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I keep getting asked how design teams with unlimited tokens actually work.
So I asked @arthurhilhorst to show me how the @Lovable design team ships new features and took a bunch of notes:
1. Can you ship?
> Being comfortable shipping was pretty much a prerequisite when Arthur first talked to @nadonomy about joining Lovable.
> Every designer at Lovable has to design in code and ships PRs.
> For example, Arthur literally shipped a PR in 10 minutes to fix a button issue.
2. 90% agentic exploration + 10% human touch
> Arthur uses Lovable + @paper MCP to explore a ton of design iterations.
> For further explorations he leaves comments on the Paper canvas like he would for a teammate and Lovable reads them and makes the changes itself. I think this is way more productive than prompting the agents all the changes you want for the next iteration.
> For the last mile Arthur manually tweaks the variations he likes in the Paper canvas. Old school style.
3. The taste you've acquired over the years is the moat
> It's super satisfying to prompt an agent and get 20 variants instantly on the canvas.
> But if you don't have the muscle memory to judge why something is good you'll just go with good enough.
> Get really good at the fundamentals like color, typography, visual rhythm and layout. And you only get good at those by grinding in the hours.
👀 Watch how the Lovable design team works: youtube.com/watch?v=c7jmlR…View quoted post on X
Rich text editing has landed in Paper!
This is a big upgrade for Paper's MCP, Snapshot, and the editor -- more info in 🧵View quoted post on X
New: rich text editing is live in Paper!
Designers have been asking for this one ✨
Plus Snapshot is now more accurate: copy/paste your live site as layers
Text uses html/css so what you design is what you ship
And it's perfect with agents: code in, code out
Sound on 🔊View quoted post on X
