Everyone's Switching Design Tools - I'm Not. Here's Why

Product design workflows are changing fast and nobody has a clean answer for what to do about it.In our first ever live episode, Tyler (in-house at a fintech SaaS company) and Nick (freelance product designer working with clients across the world) get honest about what modern design actually looks like right now.Neither of us have touched a wireframe in months. We talked about why. And then we get a comment from a live viewer that made us thinking again about our choices.What we cover in this episode:🔸 Why wireframing is disappearing and what is replacing it🔸 The real difference between in-house AI pressure and the freelance reality🔸 Tool fatigue: when does adding new tools actually make you slower?🔸 Nick's minimalist stack (Figma + Claude, nothing else) vs Tyler's workflow (ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, GitHub)🔸 How design thinking holds up when clients have no patience for the process🔸 AI changing the speed of design without changing the hard part🔸 Whether it is still actually fun to be a designer right nowThis was our first live episode. Thirty comments, four reposts, and a lot of real questions answered in real time.SUBSCRIBE TO THE DESIGN TABLEhttps://www.designtablepodcast.com/subscribeLEVEL UP YOUR DESIGN CAREERGet your portfolio and career reviewed:https://www.designtablepodcast.com/products/design-table-auditJoin our UX and product design community (use code LIVE20 for 20% off forever):https://www.designtablepodcast.com/products/ux-and-product-design-communityDownload the Product Design Blueprint:https://www.designtablepodcast.com/products/product-design-blueprintAll resources in one place:https://www.designtablepodcast.com/learnMORE ABOUT TYLER AND NICKTyler: https://www.designtablepodcast.com/hosts/tyler-whiteNick: https://www.designtablepodcast.com/hosts/nick-groeneveld