Brett Williams - How a Visual Designer Became a Builder

What does it look like when a designer with zero technical background commits to shipping something real? That’s what this week’s episode with Brett Williams is all about. He gives us a behind-the-scenes of his journey building Gather including: Brett’s process for iterating on a design Brett’s new prototyping.md skill workflow How Brett maintains control while building with AI Brett’s strategy for adding sound design to Gather When Brett relies on Figma vs. explores directly in code + a lot more Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿 🌐 dive.club 🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclub Now you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪 Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:10 Brett's journey with building 7:47 Where Figma still fits in 13:09 Maintaining control while building with AI 20:11 Building a Twitter bookmarking extension 23:34 Dialing in the finer details 26:32 Strategies for collaborating with Claude 31:08 Prototyping sound design 33:18 Brett's prototyping.md skill 42:09 Strategies for icon libraries 45:01 Brett's thoughts on the future of design