What Charlie Deets thinks about ideas vs execution
Designer at The Browser Company working on Dia, previously on the Human Interface Design team at Apple and the fourth designer at WhatsApp.
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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Charlie Deets has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsif you have these simple practical decisions that are executed at a really high level, I think it gives you a feeling of confidence often with like the experience you're interacting with.
↗Charlie Deets - Designing the internet computeryoutube.com 2nd of 18 in this recording
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Their wordsI I can pull things back. I can make it simpler. I can make it more understandable for the user. And yes, I care about making sure that button works exactly right or whatever. And I could have went in in there and fixed it. But if I keep staying like on this end of the equation where I'm thinking in this realm, I'm more novel over there than I am in the execution realm cuz like everyone can kind of execute right now.
↗Charlie Deets - Designing the internet computeryoutube.com 5th of 18 in this recording