Kumail Hunaid
@kumailht.com
Helping founders design & build stuff:
http://kumailht.com
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Kumail Hunaid
@kumailht.com
· Nov 23
Here's what you should know about me:
1. I'm a designer+engineer.
2. Self taught (open courses, blogs, mentors)
3. Did the corporate life (lots of fun, money, travel)
4. Now I'm after freedom!
5. I'm building apps (indiehacking, build in public)
6. Also building apps for founders (consulting)
1. I'm a designer+engineer.
2. Self taught (open courses, blogs, mentors)
3. Did the corporate life (lots of fun, money, travel)
4. Now I'm after freedom!
5. I'm building apps (indiehacking, build in public)
6. Also building apps for founders (consulting)
You lease this for $300k/year
What business do you start?
What business do you start?
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
You lease this for $300k/year
What business do you start?
What business do you start?
Designers sell taste
The hardest thing about selling taste is that the client must have it too
The finer things in life are appreciated by fewer and fewer people
This makes the business of design really hard
The better you get, the fewer people you can sell to
The hardest thing about selling taste is that the client must have it too
The finer things in life are appreciated by fewer and fewer people
This makes the business of design really hard
The better you get, the fewer people you can sell to
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Designers sell taste
The hardest thing about selling taste is that the client must have it too
The finer things in life are appreciated by fewer and fewer people
This makes the business of design really hard
The better you get, the fewer people you can sell to
The hardest thing about selling taste is that the client must have it too
The finer things in life are appreciated by fewer and fewer people
This makes the business of design really hard
The better you get, the fewer people you can sell to
Good designers do well in Figma
Great designers do well in prod
Great designers do well in prod
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Good designers do well in Figma
Great designers do well in prod
Great designers do well in prod
The critical point every financial advisor guru moron won't tell you is:
"past performance is no guarantee of future returns"
if I was investing based on past performance, I can buy Bitcoin, why would I buy the S&P?
"past performance is no guarantee of future returns"
if I was investing based on past performance, I can buy Bitcoin, why would I buy the S&P?
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The critical point every financial advisor guru moron won't tell you is:
"past performance is no guarantee of future returns"
if I was investing based on past performance, I can buy Bitcoin, why would I buy the S&P?
"past performance is no guarantee of future returns"
if I was investing based on past performance, I can buy Bitcoin, why would I buy the S&P?
Are you a good person?
Then start a business
Be the force that does business with ethics
It is imperative you gain power and wealth
And balance out what evil people are doing
Then start a business
Be the force that does business with ethics
It is imperative you gain power and wealth
And balance out what evil people are doing
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Are you a good person?
Then start a business
Be the force that does business with ethics
It is imperative you gain power and wealth
And balance out what evil people are doing
Then start a business
Be the force that does business with ethics
It is imperative you gain power and wealth
And balance out what evil people are doing
Post your opinions under your real name
If you can't, are you really free?
If you can't, are you really free?
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Post your opinions under your real name
If you can't, are you really free?
If you can't, are you really free?
I schedule my posts and you should too
Create more, Consume less
Reduce brain rot
Content performs differently
Reduces platform risk
Support emerging platforms
Engage on all
I use Typefully for this, which I love
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Create more, Consume less
Reduce brain rot
Content performs differently
Reduces platform risk
Support emerging platforms
Engage on all
I use Typefully for this, which I love
typefully.com/?via=k2
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November 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I schedule my posts and you should too
Create more, Consume less
Reduce brain rot
Content performs differently
Reduces platform risk
Support emerging platforms
Engage on all
I use Typefully for this, which I love
typefully.com/?via=k2
Create more, Consume less
Reduce brain rot
Content performs differently
Reduces platform risk
Support emerging platforms
Engage on all
I use Typefully for this, which I love
typefully.com/?via=k2
"UX design" is a bogus role
You cannot separate UX from Design
All UI design is UX design by default
One that thinks through usability, function, copy, and aesthetic
a UX role alone is a LA LA LAND role
You cannot separate UX from Design
All UI design is UX design by default
One that thinks through usability, function, copy, and aesthetic
a UX role alone is a LA LA LAND role
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"UX design" is a bogus role
You cannot separate UX from Design
All UI design is UX design by default
One that thinks through usability, function, copy, and aesthetic
a UX role alone is a LA LA LAND role
You cannot separate UX from Design
All UI design is UX design by default
One that thinks through usability, function, copy, and aesthetic
a UX role alone is a LA LA LAND role
I design like an engineer
I know html, css, tailwind, react, python, node
This allows me to design software that's easy to build
I'm not the best engineer by any means
But having engineering knowledge is a superpower when it comes to design
I know html, css, tailwind, react, python, node
This allows me to design software that's easy to build
I'm not the best engineer by any means
But having engineering knowledge is a superpower when it comes to design
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I design like an engineer
I know html, css, tailwind, react, python, node
This allows me to design software that's easy to build
I'm not the best engineer by any means
But having engineering knowledge is a superpower when it comes to design
I know html, css, tailwind, react, python, node
This allows me to design software that's easy to build
I'm not the best engineer by any means
But having engineering knowledge is a superpower when it comes to design
Anyone else jot down the weather when taking notes?
I usually do date/time/weather/location/project every time I start a new notebook page
It’s fun to go back and see where I was over the year
I usually do date/time/weather/location/project every time I start a new notebook page
It’s fun to go back and see where I was over the year
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Anyone else jot down the weather when taking notes?
I usually do date/time/weather/location/project every time I start a new notebook page
It’s fun to go back and see where I was over the year
I usually do date/time/weather/location/project every time I start a new notebook page
It’s fun to go back and see where I was over the year
Trying to beat my high score of 76k
Who else plays this?
Who else plays this?
November 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Trying to beat my high score of 76k
Who else plays this?
Who else plays this?
This is a great email
Win-Win
Win-Win
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is a great email
Win-Win
Win-Win
Corporate engineers: "AI is okay, maybe a 10% improvement"
Founder engineers: "5-10x improvement, the world will never be the same"
I think corporations are applying AI to existing workflows and it's only a marginal improvement
While founders are letting AI write the new rules
Founder engineers: "5-10x improvement, the world will never be the same"
I think corporations are applying AI to existing workflows and it's only a marginal improvement
While founders are letting AI write the new rules
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Corporate engineers: "AI is okay, maybe a 10% improvement"
Founder engineers: "5-10x improvement, the world will never be the same"
I think corporations are applying AI to existing workflows and it's only a marginal improvement
While founders are letting AI write the new rules
Founder engineers: "5-10x improvement, the world will never be the same"
I think corporations are applying AI to existing workflows and it's only a marginal improvement
While founders are letting AI write the new rules
You're seeing a serious drop in keywords being indexed
it's a pattern I'm noticing across the board
any SEO experts know what's going on?
it's a pattern I'm noticing across the board
any SEO experts know what's going on?
October 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
You're seeing a serious drop in keywords being indexed
it's a pattern I'm noticing across the board
any SEO experts know what's going on?
it's a pattern I'm noticing across the board
any SEO experts know what's going on?
I miss the times when the only people in tech were 100% nerds and didn't care at all about money
Today, most people in tech are closer to bankers and politicians
Today, most people in tech are closer to bankers and politicians
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I miss the times when the only people in tech were 100% nerds and didn't care at all about money
Today, most people in tech are closer to bankers and politicians
Today, most people in tech are closer to bankers and politicians
Designers love saying "consistency is key"
I think it's bulls**t
If you're consistent, the design is not evolving
Everything you do should be better
You can have consistent "brand voice" but also have an evolving "brand personality"
I think it's bulls**t
If you're consistent, the design is not evolving
Everything you do should be better
You can have consistent "brand voice" but also have an evolving "brand personality"
October 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Designers love saying "consistency is key"
I think it's bulls**t
If you're consistent, the design is not evolving
Everything you do should be better
You can have consistent "brand voice" but also have an evolving "brand personality"
I think it's bulls**t
If you're consistent, the design is not evolving
Everything you do should be better
You can have consistent "brand voice" but also have an evolving "brand personality"
The new Volvo design language is massively underrated
October 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The new Volvo design language is massively underrated
Building SAAS apps is REALLY hard because providing sustained long term value to users is a rare thing to manufacture
October 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Building SAAS apps is REALLY hard because providing sustained long term value to users is a rare thing to manufacture
If you can't say what you truly believe in
You are not a free person
You should say risky things just to exercise your freedom
Or slowly they will take your right to say it
You are not a free person
You should say risky things just to exercise your freedom
Or slowly they will take your right to say it
October 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
If you can't say what you truly believe in
You are not a free person
You should say risky things just to exercise your freedom
Or slowly they will take your right to say it
You are not a free person
You should say risky things just to exercise your freedom
Or slowly they will take your right to say it
Who's secretly wishing this was true?
October 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Who's secretly wishing this was true?
Not many businesses can resist changing
Updating the "brand" to look relevant
Or monetizing their your loss leaders
HackerNews did neither
Takes leadership and courage to do this
Most companies can't
Updating the "brand" to look relevant
Or monetizing their your loss leaders
HackerNews did neither
Takes leadership and courage to do this
Most companies can't
October 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Not many businesses can resist changing
Updating the "brand" to look relevant
Or monetizing their your loss leaders
HackerNews did neither
Takes leadership and courage to do this
Most companies can't
Updating the "brand" to look relevant
Or monetizing their your loss leaders
HackerNews did neither
Takes leadership and courage to do this
Most companies can't
Design is more universal than people think
Like this subway, which combines the disciplines of engineering, architecture and graphic design
Can't make this happen without them all working together
You see this in software too
Good software is made by multi-disciplinary teams
Like this subway, which combines the disciplines of engineering, architecture and graphic design
Can't make this happen without them all working together
You see this in software too
Good software is made by multi-disciplinary teams
October 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Design is more universal than people think
Like this subway, which combines the disciplines of engineering, architecture and graphic design
Can't make this happen without them all working together
You see this in software too
Good software is made by multi-disciplinary teams
Like this subway, which combines the disciplines of engineering, architecture and graphic design
Can't make this happen without them all working together
You see this in software too
Good software is made by multi-disciplinary teams
My unpopular opinion is that design is not subjective
October 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
My unpopular opinion is that design is not subjective