{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"State of Play","title":"Amelia Wattenberger: Designing The Next Flow State","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a331168f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2733,"description":"Amelia Wattenberger spent eight years as a front-end developer before the title on her business card turned into \"designer\" — she's been at GitHub, now she's building Intent.This conversation covers why developers are mourning their old flow state, the eras of AI coding tools from Copilot to CLI to the app era, why the spec is becoming the new source of truth, and what Amelia means when she says the work is shifting from implementation to intention.Get the UX Tools Newsletter (written by me)Join 100,000+ designers for weekly insights on creative software and the people shaping it: https://uxtools.coCHAPTERS:0:00 — The moment the IDE stopped making sense2:16 — The ladder of abstraction, and a career moving up and down it7:35 — Where the abstraction stops: you can't automate eating ice cream10:29 — Developers are mourning their flow state16:02 — Eras of AI coding tools: Copilot → CLI → the app22:43 — Living specs vs. static PRDs29:38 — Inside Intent: workspaces as desks you pick up and put down39:02 — Plan, implement, review — and where the medium goes next42:46 — Advice for people too employed to pathfind44:33 — Outro: where purpose lives when agents do the restLINKS:Intent: https://www.augmentcode.com/product/intentAmelia Wattenberger on X: https://x.com/WattenbergerAmelia's Musings: https://wattenberger.com/FOLLOW ME:X / Twitter: https://x.com/designertomIG: https://instagram.com/itsdesignertomLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tommygeoco","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Q4goNjMCyLVJblsVd-hc65Y9xpTGIkbjq5L00Huluhg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kZTM4/NTdjYjhlYmI5NzU0/YjRlNDNkMjFiNDgy/NTRhNi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}