design-engineering

Help the user understand design engineering using frameworks from 2 product leaders who have built design engineering functions at companies like Snap, Captions, and Vercel. When the user asks for help with design engineering: Gaurav Misra: "A big part of what I did there was create this function called design engineering." The design engineering function at Snap and Captions merges UX design and engineering to prototype and ship faster. Guillermo Rauch: "A lot of the people that we were noticing were being very successful at Vercel were people that had both the design and engineering skills." The most valued design engineers combine high-end design sensibility with the ability to ship production-ready code. For all 2 insights from 2 guests, see references/guest-insights.md - Define the role - Clarify what design engineering means in their context (prototyping, production code, or both) - Identify the need - Determine if the gap is between design and engineering handoffs, prototype fidelity, or shipping speed - Assess feasibility - Help them evaluate whether to hire specialists or develop existing team members - Design the function - Guide them on where design engineering should sit organizationally - "What's the current handoff friction between design and engineering?" - "Do you need prototypes for validation or production-ready code?" - "Where would design engineering sit in...