Someone behind the software

kept by eddie oct 19

Good software embodies its creators' intuition and experience, but additive feature‑driven development dilutes product soul, urging makers to shape unified, opinionated products.

Output isn’t design (via @karrisaarinen)
The author argues that the industry mistakenly equates rapid interface generation with true design, which requires deep reasoning about user needs and context.
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GitHub - emilkowalski/skills: Skills for Design Engineers.
A curated set of coding skills for design engineers that encode animation and UI best practices, helping AI agents produce better interfaces through domain expertise.
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Agents with Taste
Engineers can encode their design taste into structured skill files for AI coding agents, enabling agents to produce visually refined results by following explicit rules for animations, typography, and layout.
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