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Katie Dill

10/16/24

@ Y Combinator

Taste in design can be developed, but it's often easier to teach the tools and domain knowledge than to instill a passion for design.

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Why Design Matters: Lessons from Stripe, Lyft and Airbnb

@ Y Combinator

Why Design Matters: Lessons from Stripe, Lyft and Airbnb

10/16/24

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Guillermo Rauch

04/13/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Taste in design is a skill that can be developed, and it's important to expose yourself to various products to build that skill.

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Guillermo Rauch

04/13/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

I believe that taste is a skill that can be developed through experience and exposure to different products and design principles.

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Austen Allred

04/03/19

@ Y Combinator

Teaching taste in product development is challenging, but it's essential for creating successful products that resonate with users.

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John Ousterhout

04/09/25

@ The Pragmatic Engineer

I believe design can be taught, even to students who have just learned to code.

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Raphael Schaad

03/28/25

@ Y Combinator

Taste can be acquired by separating well-designed from poorly designed objects and thinking critically about every interaction you have.

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Michael Truell

06/11/25

@ Y Combinator

Taste will remain irreplaceable in software engineering, as it involves defining what to build and how the logic should work, beyond just visual aspects.

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Michael Truell

05/01/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Taste will become increasingly valuable in software engineering, focusing on both the visual design and the logic of how software works.

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Frank Lantz

12/20/18

@ Y Combinator

To be a successful game designer, you need inspiration, hard work, and taste, with taste being the most important and hardest to define.

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Guillermo Rauch

04/13/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

To improve your design taste, it's essential to expose yourself to various products and observe how users interact with them.