disposal.

    ↗Brett Williams - How a Visual Designer Became a Builderyoutube.com 13th of 16 in this recording

  11. Our readingAI is like the most patient collaborator you could have, building at hyper speeds, if you know how to direct it and bring taste and judgment on what to build and how, down to the finest UX and UI decisions.

    designtaste

    Their wordsthe most patient collaborator that you could ever have that builds at such hyper speeds that like humans could ever build at. And you just have to like know how to direct it. And also like taste and judgment, not only in like what to build, but like how to go about it down to just like the finite UX UI decisions.

    ↗Brett Williams - How a Visual Designer Became a Builderyoutube.com 14th of 16 in this recording

  13. Our readingAI is still not good at design, but it is good at taking direction, which works as long as you direct it clearly and make the right decisions.

    design

    Their wordsI don't think that AI is it's still not good at design, but it's good at taking direction. And as long as you can direct it clearly and you know what you're doing and you're making the right decisions.

    ↗Brett Williams - How a Visual Designer Became a Builderyoutube.com 16th of 16 in this recording