How AI is Changing Design Workflows Dive Club 🤿 2025-10-29 | AI is reshaping how we design and build software, creating huge opportunities for designers who experiment, adapt, and help define what the practice looks like next. This session is your opportunity to learn directly from some of the best in the industry.Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
Brian Lovin - How to level up with AI as a designer Dive Club 🤿 2026-04-14 | When it comes to tools and workflows, Brian Lovin (https://x.com/brian_lovin) is someone I pay *very* close attention to.He’s actually the one who first got me hooked on Conductor (https://www.conductor.build/) .But times are changing (again 😅)…So today’s episode is a deep dive into his design process and all of the ways he’s iterating on his approach to both *using* AI tools as well as *building* AI tools at Notion.If you like getting into the weeds of how the best designers are wrangling AI then you’re going to love this episode.Some highlights:- Why his first Notion design offsite was so impactful- How Brian built Notion’s prototyping playground- Why Brian has started using Cursor again- Practical tips for prompting AI more effectively- Behind-the-scenes of Brian’s new side project- How to stay relevant as a designer in an AI world- + a *lot* more- Agentation and Dialkit for frontend (agentation.com) , joshpuckett.me/dialkit)- Cursor and Conductor for coding (https://conductor.build/)- Brian’s side project Shiori (https://shiori.sh/))- Max Schoening nerd snipes Brian (https://x.com/mschoening)- Karri’s issue tracking is dead article (https://linear.app/next)Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro1:41 Joining Notion's design team6:42 Designing with AI as a material12:59 Brian's Notion prototyping playground18:12 How design workflows have evolved23:33 How Brian's tool stack has evolved28:37 Strategies for coding with AI34:06 Brian's bookmarking tool Shiori43:18 AI is not magic 49:42 How Brian thinks about career strategy for designers
Ian Silber - What its like designing at OpenAI Dive Club 🤿 2026-04-08 | If you're like me you gotta be curious... what's it like designing at OpenAI?So I’m excited to share today’s episode with you :)It’s a deep dive with OpenAI’s Head of Product Design, Ian Silber (https://x.com/iansilber) .Some highlights:- The traits of the best systems thinkers at OpenAI- What makes the design culture at OpenAI unique- The vision for OpenAI's dynamic interface library- What it's like designing around chat as a primitive- What makes designing with AI as a material so unique- How tools like Codex are changing the practice of design- + a lot more- Mike Matas and Brandon Walkin (creators of Origami) mikematas.com , medium.com/designatmeta/introducing-origami-live-and-origami-2-0-a68116294e65- Cursor and Codex (AI coding tools) cursor.com , (chatgpt.com/codex/?c_id=23226110534&c_agid=188421385415&c_crid=800871103650&c_kwid=kwd-111182835&c_ims=&c_pms=9017288&c_nw=g&c_dvc=c&gad_campaignid=23226110534&gbraid=0AAAAA-I0E5dO-SVXduV4xJjtnqTNMNrAP)Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro0:51 Ian's journey to OpenAI6:41 What made designing at OpenAI unique9:57 Designing outside of the pixels14:51 Traits of the best systems thinkers at OpenAI16:32 How to get your ideas shipped at OpenAI18:35 How AI tools shift the practice of design28:08 Design rituals at OpenAI 33:25 OpenAI's dynamic interface library36:06 Understanding the capability gap 41:13 The culture of design at OpenAI43:12 What Ian looks for in design candidates
Marvin Schwaibold - Inside Shopifys New Product Design Studio Dive Club 🤿 2026-04-02 | Remember when the Carl Rivera (https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/carl-rivera) told us about his vision to create the new Shopify Product Design Studio?Well in this episode I got to sit down with [Marvin Schwaibold](https://x.com/MSchwaibold) from Molly studio who Shopify recently acquired to bring that vision to life.We go deep into creativity, Marvin's journey with Molly, how he's building his ideas with AI, and a lot more.Some highlights:- How to become a well of creative ideas- How AI unlocks how designers work at Shopify- What design differentiation looks like at Shopify- What Marvin has learned diving into Claude Code- How designers at Shopify create and leverage internal tools- Behind-the-scenes of redesigning the famous Collins website- + a lot more- Jaytel - Marvin’s design partner from Molly studio https://x.com/Jaytel- Brian Collins - legendary designer who worked on the Collins website redesign wearecollins.com- Carl Rivera - Shopify’s Chief Design Officer (referenced previous Dive Club episode) https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/carl-rivera- Design Fluid Interfaces video from Apple’s Human Interface team (2019) [developer.apple.com/br/videos/play/wwdc2018/803/?time=1551](developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2019/808)- Claude Code - AI coding tool by Anthropic claude.ai/login- Artifact - internal Shopify tool for showcasing design work linkedin.com/posts/jaytel_this-was-meant-to-stay-inside-shopify-but-activity-7422739773561384960-oqiUDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro1:06 Marvin's design journey7:31 Starting Molly Studio9:27 Collaborating with Collins14:41 How the Product Design Studio works at Shopify17:54 How the Studio and product teams collaborate22:03 The importance of motion and animation 23:48 Launching the new Shopify.design 29:32 The impact of working alongside Toby and Carl at Shopify32:40 How AI unlocks designers at Shopify37:39 Marvin's journey learning coding tools46:24 Becoming a well of ideas51:33 Design differentiation at Shopify
Flora Guo - How to accelerate your design career with AI Dive Club 🤿 2026-03-25 | Flora Guo (https://x.com/floguo) has one of the more impressive career trajectories of anyone I've interviewed on this show.She's currently the founding design engineer at Paradigm. But before that Guillermo (Vercel CEO) personally DM'd her to join the Vercel team.So we're going deep into career growth, design engineering, what it's like being a founding designer at an AI-native startup.- What it’s like being a founding design engineer at Paradigm- The challenges of designing AI-first products that work at scale- Flora’s experiments with new design tools like Paper and Variant- What Flora learned working alongside top design engineers at Vercel- How Flora evolved her workflow with Claude Code over the past year- Mental models for using AI as a learning tool rather than just a task executor- + a lot more- Tokyo Design Forum (February 2026) - tokyodesignforum.com- UI Engineering 101 by Mariana Castillo and Derek Briggs - maven.com/pixeljanitor/uiengineering-101-for-designers- We talked about Rauno Freiberg's portfolio (Vercel design engineer) - rauno.me- New tools: Paper - https://join.dive.club/paper-ad-emailDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro7:04 The impact of sharing online12:01 How Flora landed an internship at Vercel17:57 Flora's Twitter experiments20:55 Starting to tinker with v023:04 Flora's approach to learning26:30 How Flora improves the way she works with Claude28:52 Mental models for collaborating with AI31:43 How Flora works at Paradigm35:41 What it's like designing an AI native product38:53 How Flora stays up to date with how tech is changing
in the business of quality 📂 #figma #design #podcast #designsystems Dive Club 🤿 2026-03-24 | 👉 Spotify - https://join.dive.club/Spotify👉 Apple Pod - https://join.dive.club/Apple👉 Full ep. on Youtube - https://join.dive.club/Youtube
Kris Puckett - Becoming an AI-native designer Dive Club 🤿 2026-03-19 | Today's episode is with Kris Puckett (https://x.com/krispuckett) who has led design at Mercury, Dropbox, and now as a design manager at Stripe.His journey is the perfect example of what it looks like to lean into this moment in time with AI.Some highlights:- Behind the scenes of Kris’s Epilogue app- How to create custom skills with Claude Code- How to start building personal systems with AI- How Kris taught Claude to be a metal shader expert- Building internal tools and workflows with AI at Stripe- + a lot moreAnd if you want to go even deeper check out Kris's new course on learning to build your ideas with AI: heyneuma.comDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro1:30 Kris's journey building Epilogue9:58 Using AI to build metal shaders14:27 Building workflow tools with AI19:02 How to start building systems with AI24:52 Creating skills with AI30:04 Using AI to level up your personal life33:26 Kris's explorations with OpenClaw39:18 Positioning yourself with AI in today's job market49:03 Behind the scenes of Kris's new website
Josh Puckett - Crafting interfaces with uncommon care Dive Club 🤿 2026-03-12 | What does it look like to demonstrate uncommon care in the way you design and build an interface?Josh Puckett (https://x.com/joshpuckett?lang=en) has has spent nearly two decades designing products like Wealthfront, Dropbox and helping dozens of startups.But recently he released Interface Craft (https://www.interfacecraft.dev/) which is a library of everything he's learned about through the years about designing with “uncommon care” 👇⭐ Use this code for 20% off Interface Craft: DIVE20Some highlights:- Josh’s principles for great design- Morphing strategies for micro-interactions- How the value proposition of design is shifting- He builds a custom pattern generator on the fly- How Josh makes storyboards to collaborate with AI- Walks us through how he designed the onboarding flowDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro1:31 Designing the onboarding for Interface Craft9:02 How to build a custom design tool14:12 Continuing to pull on the library metaphor19:49 Solving the 3 slider problem27:47 Sweating the micro interaction details35:48 Building the v0 and Claude gift experiences41:27 How the value proposition of design is shifting
Luis Ouriach - How are design systems changing? Dive Club 🤿 2026-03-10 | Today's episode is with Luis Ouriach (https://x.com/disco_lu) whose role as a designer advocate at Figma means he's constantly helping teams navigate this rapidly changing landscape... especially when it comes to design systems.So we're going to do a deep dive into the trends he's noticing and what it all means for designers.Some highlights:- How design systems are changing with AI- Luis’s ideas around agentic design systems- Pitfalls to avoid when adopting AI with your team- What trends we can ignore vs. what is really important- Luis’s journey as a builder and his career plan moving forward- What Figma's new integration with Claude and Codex unlocksLuis’s agentic design systems article: medium.com/@disco_lu/building-agentic-design-systems-the-future-of-ai-enhanced-design-6ad0470cf1e3Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro1:11 What's happening in design systems6:59 What Luis is seeing in today's landscape14:05 Why we shouldn't say "design system"23:58 The gap between enterprise and startups27:21 What the Figma MCP unlocks37:27 Luis's journey with AI44:22 How Luis thinks about his career moving forward
put your best foot forward 🕺💃 #podcast #design #hiring #portfolio Dive Club 🤿 2026-03-07 | 👉 Spotify - https://join.dive.club/Spotify👉 Apple Pod - https://join.dive.club/Apple👉 Full ep. on Youtube - https://join.dive.club/Youtube
🗣️ hey, cool hover state! #podcast #craft #portfolio #hiring #design #uxuidesign Dive Club 🤿 2026-03-06 | 👉 Spotify - https://join.dive.club/Spotify👉 Apple Pod - https://join.dive.club/Apple👉 Full ep. on Youtube - https://join.dive.club/Youtube
Cameron Worboys - Inside an AI-native design org Dive Club 🤿 2026-03-05 | Today's episode with Cameron Worboys (https://x.com/camworboys) (Head of Product Design at Cash App) is an inside look at how an AI-native design org operates and the ways designers can thrive in this new world.We go deep into:- The new archetypes of designers- Cam's vision for bespoke software- The #1 trait that Cam looks for in design hires- How more than 90% of designers at Cash are shipping PRs- What to do if you don't want to become an IC builder- How to create an emotional attachment to your product- How Cash has replaced the old engineering/product/design triadJulien Martin's episode - https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/julien-martinDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro0:54 How the industry is changing5:48 Evolving the practice of design at Cash App13:16 How Friday demos work 15:58 How designers are transitioning into builders22:41 The future archetypes of designers30:19 Thoughts on hiring33:38 Becoming a builder (or not?)40:33 Bringing together the UX of Cash App and Square45:18 The tension between systems and creativity
Jamey Gannon - Become an AI Creative Director with Nano Banana and Midjourney Dive Club 🤿 2026-03-02 | Today's episode with Jamey Gannon (https://x.com/jameygannon?lang=en) is a deep dive into what it takes to be an effective creative director with AI.Because there's clearly a moment in time right now where if you get comfortable with these tools you can really stand out in the market.So Jamey gives us a behind-the-scenes of her process and it totally changed the way I think about the importance of prompting.Some highlights:- Why consistency is the #1 marker of AI tool mastery- Why direction is more important than prompting- What it takes to build a "daily taste practice"- Sneak peek of her work for the new MagicPath brand- How she thinks about positioning herself in today's market- + a lot moreGet 10% off Jamey's AI Creative Director course: (http://www.dive.club/jamey)- Midjourney (AI image generation tool)Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪0:00 Intro1:31 Direction over Prompting5:04 Jamey's creative process9:40 How Jamey thinks about tools14:11 Refining output with Nano Banana24:05 How to grow the skill of consistency27:48 Positioning yourself as an AI designer30:59 Jamey's AI Creative Director course36:13 Taste through reps48:57 Why Jamey isn't going the agency route
lets get down to business 😎 #hiring #prototype #design #designer #career #podcast Dive Club 🤿 2026-02-27 | 👉 Spotify - https://join.dive.club/Spotify👉 Apple Pod - https://join.dive.club/Apple👉 Full ep. on Youtube - https://join.dive.club/Youtube
Stripes new website 📝 #uxdesign #uidesign #stripe #stripedesign #podcast Dive Club 🤿 2026-02-25 | 👉 Spotify - https://join.dive.club/Spotify👉 Apple Pod - https://join.dive.club/Apple👉 Full ep. on Youtube - https://join.dive.club/Youtube
Katie Dill - The new era of design at Stripe Dive Club 🤿 2026-02-23 | A few weeks ago, Stripe launched their new site (stripe.com) and reminded everyone who the 🐐 of web design is…So I asked their Head of Design, Katie Dill (linkedin.com/in/katie-dill-79168b3) , to walk us through some of the tiny design decisions that make it so special.But we also did a deep dive into how the *practice* of design is evolving at Stripe and everything they’re doing to push past the status quo.Some highlights:- How the “call for a new aesthetic” is influencing design culture at Stripe- How their internal tool Protodash is changing the way designers prototype- The most important signals that Katie looks for when hiring designers- What the concentration of craft looks like in an AI era- + a *lot* moreCall for a new aesthetic - Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen’s grant program (https://newaesthetics.art/)- Cultural Tutor YouTube video: youtube.com/watch?v=tWYxrowovts- “Beauty is the New Business Tool” - 1927 Atlantic article (theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1927/08/beauty-the-new-business-tool/376227)Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro1:16 The design decisions on the new stripe dot come15:37 Beauty as the new business tool22:14 How AI is changing the way design at Stripe works30:41 What it takes to push past the status quo37:24 Feedback and collaboration at Stripe41:49 Hiring designers at Stripe46:10 The traits of the best designers at STripe49:04 How Katie is evolving her approach to leadership
pick up the hammer 🛠️ #aipromptengineering #podcast #diveclub #design Dive Club 🤿 2026-02-19 | 👉 Spotify - https://join.dive.club/Spotify👉 Apple Pod - https://join.dive.club/Apple👉 Full ep. on Youtube - https://join.dive.club/Youtube
read...or dont! ✌️ #podcast #portfolio #design #uxuidesign #diveclub Dive Club 🤿 2026-02-18 | 👉 Spotify - https://join.dive.club/Spotify👉 Apple Pod - https://join.dive.club/Apple👉 Full ep. on Youtube - https://join.dive.club/Youtube
Julien Martin - Why Amos Design Hits Different Dive Club 🤿 2026-02-18 | As software becomes easier to create than ever, what does it look like to truly differentiate with design?Today's episode with Julien Martin (https://x.com/julienmartin_?lang=en) is an attempt to answer that question.He was the Head of Design at Zenly, Snapchat, and Amo which is some of the most uniquely impressive consumer design I've ever seen.Some highlights:- Behind the scenes of early Amo explorations- How the composition of design orgs is changing- The unlock that led to Amo's unique visual language- Julien’s advice for how to succeed in today’s job market- The untold story of how Julien joined in the early days of Behance- Why side projects are now the strongest signal when hiring designers- Andy Allen (https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/andy-allen) (referenced multiple times for his “not boring” article and Camera app)- Off Market (offmarketjobs.substack.com) (Julien’s talent agency for designers)- Retro app (https://retro.app/) and Duolingo (duolingo.com) (mentioned as inspiration)Chapters0:00 Intro1:33 How Julien wound up at Behance 10:42 What Julien learned from Matias and Scott13:53 The Zenly story18:17 Act 2: The Amo story21:50 Amo creative direction32:07 Finding the right level of novelty36:03 Reverse-engineering the culture of Amo42:08 What Julien looked for in hiring44:38 The rising importance of side projects48:37 What's changing in today's job marketDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
Tommy Smith - How side projects can land you a dream job Dive Club 🤿 2026-02-16 | Today's episode is with Tommy Smith (tommy-s.co.uk) who recently landed a new role as a part of the Dive Talent Network.So we're doing a deep dive into what makes his portfolio so effective:- Making his side project a first-class citizen- Positioning himself as a new design engineer- Adding personality by experimenting with Rive- Highlighting what matters most in his case studies- Flexing his craft muscles and nailed the finer detailsDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro1:01 Tommy's portfolio strategy3:20 Experimenting with Rive6:46 Making side projects a first-class citizen12:12 Growing as a design engineer22:02 Other details in Tommy's portfolio25:55 Advice for aspiring design engineers29:22 Tommy's Case Study Strategy33:59 The role of Figma in Tommy's process
Ryan Stephen - Creativity, Storytelling, and Prototyping Playful Ideas Dive Club 🤿 2026-02-12 | Today I’m talking with Ryan Stephen (https://x.com/Ryan__Stephen) , a Microsoft product designer behind some of my favorite design experiments on Twitter.He gives us a behind-the-scenes look at his creative process, the tools in his stack, and how he approaches effective storytelling in design.The episode features some seriously cool interaction demos, so if you’re into spatial design, this one is for you 👇Some highlights:- How Ryan sparks creativity- The power of putting your work on Twitter- How Ryan thinks about investing in his career- Ryan’s mental model for fidelity and prototyping- The lessons Ryan’s learned about effective storytelling- The tools and techniques Ryan uses to make ideas feel real- + a lot moreDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro8:14 Ryan's ideation process 12:55 Making software jigs19:08 The value of sharing your work on Twitter22:47 Tactics for sparking creativity27:43 Ryan's motivation31:19 How Ryan is investing in his career moving forward
Hannah Hearth - Design Careers in the Age of AI Dive Club 🤿 2026-02-09 | Today's episode is with Hannah Hearth (https://x.com/hannah_hearth) who recently became the Head of Product Design at Vercel. We talk about all of the changes that are happening in our industry and what it all means for designers. Everything from how AI tools are changing the practice of design to how this impact the way we think about our career paths.Some highlights:- Hannah’s #1 trait for great designers- The most underrated storytelling tactic- Doing more with less while not burning out- Examples of how AI is changing the design process- How design orgs should think about adopting AI tools- How much coding is happening on the Vercel design team- Preserving craft and design thinking with collapsed timelines- + a *lot* moreDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro1:03 Hannah's interview process at Vercel5:06 The new era of design leadership8:25 Making sense of shrinking design teams10:06 Implementing new AI tools in design process16:01 How AI is changing design process18:58 The #1 trait of a great designer24:56 How much Vercel designers are getting in the code27:41 The new table stakes for portfolios34:04 What to do if you don't spike in craft35:35 The new career paths for designers37:33 Example of effective storytelling40:46 Design systems careers43:41 Why more designers are returning to IC work47:47 How Hannah's experience at Webflow shaped her leadership approach
Karl Koch - Tips for New Design Engineers Dive Club 🤿 2026-02-04 | Get 10% off Karl's Become a Design Engineer course: https://join.dive.club/karlToday’s episode is with Karl Koch (https://x.com/_kejk?lang=en) and it’s filled with practical tips for new design engineers looking to push past what AI gives you out of the box.We go deep into:- Adopting the design engineering mindset- What the job market looks like for design engineers- The difference between frontend and design engineers- Specific language to create better interaction design- The details Karl is sweating in his role at Duck Duck Go- + a *lot* moreGet 10% off Karl's Become a Design Engineer course: https://join.dive.club/karl (https://join.dive.club/karl)Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro1:32 AI pitfall to avoid14:24 Relying on Inspect to solve visual problems18:04 How to grow your technical muscle as a designer25:33 Karl's design engineer role at Duck Duck Go31:56 The design engineering mindset33:58 The job market for design engineers37:56 Finer details on Karl's personal site42:34 The trap you can fall into
Why Rive is a big deal for the future of design Dive Club 🤿 2026-02-02 | This episode is a deep dive into Rive (https://rive.app/)—the engine powering experiences like Spotify Wrapped, next-gen car dashboards, and so much more.After hearing Luigi and Guido Rosso’s vision for the future of interactive software, I’m convinced it will be a big deal for designers 👀Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro0:51 Rive in Spotify and Duolingo4:51 Why Rive is so much more than motion5:38 The Rive journey14:08 The new "Creative" builder18:47 How Rive built vector feathering24:13 Scripting with AI in Rive
The Best AI Coding Tools for Designers Dive Club 🤿 2026-01-28 | One of the biggest parts of my design practice is knowing which tool to reach for when coding with AI.There are a *lot* of options and they’re changing every week 😅So in this episode, I break down:1. The mental model I use to think about different types of AI coding workflows2. How that model guides which tools I actually reach for day to day3. The new AI coding product I’m completely hooked on right now- Tools listed: - Lovable (https://lovable.dev/) - Figma Make (figma.com/make) - Dessn (dessn.ai) - Conductor (https://www.conductor.build/) - Warp (https://www.warp.dev/) - Inflight (inflight.co)Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
Xavier Jack - How To Vibe Code in 3D Dive Club 🤿 2026-01-26 | Sometimes you open up a website and it's so good that you're left wondering... how the heck did they pull that off?In this episode the designer of the original Amie website, Xavier Jack (https://x.com/KMkota0) , is going to give us a little tutorial of what it looks like to bring web experiences to life with 3D.Some highlights:- How he prototyped the viral Amie website- How he made the Amie interactive balloons from scratch- How he uses mental models to understand 3D design tools- Amie.so (https://amie.so/)- Desktop.fm (https://desktop.fm/)- Three.tools (https://three.tools/)- Shopify Winter 2026 shopify.com/editions/winter2026- Wiggle bones https://wiggle.three.tools/docs/manual/getting-started- Blender (3D modeling software)- Three.js (JavaScript 3D library)Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro1:08 Backstory of the Amie website11:24 Minimal websites vs. Immersive websites 17:33 Prototyping more of the Amie website22:25 How to start experimenting with 3D effects24:34 Blender crash course31:02 Moving into Cursor33:06 Understanding WebGL and ThreeJS39:47 Adding interactivity to your 3D scene
Matt Sellers - What a top 1% design portfolio looks like Dive Club 🤿 2026-01-21 | Last month the head of design at Lovable, Nad Chishtie (https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/nad-chishtie-lovable) , walked us through the portfolio of one of their recent design hires, Matt Sellers (https://www.lfs.gd/) . He’s one of the designers they just hired from the Dive Talent Network (https://www.dive.club/talent-network) and his website is what a top 1% portfolio looks like.👀So today's episode is a behind-the-scenes of what it *actually* takes to create a portfolio that gets you hired at one of today's top startups.He shares some really tactical mental models that I think everyone can benefit from.Some highlights:- Why Matt removed 80%+ of his work- What made Matt's micro copy so effective- How Matt built his micro animations in Framer- The finer details of Matt’s portfolio and micro-interactions- How Matt changed his portfolio strategy and why it worked- What it takes to make your portfolio an experience rather than a catalog- + a *lot* moreNad Chishtie’s episode (https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/nad-chishtie-lovable)Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubChapters0:00 Intro1:25 How Matt changed his portfolio strategy7:34 Sweating microcopy details12:51 Designing an experience instead of a catalogue16:09 The finer details of Matt's portfolio18:12 How Matt built his micro interactions in Framer25:54 How important is mobile design really?28:59 Key takeaways and final adviceNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
The 2026 AI Design Field Report (tools, process, and whats working) Dive Club 🤿 2026-01-19 | There's been a heck of a debate around the future of coding and design tools lately... but how are today’s top teams actually using AI?Well, Stephen Haney (founder of the new design tool Paper) spent the last few months talking with teams like Shopify, Notion, etc. to find out.He turned it into a bit of an AI Design Field Report and there are a lot of interesting nuggets in there.So in today’s episode he walks us through some of his key findings and how that's shaping his product strategy for Paper.Some highlights:- How AI adoption looks at startups vs. big companies- Which AI tools are the most popular in today’s top teams- Which Twitter trends you can safely ignore as a designer- What Stephen thinks about the great Ryo vs. Karri debate- The localhost sharing problem and how teams are solving it- Where Stephen thinks the future of design tools is headed next+ a lot moreSHOW NOTES:Basecamp’s “Shape Up” project management philosophy (basecamp.com/shapeup)Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro1:02 The new version of "should designers code?"3:36 Stephen's continuum for building products11:56 What Stephen has learned researching today's top design teams15:10 Claude Code/Cursor vs. AI prototyping tools18:05 An example of designers shipping at startups19:51 The new Localhost problem24:26 Is AI prototyping actually faster?27:30 The network effects of AI30:53 How Paper's product strategy has evolved37:53 The changing role of design tools as the source of truth 39:25 Paper's Tailwind partnership 41:54 Stephen's advice to designers
Dessn - Is this the future of AI prototyping? Dive Club 🤿 2026-01-14 | Gab (linkedin.com/in/gabriella-hachem) and Nim (linkedin.com/in/nim-cheema) are the co-founders of a startup called Dessn (https://join.dive.club/dessn-content) which allows designers to prototype in the context of their production codebase (without any of the setup).So I asked them to hook it up to the Inflight (inflight.co) repo and give me a little demo to see what’s possible.I’m pretty sold 👀Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪Chapters0:00 Intro0:45 Creating an animation playground in Dessn5:10 The power of designing in production6:07 Prototyping Inflight using Dessn9:05 The aura of inevitability designing in code14:24 How Dessn works under the hood16:29 Scaling explorations and leaning into curation19:05 Prompting vs. pixel pushing25:09 Previewing Dessn's canvas UX 27:31 What tomorrow's design tools mean for the role of designer28:55 Figuring out what to ship30:54 The importance of design in an AI world32:49 Dessn's upcoming milestones
Henry Modisett - Inside Perplexitys design culture Dive Club 🤿 2026-01-09 | Someone asked me recently... if you had to join a design team, who would you want to work for?And my answer was easy... PerplexitySo today's episode with Henry Modisett (https://x.com/henrymodis) (Perplexity's VP of Design) is a deep dive into what makes their design culture so special.Some highlights:- How to create a culture of decisiveness- What signals Henry is looking for in designers- Factors that influence Henry’s leadership style- How to lay the right foundation for your design org- Why Henry is doing feedback differently at Perplexity- Henry’s strategies for building world class design teams- + a *lot* moreChapters0:00 Intro1:13 What's changed for Henry and Perplexity6:44 The current state of Perplexity's design team8:49 Henry's strategies for building design teams12:31 What signals Henry is looking for in designers14:37 Why Henry just hired a new design intern18:39 How to lay the right foundation for your design team26:22 Where Henry drew inspiration as a leader31:11 Letting the problems dictate the process34:17 Building a culture of decisiveness38:35 How Perplexity thinks about design collaboration 41:55 How feedback happens at Perplexity43:15 Navigating the challenges of scaleDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
Designers toolkit for Claude Code Dive Club 🤿 2026-01-07 | Kyle Zantos is leading the new UX Tools Labs where he's responsible for figuring out what matters for new design tools and workflows.As a result, he's pretty quickly become my go-to source as I transition into more of a builder with AI.So this conversation is a deep dive into very specific tactics you can use on your own design engineering journey.We'll go through recommended tools, workflows, and Kyle's process for building a design engineering "Skill" using Claude Code.- Kyle’s portfolio site: zantos.co (zantos.co)- Leva control panel: threejsresources.com/tool/leva- Compound Engineering plugin: github.com/EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin- Jhey Tompkins: https://x.com/jh3yy- Derek Briggs: https://x.com/PixelJanitor- Will King: https://x.com/willking- Emil Kowalski: https://x.com/emilkowalski- Jakub Krehel: https://jakub.kr/Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿Chapters0:00 intro1:26 Tinkering with Cursor's new updates10:35 Building an audio animation tool14:04 Using external inspiration inside of Claude19:08 Creating a design engineering skill in Claude29:01 Using Leva control panels34:53 The strategy for your global Claude guideline file41:19 How to think about your tool stack45:01 Kyle's personal system for learning🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
The trick to AI prototyping with your design system Dive Club 🤿 2026-01-02 | We talk a lot about using AI at startups…But what are more established companies doing to scale AI prototyping?What are the best ways to use AI to prototype with your design system?That's what today's episode is all about because we're talking with Lewis Healey (linkedin.com/in/lewis-healey-b2457826) and Kylor Hall (linkedin.com/in/kylorhall) about how they scaled AI prototyping at Atlassian.Some highlights 👇- Their vision for a truly AI-native design system- What's worked to scale AI prototyping adoption- Tips for reducing hallucinations when prototyping- ways to help AI make sense of your design system- Their novel approach to prototyping with “templates”- How the role of design system designers is changing with AI- + a *lot* more- Atlassian Design System (https://atlassian.design/)- Figma Make (figma.com/make/?gad_campaignid=23356954992&gbraid=0AAAABCTX0ItGAe7RZBBeUOUindISLe0Un) (AI prototyping tool)- AI Builders Week (Atlassian internal program) (atlassian.com/blog/inside-atlassian/ai-product-builders-week)Chapters0:00 Intro1:20 Atlassian's goals with AI prototyping6:51 Why templates are Atlassian's secret sauce11:09 Adding "recipes" to templates 13:17 Their process to integrating the design system16:28 Writing effective instructions for AI22:42 Closing hallucination gaps27:19 How to drive adoption at your org 32:47 Strategies for maintaining the system41:48 How the role of design system designer is changing45:57 Where prototyping with AI is headed nextDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
Enrico Tartarotti - How did one person design and build all of this? Dive Club 🤿 2025-12-29 | Today's episode goes deep into all of the design details in a new video collaboration tool called Flask (https://flask.do/) .But the reason I’m so inspired by this product goes far beyond the UI/UX…Flask is designed and built by one person— Enrico Tartarotti (https://x.com/EnriTarta) —who was a PM before this so his journey is the perfect example of what it looks like to thrive as a generalist builder.So this episode tells the story of what it took to build a well-crafted product and all of the lessons that he learned along the way.Enrico references the Mom Test (momtestbook.com) for user research and the episode with the Supercut Founders (https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/supercut) .Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
Nad Chishtie - How to get hired as a designer at Lovable Dive Club 🤿 2025-12-19 | As one of the fastest growing companies in the world, Lovable is scaling their design team by tapping into the Dive Talent Network (https://www.dive.club/talent-network) .So I interviewed their Head of Design, Nad Chishtie (https://x.com/nadonomy) , to learn everything I can about how to get hired as a designer at Lovable.Some highlights:- A breakdown of a recent design hire’s portfolio- How to avoid getting your portfolio screened out- How to crush the later stages of the hiring process- How you can win Nad over with side projects alone- What to do if you’re not confident in your visual skills- The 2 things Nad cares most about when hiring designersDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿- Spotify’s cross-functional squad model (medium.com/found-ation/agile-team-organization-a-deep-dive-on-the-spotify-model-f5b32dfc37dd)- Matt’s portfolio (designer hired through Dive Talent Network) (https://www.lfs.gd/)Chapters0:00 Intro1:24 What Nad is seeing in the market5:39 What Nad looks for in designers6:58 Designers own things end to end10:56 Where Lovable sources designers12:37 Portfolio mistakes17:47 An example of a portfolio that got hired at Lovable 27:26 How to succeed if you're not craft focused32:23 The power of side projects40:33 How the interview process works at Lovable44:02 How to succeed in a portfolio review45:57 How Nad things about the role of metrics in portfolios48:10 How to succeed in paid work trials50:26 How much Nad cares about candidates using AI54:47 Traits of successful designers at Lovable🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
just go build 🛠️ #hiring #designer #podcast Dive Club 🤿 2025-12-17 | 👉 Spotify - https://join.dive.club/Spotify👉 Apple Pod - https://join.dive.club/Apple👉 Full ep. on Youtube - https://join.dive.club/Youtube
Roman Tesliuk - From side projects to leading web design at Eleven Labs Dive Club 🤿 2025-12-15 | What does it look like to own web design for one of the fastest growing AI companies in the world?And how do you get that opportunity if you don’t have companies like Apple or Airbnb on your resumé?That’s what this episode with Roman Tesliuk (https://x.com/RomaTesla) is all about.He walks us through the Eleven Labs Figma and talks about the tiniest of design decisions all the way to how he’s building a scalable website system.We also go deep into Roman's side projects and all of the ways he's becoming a builder with AI 💪Roman’s App Stacks project - https://appstacks.club/ and portfolio site - pixelwrld.coChapters0:00 Intro2:13 Initial visual concepts6:33 Designing the conversational agents page9:45 Roman's process for interactions and animations12:45 Building a pattern generator14:40 Exploring technical illustrations17:34 Designing the Music page22:21 Being intentional about imagery and UI comps24:31 Redesigning the Text to Speech page30:26 Transitioning gradients32:24 The system for imagery and graphics33:33 Roman's journey to get to Eleven Labs35:41 Creating App Stacks38:54 The story behind Roman's personal website42:28 Roman's latest side project44:30 Roman's advice for designers who want to build48:01 How much Roman designs in Figma first51:13 Roman's advice for people about social mediaDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
Unlocking your design brain 🔓 #gamedesign #interactivedesign #uxuidesign #podcast Dive Club 🤿 2025-12-12 | 👉 Spotify - https://join.dive.club/Spotify👉 Apple Pod - https://join.dive.club/Apple👉 Full ep. on Youtube - https://join.dive.club/Youtube
future-proofing 🦾 #coding #design #ai Dive Club 🤿 2025-12-11 | 👉 Spotify - https://join.dive.club/Spotify👉 Apple Pod - https://join.dive.club/Apple👉 Full ep. on Youtube - https://join.dive.club/Youtube
My Favorite Prototype I’ve Ever Made Dive Club 🤿 2025-12-10 | Last week I was prototyping some new features for Inflight (https://join.dive.club/inflight) and discovered an entirely new workflow using Claude Code.Now I’m hooked.So I decided to make an episode that shows my process step by step along with some of the key things I’ve learned about prototyping with AI.Be warned… once you try it you’re not going to want to go back 😅- Here’s my tweet (https://x.com/ridd_design/status/1996617560582951128?s=20) showing a glimpse of the prototype- Here’s Jakub’s Twitter (https://x.com/jakubkrehel) that I showcasedDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
us 🤝 design systems #opacityai #designsystems #uxuidesign #podcast Dive Club 🤿 2025-12-08 | 👉 Spotify - https://join.dive.club/Spotify👉 Apple Pod - https://join.dive.club/Apple👉 Full ep. on Youtube - https://join.dive.club/Youtube
Sneak peek of MDS’s creative process Dive Club 🤿 2025-12-08 | I’ve probably learned more about visual design from MDS (https://x.com/mds) than anyone in the design community.So I wanted to go deep into the creative process behind the all-new Shift Nudge website (shiftnudge.com) to see how he explores visual ideas.He takes us through his Figma file that is full of *very* good ideas that didn't ship.And he even shows us how he built his own Mosaic tool in v0 which became the core motif of the site.So if you're interested in seeing the windy creative process behind one of the truly great designers today then I think you're going to enjoy this one.Chapters0:00 Intro1:08 Initial creative process11:15 A more simplified concept13:13 I've been pronouncing Neue wrong this whole time14:47 Starting to build custom vibe-coded tools21:44 Starting to play with Mosaic images30:30 Landing the plane once he had the core motif44:35 MDS's final advice52:53 MDS's process in Figma54:39 Getting weird with the 404 page57:18 Diagraming context for ClaudeDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
Steve Ruiz - Is the canvas the future for AI? Dive Club 🤿 2025-12-01 | I get shown a *lot* of tool demos and one thing is clear…Canvas-based UX will play a pivotal role in how we interface with AI. It’s a big reason why Figma just bought Weavy (figma.com/blog/welcome-weavy-to-figma) 👀So I interviewed Steve Ruiz (https://x.com/steveruizok) who is the founder of tldraw (https://tldraw.dev/) where he's spent over 3 years and $5 million dollars building the perfect canvas (which powers many of the startups that we've studied on this show).Some highlights:- Why he’s been obsessing over fairies- Steve’s principles for good tool design- How he was able to learn to code so quickly- What Steve’s learned through his AI experiments- How he’s thinking about the future of agentic design- + a *lot* moreChapters0:00 Intro1:14 Steve's design origin story8:30 Steve's learning journey13:06 Obsessing over arrows18:54 Steve's tellestration journey24:46 Principles of great tool design31:51 The canvas as a foundational paradigm37:36 Steve's AI experiments with agents42:52 Designing more agentic workflowsDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
Emily Campbell - AI UX Deep Dive Dive Club 🤿 2025-11-24 | In one of the most popular episodes yet, Vitaly Friedman talked about what’s next for AI design patterns (https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/vitaly-friedman) .In that episode he frequently referenced Shape of AI (shapeof.ai) which is an incredible database of AI design patterns.So I wanted to get to the source and go deep with the creator [Emily Campbell](linkedin.com/in/emmiecampbell) to learn how to design great AI experiences. Because she’s studied AI products more than just about anyone I’ve ever seen 👀Some of my favorite highlights:- Ways to build trust in agentic products- Her favorite patterns for enhancing prompts- The traits she looks for when hiring AI designers- + a *lot* more- Shape of AI (shapeof.ai) (her database of patterns)- Poke app (https://x.com/interaction/status/1965093198482866317/video/1) from InteractionChapters0:00 Intro0:31 Emily's model for designing AI products10:13 Emily's catalogue of AI patterns12:07 Walking through AI pattern inspirations18:42 AI pattern deep dive24:27 Baking trust into an AI UX28:30 Ethical questions with designing for AI31:18 Designing for AI at HackerRank33:14 Importance of getting into code more quickly36:49 How AI changes are impacting the way Emily thinks about hiring38:53 Why HackerRank is leaning into brand designersDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
Geoffrey Litt - The Future of Malleable Software Dive Club 🤿 2025-11-14 | AI is fundamentally shifting the way we think about digital products and the core deliverables that we're bringing to the table as designers.So I asked Geoffrey Litt (https://x.com/geoffreylitt) (Design Engineer at Notion) to share his vision for the future of malleable software and AI system design.Here’s some highlights:- The keys to effective system design- Geoffrey’s workflow for “working like a surgeon”- Why too many products become “nightmare bicycles”- The principles of malleable software vs. disposable software- Why version control is the most important AI interaction problem- Inside Geoffrey’s malleable software experiments at Ink & Switch- + a *lot* more⭐️ You can use the code DIVECLUB to get 20% off your first month of Lovable Pro 1!- Ink & Switch is the research lab (inkandswitch.com)- Changing Minds by Seymour Papert (worrydream.com/refs/Papert_1980_-_Mindstorms,_1st_ed.pdf)- Geoffrey’s nightmare bicycle article (geoffreylitt.com/2025/03/03/the-nightmare-bicycle)- Don Norman’s Living with Complexity (amazon.com/Living-Complexity-Press-Donald-Norman/dp/0262014866)- Spell Burst by Tyler Angert (spellburstllm.github.io)- A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander (amazon.com/Pattern-Language-Buildings-Construction-Environmental/dp/0195019199)- Patchwork - Geoffrey’s collaboration environment at Ink & Switch (inkandswitch.com/patchwork/notebook)Chapters0:00 Intro1:18 Geoffrey's background in design5:15 His experiments at Ink & Switch8:00 Geoffrey's role at Notion13:58 Exposing structure in system design17:54 Designing AI Chat Interactions21:47 The potential for canvas-based UIs23:18 The Version Control Problem29:57 Malleable software vs. dynamic interfaces40:22 How the role of designer changes48:34 Coding like a surgeon52:50 Advice for designers trying to become more technicalDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
You can just build your own design tools now Dive Club 🤿 2025-11-12 | There’s a new trend I’m noticing… designers are vibe coding custom tools to create new visual effects or speed up existing workflows.And it’s awesome 💥A few weeks ago Nick Pattison showed us [how he builds pattern tools in Lovable (youtube.com/watch?v=5ADHIIBtzQw). And today we get to hear from Ryan Miyoshi (https://x.com/ryry__mimi) about how he creates custom tools for his work as the Head of Design at Column (column.com) .We get a behind-the-scenes of 4 different tools:- 2 for creating custom image effects- 1 for generating branded charts- 1 node-based workflow for creating customer postersBut even more important than the specific tools is Ryan’s mentality. If you have his level of agency and determination then AI gives you superpowers 💪Chapters0:00 Intro4:51 Ryan's thumbnail tool9:21 The strategy for your new tool10:59 How to build your own tool14:43 How long it took Ryan to build these tools21:32 Debugging dithering effects 25:58 Ryan's ComfyUI toolDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
Ryan Scott - The skills that get designers promoted Dive Club 🤿 2025-11-07 | Craft gets you hired.But business impact gets you promoted.So this week’s episode with Ryan Scott (linkedin.com/in/ryanscottcreative) is a deep dive into how designers can think strategically about their career.He shares a ton of lessons from his PM Masterclass for designers (https://join.dive.club/ryan-scott-pm-masterclass-affiliate) :- What it looks like to grow your product muscles- The right (and wrong) ways to get buy-in for your ideas- Strategies for making data a part of your design practice- Ways to spot new strategic opportunities for your company- How to position your work to be compelling to a business leader- What Ryan learned making big ideas happen at Airbnb and Doordash- + a *lot* more⭐️ Get $100 off Ryan’s course when you us the code DIVECLUB- Andy Budd’s talk in Berlin (youtube.com/watch?v=8eYH6Z3LmhU)- Builder.io (http://builder.io) mentioned as AI tool for engineers- booking.com (http://booking.com) vs Airbnb competitive positioning exampleChapters0:00 Intro1:23 Understanding the state of the market today6:06 How designers can respond to today's market10:02 What to do if you don't have metrics to back up your work15:57 How to think strategically about your design career19:42 How to move down the product path27:27 How designers can find new opportunities for the business31:43 How to introduce your ideas to decision-makers35:14 How to grow the skill of prioritization44:33 How to make data a part of your design practice49:07 Looking for outliers in the data54:08 Sneak peek of Ryan's courses on Maven Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
Making Claude Code less scary for designers Dive Club 🤿 2025-11-05 | The best way to learn isn’t always to find the top expert in the field…I much prefer to find the person who is one rung above me on the learning ladder. Often they’re the right person to explain how I can take those next few steps.This is especially true when it comes to coding with AI and that’s what this episode is all about.We’re talking with Kyle Zantos (https://x.com/kylezantos) who didn’t touch code at all until the last ~year. But since then he’s went all in on building with AI so today he’s going to walk us step-by-step through his workflow including:- How he plans his projects- How he scaffolds in v0- How to get up and running with Claude Code- His strategies for prompting and debugging- + a *lot* more- Monologue by Every - every.to/on-every/introducing-monologue-effortless-voice-dictation- Warp.dev (http://Warp.dev) terminal- Pietro Schirano’s episode about collaborating with AI - youtu.be/M7CU-ObtxRIChapters0:00 Intro3:29 How to plan projects with Claude12:47 Creating a prompt to scaffold in v0 16:37 Why Kyle scaffolds in v026:08 Debugging when your prompts don't work29:12 How to treat AI like a collaborator35:59 How to go from v0 to Claude Code43:05 How to use MCPs with Claude Code45:55 How to get your environment up and running48:38 How to think about Github DesktopDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
its not that hard... 😬 #uxuidesign #podcast #design #code #coding Dive Club 🤿 2025-10-31 | 👉 Spotify - https://join.dive.club/Spotify👉 Apple Pod - https://join.dive.club/Apple👉 Full ep. on Youtube - https://join.dive.club/Youtube
Designing the first ever tabletop game console Dive Club 🤿 2025-10-31 | Board (https://board.fun/) has taken over social social media (and for good reason).It’s one of the most obvious yet innovative products I’ve ever seen.So as soon as Kevin Twohy (https://x.com/kevintwohy) shared a preview with me I knew we had to do an interview to get the behind-the-scenes (spoiler: I did buy it lol).So this episode is a deep dive into his design process for the first ever tabletop game console:- What he learned about prototyping hardware products- How they figured out the “brand moves” for Board- How Kevin makes the most of AI tools- + a *lot* moreKevin referenced Mike and Chara Smith’s episode talking about “brand moves” multiple times - youtube.com/watch?v=Jhxx6yK2J08&t=392sDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
Drew Wilson - How designers become builders and the future of tooling Dive Club 🤿 2025-10-24 | Imagine a world where handoff no longer exists and designers are moving fluidly in code…Drew Wilson (https://x.com/drewwilson) is one of the people pulling that future into the present so this week’s episode is a deep dive into his vision for the new design tool Opacity (https://opacity.app/) .Some highlights:- How team structures are changing- How to stand out when everyone is a builder- What design’s “Github moment” will look like- The fracturing of the market for design talent- How Drew is approaching this startup differently- Where the new technical threshold is for designers- + a *lot* moreDrew is also building his new IDE called Loop - https://loupe.build/Chapters0:00 Intro1:11 Why Drew is starting Opacity9:10 What's the future of "designer"13:22 The importance of components in an AI world21:24 Product strategy when the table stakes are high28:55 Iteration over Prototyping36:24 The new technical threshold for designers40:27 How to differentiate yourself as a designer48:07 The types of designers that Drew wants to hire52:20 Upcoming milestones for Opacity53:19 How Drew is doing things differently as a design founderDive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿🌐 dive.club🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclubNow you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
