Since I don't work on tools anymore, I'd like to share thoughts about the design workflow today, what I've learned making tools, and what could be on the horizon in the next few years.

This is a long thread so grab a ☕️/🍵+🍪 and settle in.
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Ok, let's start with workflow: Digital product design at a company is like cooking in a professional kitchen. *Everything* you do affects the rhythm and timing of the other chefs in the kitchen. The goal is to satisfy the customer with the ingredients that you have on hand so that they will want to come back.

I've felt absurdly lucky the past two years working at Tinder and now it's my last week here. I'm heading over to Amsterdam soon to go work at @Framer ❤️

A couple of lessons that I learned from the Tinder interface as parting advice. None of this is gospel. [ Thread ] You can distill super complicated ideas into a simple action—every hard problem has a solution and complexity is fine. This is the essence of great product and it's quite hard to get to but many give up. I promise you that it can be done. It's a skill you sharpen.