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1032: Stripe Buys OpenRouter for $7B

Scott and CJ break down Stripe's $7B acquisition of OpenRouter, the SvelteKit 3 release candidate, and their first look at TanStack Charts. Plus Zed's new Delta editor, stealing reasoning traces from proprietary LLM APIs, why dark mode toggles only need two states, and all 43 qui ... Show More

1h 7m

Aug 19

1031: My Coding Skills Are Atrophying

Scott and Wes answer your questions about coding in the AI era, atrophying skills from too much autocomplete, whether it’s finally time to leave VS Code, chasing flow state with agents, and which single AI subscription is worth your money. Plus: AT Protocol vs Solid, making your ... Show More

57m 3s

Aug 17

1030: AI Assistant Hacks Gym

An AI assistant goes rogue and hacks a gym website, a $9k surprise Cloudflare bill lands in someone’s inbox, and AI subscriptions start promising unlimited usage. Plus Meta’s Muse Glimmer, Agent Plugins, Kimi K3 in Copilot, and a pile of CSS chaos. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syn ... Show More

1h 24m

Feb 2019

471: Menu Bars, Docks & Startup Apps, Oh My!

David and Stephen talk through the Mac utilities and applications that are always at their fingertips.

1h 29m

Oct 2021

415: News Desk, Vol. 3

This week, we talk about the new Stripe Press website, pasting behavior in Figma, the latest tvOS UI, and the importance of using fake data in placeholder copy. In The Sidebar, we share our tools and strategies for remembering the important things that come up in our day-to-day w ... Show More

36m 18s

Mar 2020

336: Learning by Doing

This week, we discuss practical tips to level up your visual interface design skills, including tracing and focusing on a "learning by doing" mindset. And as always, we share our cool finds of the week including a new notes application and a creative TV show. Golden Ratio Patrons ... Show More

33m 29s

Apr 2023

458: How Do You Simplify a UI?

This week, we share non-obvious tips and tricks for simplifying a UI.The Sidebar:The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Lates ... Show More

40m 18s

Apr 2024

#62 New UX Roles: Product/AI/UX/XR

Resources: 👉 0€ AI mini Training for Designers 👈 → ⁠⁠⁠Learn 3 strategies to leverage gen AI as a designer in just 30 min⁠⁠⁠ 💻 ✨Waiting list for the AI Academy: 6-week Bootcamp to Learn AI as a designer → ⁠⁠⁠Get notified when doors are opening again⁠⁠⁠ 💌 Newsletter → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fr ... Show More

17m 23s

Mar 2024

#59 New Internet: 5 Tips Tow to Prepare as a Designer

Resources mentioned ⁠Cale Carnegie - better speaking⁠ ⁠Adam Grant - Think again⁠ Resources: 👉 0€ AI mini Training for Designers 👈 → ⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn 3 strategies to leverage gen AI as a designer in just 30 min⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💻 ✨Waiting list for the AI Academy: 6-week Bootcamp to Learn AI as a d ... Show More

22m 47s

Dec 2019

327: Organizing Component Systems

In this week's episode, we follow up on a bunch of your tweets, and then we get super semantic about naming conventions and component organization. And as always, we share a couple cool things like a vehicle upgrade and a feed reader. Golden Ratio Patrons: Flywheel is a delightfu ... Show More

49m 57s

Dec 2024

S8 E10 | Developer Preview Today, Content Tomorrow: Angular Signals | Maciej Wojcik

Lara, Brian, and Chau are in for a lesson with Maciej where he walks everyone through the process of creating a free course for the ever-changing new API from Angular: Signals. We'll discuss how he approaches content creation and updating the material to stay relevant. Signals co ... Show More

1h 2m

CSS Preprocessors and Structuring CSS - ...