Design Engineering: The next era of Software Design
summary
Claims that design and code are converging with measurable changes: GitHub increases hiring of design engineers to ship UI and prototypes, Copilot launches June 2021 (GA a year later) and uses ghost text to keep developers in flow, Spark ships as an R&D preview for idea-to-code, Primer originates as a 2011 Ruby gem and opensources in 2015, teams build Mona Sands variable fonts and a redesigned accessible signup that ships and improves metrics, designers must code to test non‑deterministic AI outputs and shorten feedback loops.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 0:48Evolution of front-end design
- 39:28The role of design engineering
- 47:04Human creativity and AI
- 53:22Future of software design
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