AI for Developers How to Move an AI App from a Frontier Model to Open Weights The frontier model’s previous outputs were a useful starting point, but I treated them as suggestions rather than truth.
Product Development Learn to Use Rapid Prototyping Sprints in Cursor Lately, I’ve been experimenting with running prototyping “sprints” in Cursor and it’s changed how quickly I can move from idea to outcome.
The Software Life Building Culture Through Chaos: Prototyping Play at AtomicCon At AtomicCon 2022, our design team led a play-based hackathon that led to the development of Atomic Mini Golf.
UX/Design Practices The Power of Prototyping in Design, Part 2: Best Practices for Prototyping We will explore best practices for prototyping and how it can influence the direction of your designs as well as your overall user experience.
UX/Design Practices The Power of Prototyping in Design, Part 1: Turn Ideas into User-Centric Solutions Prototyping is an indispensable tool in a designer's toolkit that transforms ideas into solutions through visualization and rapid iteration
Figma Build an Almost Functional Search Bar to Use in Your Figma Prototypes Learn how to build a search bar in Figma that accepts keystrokes and mimics the experience of a user typing in real-time!
UX/Design Tools 3 Tips for Effective Prototyping Micro-interactions in Figma Design and prototyping tool Figma is an all-in-one solution Here are some tips for improving micro-interaction prototypes.
Ruby Ruby FFI for Quick Prototyping A quick example of using FFI in Ruby to wrap HID API to talk to a USB HID device in Windows.
Developer Tools Making Diagrams with graphviz graphviz is a great tool for creating quick diagrams. It can automatically create diagrams from its simple markup language, DOT.
UX/Design Tools Why I Use Keynote as a Design Tool Keynote is a powerful, lightweight tool, and I use it for many projects — from storyboards and user scenarios to process flows and visual frameworks.
UX/Design Tools Rapid Prototyping with Middleman and Bootstrap As a designer, I think it's important to be able to prototype in the browser. Using Middleman and Bootstrap allows me to work independently from developers.
UX/Design Tools Storyboarding with Inkscape and OmniGraffle Expedient sketching and document layout using a combination of tools such as Inkscape, OmniGraffle and Rake.