Dive Club 🤿 Julius Tarng - Dissolving the line between design and engineering
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May 30, 2024 
Designer Julius Tarng shares insights on approaching work with an engineering mindset. Discusses deep background in prototyping, collaboration at Linear, and why design engineering is a missed opportunity. Explores evolution of design tools, challenges of fulfilling both design and engineering roles, collaboration between engineer and designer, and leveraging AI in the tech industry.
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From Foam Models To Code Prototypes
- Julius learned prototyping in industrial design by making foam models and physically iterating on ideas.
- He now applies the same rapid trial mindset to code to condense iteration time and test ideas faster.
Prototyping A Map Tool At Felt
- Julius freelanced at Felt to define and build map drawing tools, starting with a shading tool prototype.
- He iterated in code to discover edge cases, then expanded to text and UI while testing with users over months.
Choose Tools By The Feedback Speed
- Figma shines when you want to explore without constraints because it's faster than coding for many early ideas.
- Julius often skips Figma and goes straight from notebook sketches into code when clarity and speed align.