Ron Goldin - Building your ideas as a design leader

Ron Goldin - Building your ideas as a design leader

This week's episode is with Ron Goldin [https://rongoldin.com/] who has led design at Google, Shopify, UberEats, and in my opinion... he's the perfect example of what it looks like to thrive as a design leader in an AI world. So this week’s episode is a deep dive into his journey as a builder and it’s full of stories: * Redesigning the Shopify checkout * Ron’s unique research tactics for UberEats * Building MTCHMKR [https://mtchmkr.io/] from scratch in Lovable * Navigating the job market as a design leader * a lot more

How Anthropic, Every, & Ramp design with AI

A couple of weeks ago I recorded my first ever episode in front of a live audience (at Ramp HQ in NYC) 🗽 So today I’m excited to share the panel discussion recording with 3 incredible guests: 1. Meaghan Choi [https://www.linkedin.com/in/meaghanchoi/] who is the design lead for Claude Code and Cowork 2. Dan Shipper [https://x.com/danshipper] who is the CEO of Every [https://every.to/] and one of my favorite thinkers when it comes to AI 3. And Bradley Ziffer [https://x.com/bradleyziffer] who is a design engineer at Ramp It’s a deep dive into AI design workflows at Anthropic, Ramp, and Every and I think you’ll enjoy it :) The event was hosted by Double Diamond [https://doublediamondnyc.substack.com/] and Ramp [https://ramp.com/]

Andy Madrick - Why AI changed design handoff forever

⭐️ Check out Andy’s course - Craft at Speed https://join.dive.club/maven-aff-andy-madrick [https://join.dive.club/maven-aff-andy-madrick] Use code DIVECLUB for 15% off Andy Madrick ( https://x.com/andymadrick [https://x.com/andymadrick] ) is rethinking what it means to be a designer in 2026. While at Notion, he’s developed a workflow where he prototypes directly in code, ships frontend PRs, and uses AI tools like Cursor to own the final polish of user interfaces. In this episode we get a look into how he keeps all these things in motion and still designs with insane attention to detail. Some highlights: * Building one of Notion’s most visible UIs * Why recreating interactions teaches you craft * Owning the last 5-20% of frontend polish work * The “jelly bean factory” problem with AI output * When to start in Figma vs. jumping straight to code * How Andy creates prototypes that content teams can edit * a lot more

Tommy Geoco - The state of the design industry right now

Over the last few months, Tommy Geoco [https://x.com/designertom] has went on site to study today’s top design teams (Vercel, Perplexity, Metalab, Ramp, etc.). So this week’s episode is a deep dive into all of the trends he’s seeing around AI workflows and where design is headed next. Some highlights: * Why 59% of designers build their own tools * Tommy’s current tool stack for AI design work * What signals show AI fluency in job interviews * Why internal tool building is the new career path * Why now is the best time to grow in the design community * How design workflows have become creative director roles * a lot more Ben Blumenrose (mentioned as having good insights on design)

Katarina Batina - Making big bets with design

How do the best designers shape strategy at companies like Shopify? That’s what today’s episode with Design Director Katarina Batina [https://x.com/katarinabatina] is all about. Some highlights: * Balancing metrics and vision * Redesigning the shopping cart UX * Taking a big bet on the shopping feed * How product strategy has changed with AI * How to get people excited about your ideas * How to make sure you don't overcook your app * a lot more * Katarina mentioned John Rundle [https://x.com/jonrundle] and Luke Dupont [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukedupont/]