Sam & Jony introduce io

Highlights of the week ↘

Lovable: Build apps and websites by chatting with AI - Idea to app in seconds, with your personal full stack engineer. - Lovable promoted

Sam & Jony introduce io - As io merges with OpenAI, Jony and LoveFrom will assume deep design and creative responsibilities across OpenAI and io. - Sam Altman, Jony Ive

The new design tool everyone’s talking about - Every time I open up Twitter it feels like someone is talking about the new design tool called Paper. - Stephen Haney, Michael Riddering

Product design, UX/UI and PM ↘

Factors of a good interface designer - A good interface designer blends creativity, technical skill, product thinking, and clear communication. - Anthony Hobday

Stronger design principles start with one question: ‘Versus What?’ - One of the hardest parts about writing down principles is to ensure they’re opinionated enough to be helpful. - Jehad Affoneh

Design engineering ↘

Web animations today and tomorrow - Learn how to guide, inform, and delight users by adding subtle and supportive animations to your web UIs. - Bramus Van Damme

CSS snippets - I’ve been thinking about the kind of CSS I write by default when I start a new project. - Jeremy Keith

Artificial intelligence ↘

MCP is the coming of Web 2.0 2.0 - Over the last few months, all the nerds have gotten excited about Model Context Protocol, or MCP. - Anil Dash

MCP: Model-Context-Protocol - David Soria Parra shared insights on the MCP, an open protocol designed to standardize how AI applications interact with external data sources and tools. - Luke Wroblewski

Thoughts on thinking - While using AI feels like a superhuman brain augmentation, when I look back on the past couple of years and think about how I explore new thoughts and ideas today, it looks a lot like sedation instead. - Dustin Curtis

Tools and resources ↘

Stitch by Google - Transform ideas into UI designs for mobile and web applications. - Google

Introducing Claude 4 - Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, setting new standards for coding, advanced reasoning, and AI agents. - Anthropic

Inspiration and creativity ↘

The Way of Code: The timeless art of vibe coding - Rick Rubin brings ancient wisdom to the modern age in The Way of Code, a meditation on the art and science of vibe coding. - Rick Rubin, Anthropic

Last but not least ↘

From WHY to HOW - The diamond circle for the AI era. - John Maeda