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1Feb 10We made a tool that lets you absorb the vibe of anything you point it at and apply it to your designs It's absurd and it just works Style Dropper, now available in @variantui204×3.5M14k88318k
2Oct 4, '23Someone parked a 1 of 3 Porsche 959 S Prototype ($2-3M) on the street with their windows down and keys inside126×2.2M15k362636
3May 1, '25So $440k/month on interns and rent, with $5.3M raised This new generation of founders is absolutely fearless76.6×1.3M8.2k1621.5k
4Dec 19, '24Keyboard I've been waiting over a year for just dropped—straight out of Bladerunner46.4×791k11k5123.1k
5May 3, '23Introducing Parallel Cam Take pictures of your friends—gradually, photos of them from parallel universes will appear in your camera roll. Edit a photo’s metadata, and a matching im40.9×698k2.4k179887
6Apr 29, '25We raised $5.9M to build @variantui: code generation with taste, range, and room to explore Invites start rolling out today, reply for early access38.3×654k4.5k2183.3k
7Nov 28, '23I asked ChatGPT to make a design that pops For every 10 likes I’ll make the design pop more36.9×629k1.8k53333
8Oct 13, '23Apply to YC29.6×505k1.3k59215
9Sep 11, '22Watching someone use your product:28.5×09.5k1.3k1.1k
10Mar 14, '25It’s starting…22.7×388k3k2661.5k
11Nov 4, '25What do these smell like? One-shotted in @variantui, if you'd like to try we're bringing on a few more beta testers18.7×319k2.6k582.5k
12Jul 2, '25wow, zuck ain't playing16×273k7.3k222259
13Mar 4, '25Vibe coding is all fun and games until you have to vibe debug15.4×262k6k452310
15Oct 16, '25If you want your generations to feel designed and not…generated We hid a few invite codes to @variantui in this video The first 100 get unlimited credits, reply for a hint14.9×254k95978435
16Aug 14, '24Introducing Subform—a canvas for branching and remixing AI chats. Built in two weeks using $400 of Claude credits, blood, sweat and tears Link below14.4×246k1.8k1341.5k
17Nov 20, '23Interim CEO at OpenAI is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts14.3×244k2.8k21476
18May 7, '25Designers, it's time to build13.2×225k1.2k151724
19Jul 10, '25If distribution were really the only moat, we'd all be using apps from celebrities12.2×208k1.1k31181
20Jun 10, '25Liquid glass WITH edge refraction in Figma Radial masks + blurs + textures11.7×199k1.8k671.1k
21Mar 6, '24Wild that one of the founders of Anthropic also founded Grouper, the group dating app:10.9×186k58518138
22Oct 28, '25Here’s one of my favorite @variantui workflows: Sketch a wireframe → make it real → explore styles until you find a design you love Reply if you'd like to try, giving away 50 beta 10.4×178k1.5k701.1k
23Mar 19, '25Cursor/Windsurf need a way to "save" a checkpoint and name it—versioning for vibe coders10.3×175k1.1k1989
24Aug 8, '25Anyone that has lived through a major redesign knows generating UI on the fly won't be a thing for most products10×171k7462199
26Aug 8, '23Posts are more fun when you can collect them like Pokemon cards9.3×158k1.1k64369
27Nov 20, '24My good friend James passed away Monday night. I was fortunate to have seen him one last time on Sunday, but I couldn't keep it together long enough to express how much he meant to9.3×158k9991592
28Apr 21, '25100% true...for now One shot with @variantui, coming soon9.2×156k1.2k38825
29Jul 25, '23💬❤️👎➡️9.0×154k77538234
30Oct 13, '23I’m in the arena trying stuff. Some will work, some won’t. But always learning.8.7×149k3771118
33Oct 12, '23I made a handy chart for those still confused why this outcome is actually bad8.0×136k5031323
34Dec 22, '22Design founders are prone to overdoing visual polish—great for the ego but rarely a differentiator.7.9×134k4851981
35May 19, '25Making spinners fun again @variantui7.9×134k93229496
36May 30, '25As someone that mains iMessage for notes, I've wanted something like this for years Something I designed but never built (pre-gpt):7.8×134k78211761
37May 29, '25Imagine these on the homepages of stripe, posthog, etc7.6×130k5508205
38Aug 21, '23Expensive design shit that's worth every single penny: M2 Macbook Pro Pro Display XDR Figma Pro Herman Miller Aeron 606 Shelving System by Dieter Rams Rotring 500 Gather by Ugmonk 7.6×130k54117731
39Jul 31, '24A butterfly flaps its wings...7.3×125k1.9k1596
41Feb 16, '24.png7.1×122k1.1k4341
42Apr 29, '21It's time to bring back conversation pits6.7×02.6k156252
44Jan 12, '23A designer I'm mentoring didn't know iOS was skeuomorphic before iOS 7 "I thought skeuomorphism was a new trend"6.4×109k367324
46Feb 20, '24What if your calendar were more like an assistant? AI calendar exploration by @ronithhh and me:5.9×101k58133416
47Jul 18, '25My dream Slack replacement: 1. Simple, clean design 2. Feed of key discussions (summarized) across orgs 3. Natural language prompts, no commands 4. Perplexity-like search in and ac5.9×101k4286431
49Sep 30, '24I’m starting a new company alongside @bulhosa called Variant (@variantui)–backed by YC We're building tools that work with product designers, helping them do and see more Link belo5.8×99k57125152
50Mar 6, '21As a designer: “that looks 1px off“ As a founder: “fuck it ship it”5.7×02.5k16270
51Nov 26, '19Flight attendant: Is there a doctor onboard? Dad: *nudging me* that should've been you Me: Not now Dad Dad: Not asking for a Designer to help, are they? Me: Dad, there's a medical 5.7×02.2k36925
52Oct 30, '25This isn't generating fonts It's vectorizing glyphs from images you upload, and poorly5.6×95k1.4k52145
53Feb 12, '25Great designers look like creative geniuses, but they're actually just brute forcing hundreds of mental simulations faster than others can build and test one solution5.5×93k79572234
54Apr 26, '24Just got a great swag idea…5.4×91k7171224
56Jan 3, '25Classic PM vs Designer situation Designer: this looks like shit PM: it will convert better Result: it converts better and looks like shit5.2×89k9042158
57Jul 21, '23Didn't like the redundant pfp next to the comment field so I used the one in the nav instead 💭5.0×85k53018162
58Mar 20, '25What if Pinterest felt more like real moodboarding? Vibe crafted last night with @variantui4.8×82k1k41615
59Feb 10, '20Side projects are fun Here’s one that never saw the light of day—was trying to capture the feeling of being in the same space as your team:4.5×01.7k103231
60Aug 24, '25Amazed at how many replies clearly don’t know who Soleio is He assembled (selected) some of the most legendary design teams ever: Facebook, Dropbox, Figma, etc Chances are, your ta4.5×77k4147113
61May 16, '24It's trivial to make little apps for yourself these days AI camera that makes logging my meals easier:4.4×75k62822465
62Apr 21, '20UI is mostly text. Great UI design is mostly great typography and copy.3.8×01.5k16184
63Oct 17, '25She said yes...but only after I threw in a @variantui invite3.4×58k647040
64Jun 10, '21Lord, give me the confidence of a mediocre PM giving design feedback3.2×01.4k9051
65May 27, '25Excited to welcome @raphaelsalaja to the @variantui team The rare engineer with great taste and attention to detail (just look at his work!) Can’t wait to share who else is joining3.2×55k4796225
66Feb 17, '25"Ah yes, I see the issue now"3.2×54k1.2k4741
67Aug 23, '24This is the new normal LLMs are much better at code than design, which means more designers coding than coders designing3.2×54k51430196
68Mar 31, '25"We've forgotten how to explore" The @variantui manifesto:3.2×54k48136257
69Mar 16, '25Dear VCs – what you post on X. Founders are watching. If you invest pre-seed or seed or A. Don’t lecture founders on how to act, think, or tweet – have an opinion but don’t burn yo3.1×53k5031634
70May 20, '25They're great as hover states too3.1×53k83921407
72Sep 21, '24If you gave up being a founder because you were rejected from YC...they made the right call3.0×51k4851424
73Jun 16, '20Earlier in the year I explored using captions to give podcasts superpowers:3.0×01k64178
76Aug 23, '23It's been 24 hours since someone engagement farmed Dynamic Island so here you go:2.9×50k49912139
77Dec 6, '24Had a little too much fun with the @variantui pitch deck graphics2.9×49k69425394
78Jun 19, '24What if you could interrupt a podcast episode to ask a question? Or tell the host to get to the point? Or even bring in another guest? An experiment with @C_H_Wood2.9×49k37721240
80Sep 4, '25Simple duplicate video underneath a blur trick2.3×40k4928379
81Dec 18, '20Almost every note taking app is over-indexed on features instead of speed2.0×08101064
82Apr 17, '21$1.8M in SF1.9×08615810
83Nov 12, '25Tutorial cards don’t have to be boring If you want a closer look, we’re opening up another handful of invites for @variantui1.8×31k56425463
84Apr 1, '25It's 2025 and I'm listening to a song I vibe composed, on a media player I vibe coded, using a tool I created for vibe crafting I love the future1.6×27k42212192
85Feb 6, '20More designers should be founders—the quickest way to get a seat at the table is to build the table.1.5×05548729
88Sep 13, '21dropping soon...1.3×05452333
89Sep 6, '19STOP pitting design tools against each other Figma is COLLABORATIVE Framer is POWERFUL Sketch is FUNDAMENTAL Webflow is NEXT-LEVEL Principle is NIMBLE Adobe XD ProtoPie is DELIGHTF1.3×05025030
90Aug 30, '20Hot take: SF is still the best place to start a company. It’s so boring you have no choice but to be productive.1.3×06071111
91Sep 4, '22There’s a category of product designer that are very gifted at interviewing and not much else One FAANG and they ride the prestige between companies and into management where their1.2×04541171
93Aug 1, '21The new 30 under 301.0×0521117
94Apr 12, '20The future of social won’t look like Zoom, it’ll look like Animal Crossing.1.0×04323218
95Dec 5, '22Some news: Sonar is getting acquired by @Lensprotocol! It became clear to us that all the building blocks to transform the way we connect online are right there on Lens. We're exci1.0×03552025
96Sep 9, '20Some personal news: After 8 amazing years in SF I’m excited to announce I’ve moved to Mars1.0×0487208
98Aug 11, '22so twitter is buzzfeed now?0.9×03542917
99Mar 24, '21YC founders Gen Z 🤝 no cap0.9×03962014

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