We saw so many old and new friends at React Miami with @clerk.com — watch these highlights and tag your friends when you spot them!
Will King
@wking.dev
Design Engineer — Making software that feels personal Ideas / Demos: https://www.wking.dev Podcast: https://strongopinions.transistor.fm/
Designers speak “aesthetic.” Devs speak “syntax.” @wking.dev speaks both. Catch him on #TechCommute with @jasontorres.bsky.social this Monday 🚀 October 20 | 3:00 PM EST RSVP → torc.dev/community
You will never guess who is going to be on the show today... Don't miss it! We will be LIVE @ 2:30 EST
Finished up the first demo for my talk next month. Goal is to give an intro to generative design by progressively adding more "generative" features and explaining why we need them. [video in 2 parts because of limits..] #generativedesign #generative #isometric #generativeart
My talk is up! Should you go watch it? (but you'll learn how to find the future you've always wanted if you do) www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN3h...
T-Minus 1 Hour to Riff & Refine! @joshcirre.com is on a well deserved vacation, buuuut we have @benholmen.com popping in to hang out. You should to! 👇 youtube.com/live/9Z0rUwt...
He spent SIX years on this...
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To grow as a designer, this is your foundation. The qualities AI cannot replace, only amplify:
We should be paid by the hour to come up with nicknames. @wking.dev podcast.thunk.dev/episodes/64-...
Vibe vs Mentor Coding Make these 3 changes and you get more than code from your time spent building your ideas:
Taste lives at the intersection of creation and consumption. Consumption broadens possibilities. Creation sharpens it. This back and forth refines your intuition for what matters.
📣 Attention agency workers, owners, subcontractors, and freelancers: I'm in customer interview mode for our new product. I would love to have an open ended conversation with you about what tools you use, and how they could be better. Reply to this or email me at john@thunk.dev if interested ❤️
Having a kitchen doesn’t make you a chef. The number of creative AI tools is exploding. They can feel like creative superpowers, but it is still your job to put in the reps. You can’t generate taste.
How do you stand out as a junior dev in today’s market? Join @tdesseyn.bsky.social & @wking.dev (Design Engineer @ Crunchy Data) for a convo on smart positioning, growth & breaking into tech. 🗓️ May 15 | ⏰ 10:30AM EST 🔗 torc.community
I'm launching a blog. In 2025. After saying blogging was dead. I was wrong!!! Journalists and writers like @andydehnart.com and @maliha.site have shown me how wrong I was about this. Why I'm doing this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcXq... The blog: RevenueRulebreaker.com
IT WORKS! I think I need some sound effects though. Also some real sprites.
Headed to @lambdaconf.bsky.social tomorrow to speak on Monday! Who else is going to be there?
How do the best stories hook you immediately? I read A LOT of fiction, and it all comes down to the same thing. Engaging stories hook you with one compelling character before introducing anything else that would be a distraction. This rule applies to more than just writing.
What else am I missing to take podcast production to the next level? Starting to invest more into the podcast with Ali. Spent some time this morning setting up a template for transcription and description generation based on our tone.
If anyone is going to be at LambdaConf next week let's hang! I will be there giving a talk on building and game engine with @gleam.run
A 10/10 episode fellas with @ianlandsman.com! I have two empanel recommendations based on the discussion @johnrudolphdrexler.com and @coulb.com
The line between design & code are blurring. But traditional career paths force you to pick a lane: "I only write code" "I'm just the designer" "That's not my department" "Someone else handles that part" But what if…
🔴 LIVE! @wking.dev is teaching us how to build a game engine in TypeScript: youtube.com/live/jx0jZwI...
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I owe my entire career to ambitious projects. Excited to talk more about it at Lambda Conf this year.
LambdaConf 2025@lambdaconf.bsky.social · last yr.@wking.dev kindly breaks down his process for tackling ambitious projects 👀 Blue Sky doesn't allow for more than 1-minute videos, so make sure to check out his very creative sneak peek here: www.linkedin.com/posts/lambda... Save your seat: buff.ly/4e0ZYB9
Brand refresh with Business Dad [@ianlandsman.com] and the Crew. Apparently I need some coaching on how to negotiate pricing 😅
Ali had a business idea so of course we had to make a pod 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2HG...
Hope you are enjoying your day off. Meanwhile my wife and @crunchydata.com pulled of a worldclass prank on me...
