SaaS Metrics
AI Design Tool Disruption
Design Tool
AI Synthesis & Market Narrative
The design tool market is undergoing significant disruption with AI and open-source alternatives, such as ChatGPT and Google Antigravity, replacing traditional platforms like Adobe, Figma, and Canva. This shift enables faster UI prototyping and highlights the emergence of "AI tools that design" over mere "design tools with AI."
Correlated Linguistic Patterns
["replaced Adobe
Figma
and Canva with ChatGPT and one open-source tool"
"used Google Antigravity instead of Figma"
"UI prototypes are done in half the time"
"Design tools with AI aren't the same as AI tools that design"]
Curiosity Velocity (60 Days)
WIKIPEDIA API
Tracing the intersection of media narratives and actual public search interest. Dashed line is 7-day SMA.
Driving Media Context
I replaced Gemma 4 with a two-year-old coding LLM, and my local AI setup works better than ever
A coding LLM doesn't care whether you code, just whether your input has rules
iOS 27 beta 3 changes, Siri AI on Apple Watch, macOS Golden Gate features
Benjamin and Chance talk about all the changes in iOS 27 beta 3, and Mayo’s first experience with Siri AI on Apple Watch. Also, we dive in to the details of ...
I replaced Adobe, Figma, and Canva with ChatGPT and one open-source tool
Girl math says this counts as three cancelled subscriptions
I used Google Antigravity instead of Figma for a week, and my UI prototypes are done in half the time
Design tools with AI aren't the same as AI tools that design
Top Stories: 'MacBook Ultra' and iPhone 18 Rumors, iOS 26.5.2 Security Fixes, and More
After last week's craziness around Apple's major price hikes, things returned to a bit more of a normal flow this week, with the rumor mill offering up tidbi...
I tried an open-source Canva clone, and it showed me why Canva is hard to replace
There aren't many true Canva alternatives
Apple Acquires Award-Winning App 'Play'
In February, Apple notified the European Commission that it would be acquiring certain assets from and have the right to hire certain employees from Rabbit 3...
Apple acquires app design tool ‘Play’
Apple informed the EC that it would acquire certain assets from Rabbit 3 Times — the company behind the award-winning app design tool Play…
The post Apple ac...
iOS 27 beta 2, Apple price increases, Apple Watch OS support
Benjamin and Chance react to the shocking price increases across Mac, iPad, and more, as well as break down all the latest changes in iOS 27 beta 2. Also, ho...
What happens when the gap between thinking and making closes?
Seth Akkerman and Talia Cotton explore the disruption of design and technology, asking how co-creation has dissolved disciplines, what sandboxes do for creat...