{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Design Table Podcast","title":"This Product Designer Built a SaaS Product in a Weekend (And There's No Way Back)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1672,"description":"You keep hearing that UX and product designers should build. Yet, most designers don’t.\nWhy is that? Are designers right? Is it just a case of social media nonsense?\nTo find out, we looked at what happens when someone actually does it.\nNot a side project they’ll finish later (but never do) or another concept that never makes it out of Figma.\nIt is a real product and it is live. All in one weekend. And for Tyler, the designer who built it, it changes everything.\nIn this episode of the Design Table Podcast, we discuss just that; what actually happens when a designer stops talking about building and forces the constraint to ship something real.\nWe get into the tools, the process, and what surprised us once the product was live and usable.\nBut more importantly; what this changes about how you think about your career (and what stays the same).\nBecause once you realize it’s possible to go from idea to something real that fast, you stop looking at job applications, portfolios, and “waiting your turn” the same way.\nThis episode is about what happens when the builder mindset stops being theory and becomes real.\nIn this episode you’ll learn:\n🔸 Why most designers stay stuck in the idea phase\n🔸 What actually happens when you try to ship in a weekend\n🔸 The tools that make building possible without a dev team\n🔸 What surprised us after launching something real\n🔸 Why this changes how you think about portfolios and jobs\n🔸 What it means to stop waiting and start building\n⏱ Chapters\n00:00 From layoffs to building\n05:00 Why talking about building isn’t enough\n10:00 The weekend challenge\n15:00 Tools used to build the product\n20:00 What actually worked and what didn’t\n26:00 What changed after shipping\n32:00 Why this changes your career strategy\nSubscribe to The Design Table Podcast\nhttps://www.designtablepodcast.com/subscribe\nMore about Tyler and Nick\nTyler: https://www.designtablepodcast.com/hosts/tyler-white\nNick: https://www.designtablepodcast.com/hosts/nick-groeneveld","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BVPjEKFe1ZnGctyPMQDbNaHQM1dmeHZmrE_j0FYVZ1Y/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81MmYz/NzNiMDgwNDYzN2Iz/ZjMxYTRhNjQxMWY3/YmY3Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}