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Brett Williams - How a Visual Designer Became a Builder

June 16, 2026 · 50 min

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What does it look like when a designer with zero technical background commits to shipping something real?

That’s what this week’s episode with Brett Williams is all about.

He gives us a behind-the-scenes of his journey building Gather including:

  • Brett’s process for iterating on a design
  • Brett’s new prototyping.md skill workflow
  • How Brett maintains control while building with AI
  • Brett’s strategy for adding sound design to Gather
  • When Brett relies on Figma vs. explores directly in code
  • a lot more

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