What Dan Shipper thinks about design

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Co-founder and chief executive of Every, the AI-focused writing and software studio behind Cora, Spiral and Proof.

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3 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Dan Shipper has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 10 Sept 2026

   Our readingOn a labs team the feedback loop between making something and knowing whether it is good matters most, and the tightest loop is building for yourself.

   Their wordsThe biggest thing that that matters on a labs team is making the feedback loop as tight as possible between making something and knowing if it's good. And the tightest feedback loop is making something for yourself.

   ↗How to run your product team like a research lab | Dan Shipper (Every) (Lenny & Friends Summit, San Francisco, 10 September 2026)youtube.com 7th of 11 in this recording

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3. 24 May 2026

   Our readingThe CLI era of AI agents was a short detour — we made GUIs for a reason, and the work is moving back into one.

   AI agents

   Their wordsAnd when you move into an actual UI for this, you start to realize um we made GUIs for a reason. And it's just nicer to be in a GUI.

   ↗AI predictions: Job markets, Codex beats Claude, and the death of org charts | Dan Shipperyoutube.com 9th of 24 in this recording

5. 24 May 2026

   Our readingDesigners have stopped handing work off — they open the pull request themselves, which changes how companies build.

   Their wordsAnd what you see when we work with them internally is now they're just like they're just making pull pull requests. Like they don't they don't need to hand it off as much. Sometimes they do but like a lot of times they just make pull requests and it's like the thing is built and that's it and I think that's incredible for the way that companies work

   ↗AI predictions: Job markets, Codex beats Claude, and the death of org charts | Dan Shipperyoutube.com 21st of 24 in this recording