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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 30/10/2025
"you stop designing AT developers, and start designing WITH them" Tech Takes | How do I actually get my designs used by my dev team? __ #productdevelopment #productdesign #startup #webdev #webdesign #ai #design
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 29/10/2025
Prepping my JavaScript for Designers course! After lots of iterations, I feel like I've finally cracked how to sequence all the JS content so it just clicks right away for designers 😁 We're up to 6 sections and over 50 lessons--can't wait to start filming!
Split-screen showing a Notion course list for “JS for Designers” with lessons marked “Not started,” and a code example explaining arrays of objects with merchants like Taco Bell and McDonald’s, followed by examples such as Airbnb listings and groceries apps.
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 10/10/2025
Anyone else naming their Figma layers like this? 👀 Feels like it helps dev/ai <> design collaboration, but could also get confusing on larger teams. Plus, it assumes design team can work with HTML/CSS structures.
A Figma layer list using HTML elements and Tailwind CSS classes as layer names.
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 09/10/2025
If you're a designer who's always been curious about how JavaScript variables work, then tomorrow's Technically Lit newsletter is just for you 😄 Sign up today to make sure it lands in your inbox: technicallylit.com/newsletter
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 30/09/2025
How do product designers keep up with today’s ever expanding list of responsibilities? On the season two premiere of Technically Lit, I sat down with Sylvia Nguyen Dang, Principal Product Designer at DIG, to explore this question and a whole lot more.
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 23/09/2025
Our latest Tech Take episode gets into one of the most overlooked parts of product design: loading states. As designers, we love to obsess over finished screens, but the in-between moments are where trust is built (or lost).
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 16/09/2025
And… that’s a wrap for season one of the Technically Lit podcast! Thank you so much to all of the incredible guests who joined us on the show. I feel so lucky to have had the chance to speak with each of you.
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 02/09/2025
Most of our Technically Lit conversations have been with people building in scrappy startup environments. That’s why I’m so excited for our latest episode with Adam Wilson who brings a very different perspective straight from Microsoft.
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 19/08/2025
Stop thinking perfect code = a great product. Your team ships clean architecture. You polish the UI until it gleams. You document every edge case. But none of that guarantees you’re building something users actually need.
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 14/08/2025
Tomorrow’s Technically Lit newsletter dives into a question I’ve been obsessed with: what actually makes a great product team and how you can spot them. We’re now on Substack, so if you want the full breakdown (and future issues) grab the link in the comment 👇
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 05/08/2025
Stop confusing process with culture. Your team does standups. You run retros. You’ve got a Notion doc for everything. But a full calendar and all the docs in the world won't magically translate into a stellar culture.
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 22/07/2025
Are product and marketing the ultimate frenemies? Different tools. Different timelines. Same goal: build something people actually want. And when they don’t get along? Everything breaks. 🧵
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 17/07/2025
Wrote about dealing with the paradox of scaling (how adding more people does not linearly translate to more output) for tomorrow's Technically Lit newsletter. Join us to read all about it: technicallylit.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 16/07/2025
If your product touches data (hint: it does), you need to understand CRUD. Not just the acronym - Create, Read, Update, Delete - but the full data lifecycle behind every user interaction. Let’s break it down 🧵
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 11/07/2025
Have reached the point where I'm building mini custom apps for YouTube videos, let's see how long I can keep this up 😆
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 08/07/2025
Most product teams obsess over features, the best ones obsess over team cohesion. Just dropped a pod w/ Jason Chen from Trestle on what makes great product teams actually work 👇
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 01/07/2025
An under-appreciated characteristic of the best product teams? Specificity. Let me explain 🧵
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 24/06/2025
Great products don’t win because they have the most features. They win because users feel like they were built for them. On the latest Technically Lit, I talked to Salesforce dev Dee Knell about what it really takes to build with empathy especially when you’re not a technical founder. 🧵
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 20/06/2025
Wow 🤩 500 YouTube subscribers. Nothing like a little digital confetti to start the day! Thank you for being part of our journey so far. We have so much awesome content planned for Technically Lit, and I’m so excited to share it all with you! Next stop 1,000 💫
A screenshot from YouTube showing 500 subcribers.
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 18/06/2025
The Design Paradox: The more attached you are to your mockups, the harder it can be to ship. Try not to let let pixel perfection cost you progress! Ep 003 - Start ugly: a product design process that drives results - Tech Takes __ #productdevelopment #productdesign #startup #tech #webdesign
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 17/06/2025
BEWARE of the mockup trap 🪤 Ep 003 - Start ugly: a product design process that drives results - Tech Takes __ #productdevelopment #productdesign #startup #tech #webdesign #marketing #design #webdev #AI
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 17/06/2025
Build first, polish later. In the latest Tech Takes ep, I walk through my actual product design process - and why *starting ugly* leads to better products. Also: -Why polished mockups can block real feedback -How messiness actually reveals user pain -Why rough drafts build team trust
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 16/06/2025
"[AI] will be just as important as electricity over time" Ep 001 - Why great developers don't just write code - Josh Knell __ #AI #productdevelopment #coding #productdesign #tech #startups
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 12/06/2025
Looking at the same data doesn’t always mean you’re reading the same story 🤔 Ep 002 - Why every marketer should think like a product team - Mitchell Wright __ #productdevelopment #productdesign #startup #tech #data #marketing #vercel #design #webdev
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 10/06/2025
It's not just about WHAT to build, it's also about WHY. Ep 004 - The Art of Product Alignment - Jason McCarty __ #tech #startup #productdevelopment #productdesign #UI #UX
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 10/06/2025
One of the most underrated (and misunderstood) skills in product development? Alignment. Not just sprint planning. Not just stand-ups. We're talking real, strategic, vision-level alignment. On Ep 4 of Technically Lit, I sat down with product leader Jason McCarty to unpack it:
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 06/06/2025
If you're looking for product-market fit, you need to break out of the office and find your users 🔎 Ep 003 - Smell your users: why distance kills good product thinking - Emiliano Villarreal __ #tech #startup #productdevelopment #productdesign #UI #UX
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 06/06/2025
Plenty of product teams say they care about users, but few actually understand them. If you care about building products that truly serve those who use them, then Episode 3 of Technically Lit with Emiliano Villareal is for you! 👇
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 05/06/2025
Every handoff is an opportunity to build trust with your team 🤝 Tech Takes - Ep 2 - How to become your dev team's favorite designer
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 05/06/2025
If you’ve ever had a design get “lost in translation” on its way to production, this is for you. 🧵 On today’s Tech Takes, we're sharing how we prep our Figma files for seamless hand-offs.
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 03/06/2025
If devs are guessing, then my design isn’t done. Tech Takes - Ep 1 - Building products that don’t break under pressure __ #productdevelopment #productdesign #tech #startup #coding #design
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 03/06/2025
One of the biggest mistakes product teams can make: only designing for the happy path. Because users drop off. They get confused. They NEVER do what you expect. On today’s Tech Takes, we cover how product teams can: ✅ Design for real-world behavior 🔎 Catch friction early 😌 Make the QA a breeze
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 03/06/2025
Sometimes users tell us more than the data does 👀 Ep 002 - Why every marketer should think like a product team - Mitchell Wright __ #productdevelopment #tech #startup #coding #productmarketing
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 02/06/2025
Hot take: Marketing and product teams should be best friends. That’s why I loved my convo with Mitchell Wright, Head of Marketing at StackBlitz (bolt.new) - for Ep 2 of Technically Lit. We talked data, AI, and effective product decision making strategies. 🧵
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Mitchell Wright - Why every marketer should think like a product team
In this conversation, Mitchell Wright (https://x.com/mitchellbwright), the head of marketing at StackBlitz, shares his unique career journey that blends mark...
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 01/06/2025
There’s probably a better way to do this, but now I have a bunch of scripts to configure my screens for recording videos 😅
A file tree listing out a bunch of bash and apple scripts
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 30/05/2025
If you’re currently a technical leader or want to become one, then Episode 1 of Technically Lit with Josh Knell is for you. Josh walked me through his years of hard won experience leading technical teams and his personal operating system for productive technical collaboration.
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 28/05/2025
Crazy to realize that I’m coming up on 15 years of working in product now. Reflecting on my journey, I asked myself, “if there was one thing I could tell young Nick to get better at, what would that be?”
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 27/05/2025
One of my favorite courses of all-time, and I'm sure it's beyond better now. If you want to get better at screencasting, this is THE way to do it.
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Jason Cohen @asmartbear.com · 12/05/2025
People who are geniuses at (A) are rarely good at explaining (A) to muggles. When they are (e.g. Feynman), they are beloved. But it almost never happens. This is why companies need do’ers and explain’ers both. Many engineers don’t appreciate this.
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 29/04/2025
Please use ids for all of your data relationships. Currently dealing with a project that uses strings for relations (and different columns for different relations) that I can't refactor yet because legacy services rely on the existing architecture 🫠
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 31/03/2025
Seeing lots of folks jump on the AI bandwagon, but has anyone done the opposite? Like, we're building this product and committing to no AI features?
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 31/03/2025
This is rad
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 26/03/2025
Had a great workshop last week with the Technically Lit content. Now to iterate and refine into videos 💪
An outline of the Technically Lit curriculum highlighting static web fundamentals.
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 24/03/2025
Is there a good alternative to Substack that includes distribution?
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 16/03/2025
What an #f1 season opener! We’re in for an exciting year 😄
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 14/03/2025
Been having so much fun customizing the #Laravel starter kits–really impressed with how well organized they are for adding things like teams, invites, admin portals, and more!
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 10/03/2025
Working on the Technically Lit demos and I've built the same project 5 different ways now 😅 - Figma mockups - static HTML/CSS - static with vanilla JS - a Laravel API - an Astro frontend consuming that API Last step is a full monolith with Laravel 💪
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Chris Coyier @chriscoyier.net · 05/03/2025
It’s almost like they are saying one thing and doing another. Imagine announcing to the world you're going to do the difficult job of making big changes and cuts in the government in order to make it more efficient. Then taking an organization that is demonstrably doing that job well already and…
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It’s almost like they are saying one thing and doing another.
Imagine announcing to the world you're going to do the difficult job of making big changes and cuts in the government in order to make it more efficient. Then taking an organization that is demonstrably doing that job well already and destroying the whole thing. What if I told you there was a group of user researchers, engineers, product managers, and procurement specialists within the federal government whose job was to partner with other federal agencies, learn directly from them and the people they serve what problems they face, and come up with solutions tested with real users?
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 28/02/2025
I know there's so much cool stuff we can with CSS today, but something about a fun button hover delights my inner kid so much 😂
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Nick Basile @nick-basile.com · 27/02/2025
Designed a March madness style bracket experience this week and it was surprisingly complicated. Lot of different states and depths to consider, and then there was mobile 😅
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