🤿 choo choo

One of the biggest parts of my design practice is knowing which tool to reach for when coding with AI.

There are a lot of options and they’re changing every week 😅

So in this episode, I break down:

1. The mental model I use to think about different types of AI coding workflows

2. How that model guides which tools I actually reach for day to day

3. The new AI coding product I’m completely hooked on right now

🤝 WITH RAYCAST

So I got a new computer recently… and what do you think was the first app that I installed?

If you’ve been listening to this show for a bit, you probably guessed that the answer is Raycast.

At this point it’s an extension of my fingertips and the core way that I use my computer.

And I’m not alone… I see this sentiment from people I look up to on Twitter all the time so if you’re still on the fence, just do it.

Download Raycast and thank me later. Click the link the get started 👇

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Using AI as a design engineer

Remember Jakub that Kyle Zantos referenced in his Claude Code Toolkit?

Well he just released an awesome article about how he uses AI as a design engineer.

He covers everything from tools, commands, process, etc. Definitely worthy of a bookmark 👇

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Perplexity intern’s portfolio

Remember a couple of weeks ago when Henry Modisett (VP of Design at Perplexity) shared they’re bringing on a design intern?

Well I was curious what kind of portfolio you have to have in order to get a team like Perplexity to take a bet on you.

As you can guess… it’s pretty good lol.

Emmi’s footer is spectacular 💯

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2026 AI Design Field Report

ICYMI I shared my 6 takeaways from Stephen Haney’s episode in written form.

Doruk quote tweeted it and shared a take that I cannot stop thinking about.

I’m officially obsessed with solving this problem because it’s driving me crazy.

Here’s the full article👇

🧃 INSPIRATION JUICE

3 things I saved this week

1️⃣ Cutout card style

I stared at these cards from Nick Stepuk for way too long. I think the tiny dot grid surrounding the illustrations is what makes it.

Check it out →

2️⃣ Technical isometric style

One of my favorite styles I’m starting to see more of is this technical isometric composition.

Jeff Broderick nails it here 💯

Check it out →

3️⃣ Bouncy animated icons

I love the way these icons from Oguz move 👏 Feels so satisfying.

Check it out →

Meet the Dive partners 

I made a list of my favorite products and asked them to come on as sponsors of the newsletter/podcast. They said yes 🥹

The #1 way to support Dive Club is to check them out👇

Framer​ → How I build my websites

Genway → How I do research

Granola → How I take notes during CRIT

Jitter​ → How I animate my designs

Lovable → How I build my ideas in code

Mobbin → How I find design inspiration

Paper → How I design like a creative

Raycast ​ → How I stay in flow while I work

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