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Meng To

What Meng To thinks about design

@meng-to · 18 positions · 0 changes of mind

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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8 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Meng To has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingDesigners have to build their own tools, because the tools that exist are never good enough.

    Their wordsI think designers have to build their own tools because the tools that we have are never good enough.

    ↗Meng To - Codex superpowers for designersyoutube.com 1st 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 readingA screenshot is the fastest, easiest way to build, without having to voice it or type it.

    Their wordsThe reason why is very simple, it's because the screenshot is the fastest, easiest way to build without having to voice it, without having to type it.

    ↗Meng To - Codex superpowers for designersyoutube.com 8th of 18 in this recording

  7. Our readingThe details that come from your own personality and experience, such as watching Apple work or watching a designer friend work, will never be found in an existing library.

    Apple

    Their wordsyou will never find something like this in an existing library. Why? Because it's not part of that personality or that experience that you you yourself have by watching Apple work or by watching your best friend designer work

    ↗Meng To - Codex superpowers for designersyoutube.com 10th of 18 in this recording

  9. Our readingThe design.md is basically a designer's style guide, all the sweat, tears and blood of their mastery, in one markdown file that the AI can read.

    Their wordsall the designers, they have a style guide. It's kind of like their guiding principle of their mastery of a designer. Right? You go to school, you you work on 10,000 designs, you have embedded in your blood that design language, that style guide. The design.md is basically all of that sweat, tears, and blood into one markdown file that the AI can read.

    ↗Meng To - Codex superpowers for designersyoutube.com 14th 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.

    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

  13. Our readingThe design.md is powerful at the beginning, but when you are doing a lot of iterations really quickly you don't want to always reference it, and you can save it into agents.md.

    Their wordsdesign.md is powerful at the beginning, but when you're doing a lot of iterations really quickly, you don't want to always reference that. You can totally save that into your agents.md.

    ↗Meng To - Codex superpowers for designersyoutube.com 16th of 18 in this recording

  15. Our readingMost importantly, have an endless amount of curiosity about how you can perfect your own workflow, because it keeps evolving and always requires your attention.

    curiosity

    Their wordsBut most importantly, have a an endless amount of of curiosity about what's going on and how you can perfect your own workflow because it keeps evolving. And because it keeps evolving, it always requires your attention.

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