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I Feel Like I Have Lightning in My Fingertips with Ridd Episode 25

I Feel Like I Have Lightning in My Fingertips with Ridd

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Ridd feels like he’s having more fun than ever as a designer because he can now code and close the gap using Claude to build features with full control over pixels, animations, and interactions. Brad and Ridd discuss how AI shrinks learning barriers, helps translate vague intentions into technical language, and enables individuals to realize ideas with less reliance on others, while complicating collaboration and threatening specialized roles. They explore problem-finding, local/community applications, hybrid service-plus-software models, anxiety about oversupply and discoverability, and Ridd’s deliberate optimism and early-adopter mindset.

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Jitter · A fast and simple motion design tool on the web
Dive Club 🤿
Ridd 🤿 (@ridd_design) / X
Emancipator
Layup

Chapters:
  • (00:00) - Introduction
  • (01:38) - Coding Unlocks Control
  • (13:16) - AI's Original Sin
  • (26:48) - Oversupply And Taste
  • (29:36) - Rebuilding Local Culture
  • (35:37) - Software As A Gift
  • (42:41) - Designers As Problem Finders
  • (51:46) - Design Identity Shift
  • (01:01:53) - Teaching The First Step
  • (01:10:36) - Flattened Hierarchies Opportunity
  • (01:15:18) - Optimism As Strategy
  • (01:21:44) - Music Picks And Playlists

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Creators and Guests

Brad Frost
Host
Brad Frost
Creator, web designer & developer, teacher, consultant, speaker, writer, musician, & artist. Author of Atomic Design. Enthusiasm enthusiast.
Ridd
Guest
Ridd
Building inflight.co Learning dive.club

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