Vibe coding: sketch it, build it, ship it

Vibe coding: sketch it, build it, ship it

Canva’s Jay Demetillo on how design and dev are vibing in sync

Canva’s Jay Demetillo on how design and dev are vibing in sync

The gist…

The gist…

Ever design something that looks great in Figma… and dies there? (RIP 💀🪦)
Yeah. Jay Demetillo got tired of that, too.

As Canva’s Lead Designer, he’s using vibe coding to skip the Beetlejuice waiting room scene by building as he sketches, and thinking as he codes. No Jira tickets, 50-slide mockups or "let's revisit this next quarter".

Jay gives us the vibecoding 101, as well as a bunch of real-life examples of things he's vibecoded.

What we get into:

  • How to go from mockups to working prototypes in hours, not weeks

  • Why AI makes you a better thinker (not a lazier one)

  • The CARE + DREAM frameworks that keep Jay’s ideas sharp

  • How to stop waiting for permission and just build the damn thing

Episode transcript, if you're that way inclined

Episode transcript, if you're that way inclined

Episode transcript, if you're that way inclined

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