Meng To - How to build your ideas with AI
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One of the most impressive things Iâve seen a designer make all year is Meng Toâs Dreamcut.Itâs the perfect example of what it looks like to transition from traditional designer to builder đŞ So if youâre interested in becoming a designer who ships then this is the episode for you.Meng gives a highly practical breakdown of what it looks like to go from 0 to 50,000+ lines of code as a designer. And Meng is the perfect person to onboard you into tools like Claude and Cursor because heâs spent 10+ years teaching designers how to code through Design+Code. So in this episode we go deep into:Mengâs tech stack and go-to AI toolsHow to fine-tune visual details in codeThe secret to an effective first 10 promptsHow to find the perfect first project to buildHow much code you need to know to build with AIWhat parts were easier/harder than Meng expectedWhy Meng considers Claude the newest design toola lot moreâŚMeng uses Claude + Cursor to build his ideasMengâs original .svg pattern product that he build to get startedMengâs new Dream Cut editorMeng previously used Screen Studio (which is awesome), CapCut, and Eleven Labs for videosAI typically uses TailwindCSS (Meng also mentioned the Shadcn component library)Meng also mentioned V0 and Bolt as alternatives to ClaudeScratch is visual programming for kids