
Andrew
@coyleandrew
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Writing about design, startups, and the systems shaping our future. YC Alum - Previously at Google, Intuit, Flexport, Hey Healthcare (YC S19).
Joined September 2011
The UI is melting. No more buttons. No more dropdowns. The future of design?.It’s about shaping intelligence—not pixels.
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AI is dissolving the UI—reshaping design forever
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I wrote an article (that also includes video overviews) on the technique I use to build tables in Figma.
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Toggle on and off boolean properties from a single cell to build comprehensive tables in Figma
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Users resist unfamiliar interfaces not because they dislike change, but because their brains are wired to prefer the familiar—so great design respects existing patterns while carefully guiding users toward new ones.
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Users don’t hate change. They hate unfamiliarity.
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Designing for cognitive ease isn’t optional. It’s the new baseline. If users are mentally taxed every time they log in, they won’t stick around.
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Attention is scarce and most software wastes it
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People don’t read manuals. They guess and rely on instincts formed by every product they’ve used before. Design that works with, not against, this behavior is what defines product excellence.
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Bad design blames the user. Good design disappears.
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“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology” - E.O. Wilson.
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The Future Doesn’t Have to Be Human
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Let others debate. You build. Let others regulate. You invent. Let others wait. You write the next chapter. The future isn’t behind us. It’s ours to make.
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The biggest revolutions are still ahead—for those who build
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AI’s trillion-dollar question isn’t about compute—it’s about design. I wrote an article exploring why the application layer will determine who wins and who fails and how the AI boom mirrors past tech manias.
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AI’s $1 Trillion Gold Rush: Lessons from Past Tech Booms
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AI systems need to hallucinate in order to create.
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OpenAI's most advanced reasoning model is smarter than ever — but it hallucinates more than previous models, too.
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