Playgrounds: build small studios to explore UI ideas

Kyle Zantos is leading the new UX Tools Labs where he's responsible for figuring out what matters for new design tools and workflows.

As a result, he's pretty quickly become my go-to source as I transition into more of a builder with AI.

So this conversation is a deep dive into very specific tactics you can use on your own design engineering journey.

We'll go through recommended tools, workflows, and Kyle's process for building a design engineering "Skill" using Claude Code.

• Kyle’s portfolio site: https://zantos.co
• Leva control panel: https://threejsresources.com/tool/leva
• Compound Engineering plugin: https://github.com/EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin

• Jhey Tompkins: https://x.com/jh3yy
• Derek Briggs: https://x.com/PixelJanitor
• Will King: https://x.com/willking
• Emil Kowalski: https://x.com/emilkowalski