designer

also referred to as: designers

5 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 25, 2024 by Michael Lopp · across every show →

Everything said about designer, oldest first

Jan 25, 2024 negative
Insight
Contracting out engineering or design for a startup is a disaster
“I think there's literally founders who think cool, but it's going to kind of Contract out the engineering or kind of bring in some con, you know, an upside firm to do this. This is a hugely horrible, bad idea. If you're trying to build software as to not, and …”
Michael Lopp Jan 25, 2024 ▶ 5:57 The human side of world-class engineering leadership | Michael Lopp (Apple, Palantir, Slack)
Dec 5, 2024 negative
Opinion
The biggest design problem is the gap between mockups and production code
“I think the biggest problem is that kind of, like, kind of gap between what's, you know, what's designed in their mock and what's actually built.”
Yuhki Yamashita Dec 5, 2024 ▶ 45:12 How Figma taps into taste, simplicity, and storytelling | Yuhki Yamashita (CPO)
Jun 5, 2025 negative
Opinion
Saarinen: Many product designers are too narrow-minded and ignore business context
“There's maybe that a lot of designers are too focused on their, like a little bit too narrow looking at things or narrow minded and not maybe interested enough, like what happens like around them or like around there or they're more just looking at the design …”
Karri Saarinen Jun 5, 2025 ▶ 1:28:41 Inside Linear: Why craft and focus still win in product building | Karri Saarinen (Co-founder & CEO)
Jun 5, 2025 neutral
Insight
Saarinen: Engineers validate startup ideas faster than designers through working prototypes
“So there's a little more like clear, like quicker bath to some kind of validation, I would say, versus like designers, you might have this idea of something could be better. But so you design it, but you still just have designs. You don't actually have the pro…”
Karri Saarinen Jun 5, 2025 ▶ 1:26:11 Inside Linear: Why craft and focus still win in product building | Karri Saarinen (Co-founder & CEO)
Mar 19, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Epling: AI enables designers to build front-end experiences without technical depth
“Like now with AI, it's like hopefully going to get like, it's just getting more and more easier for people to do that without all that technical expertise.”
Jeremy Epling Mar 19, 2026 ▶ 1:02:11 The product wisdom every CPO should ignore | Jeremy Epling (CPO, Vanta)
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