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Meng To

What Meng To thinks about LLMs

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Designer and founder of Design+Code, which teaches designers code and developers design, and builder of the apps Aura and DreamCut.

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  1. Our readingAgents working locally can be far more powerful than any private walled garden that exists out there in the cloud.

    the cloud

    Their wordsbecause Codex works really well locally and agents can do it far more powerful than any private walled garden that exists out there in the cloud

    ↗Meng To - Codex superpowers for designersyoutube.com 2nd of 18 in this recording

  3. Our readingA skill is basically a prompt, sometimes a large one, more like a style guide: the best practice for taste, which font to use, and how to guide AI not to create AI slop.

    tasteAI slop

    Their wordsA skill is is basically a prompt, sometimes a large prompt. You can think about what is the best like what is the best practice. It's more like a style guide. What is the best practice for taste, which font to use, you know, how do you guide AI to not create AI slop. So, the skill would be great for that.

    ↗Meng To - Codex superpowers for designersyoutube.com 4th of 18 in this recording

  5. Our readingPart of the skill nowadays is talking to AI in the most efficient way possible, and with your voice you can explain things much clearer and speak three or five times faster.

    Their wordsSo part of the skills nowadays is to be able to talk to AI in the most efficient way possible. And one of the ways is just yeah, take screenshot, use your voice because when you use your voice you can explain things much clearer instead of saying go here and because you're lazy to to type all of that stuff, you don't add all of those details that you can speak uh like three or five times faster.

    ↗Meng To - Codex superpowers for designersyoutube.com 11th of 18 in this recording

  7. Our readingInstead of learning animation libraries and terms, you can give AI a video and ask it how to prompt that animation.

    Their wordsThis used to have you needing to learn all about these libraries, these animation terms. Now, you know what our team use? They use a video. They give the AI a video, and they ask the AI, "How should I prompt this animation?"

    ↗Meng To - Codex superpowers for designersyoutube.com 12th of 18 in this recording

  9. Our readingA simple request gives zero difference between a very powerful model and an older one, and the only way to utilize super intelligent models is a giant piece of prompt.

    Their wordsThere is zero difference between that landing page and one created by Opus 4.8 or Sonnet 4.6 or 4.5. The reason why is because it's like you're using someone far too powerful for a simple task. The only way you can utilize these super intelligent model is by giving a giant piece of prompt, literally.

    ↗Meng To - Codex superpowers for designersyoutube.com 13th of 18 in this recording

  11. Our readingGiven a design.md, a very capable model will understand it and take it to the next level, while a base model won't understand it.

    design

    Their wordsif you're using a model like Mythos fable five, then you give something like design MD, it will understand it and it will be able to take it to the next level. If you use a base model, it won't understand it.

    ↗Meng To - Codex superpowers for designersyoutube.com 15th of 18 in this recording