Andy Allen

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!Boring is turning 5!
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Some personal news…

After 5 incredible years of !Boring, I’ve decided that I’m having too much fun and will continue making software until the machines pry it from my cold dead hands. Thank you for supporting 5 years of this work 🙏 ;)We're just gettin' to the interesting part ;)

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"Our programs are fun to use."
—Beagle Bros

He took an oath

Gonna be painful and fun :)

History of Software Design

We're (re)building Software Design's most seminal moments one pixel at a time and sharing the stories behind the work straight from the designers themselves.

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Software Design is weird. It is undoubtedly the most impactful medium shaping the world today, yet even those of us working in it know very little of its history. We have no broadly-read books, no docu-series, no video essays. Most see the works of the past as obsolete rather than a rich heritage.

assemble the agent builder to…
templatize the builder process to…
package the builder toolkit to…
productize the toolkit system to…
license the system framework to…
bundle the framework assets to…
gate the asset library to…
pre sell the access to…
grow the announcement list to…

design the badge platform to…
title the inner circle to…
blue sky the mastermind system to…
plan the documentation engine to…
scheme the template factory to…
inventory the integration planner to…
map the onboarding automation builder to…
outline the automation orchestrator to…

propose the case study finder to…
pitch the thought leadership platform to…
mark the micro content workflow to…
model the impression simulator to…
forecast the hype dashboard to…
diagram the flywheel canvas to…
chart the pipeline visualizer to…
define the gamification system to…

ideate the prompt library to…
map the ecosystem to…
directory the partner programs to…
moodboard the brand kit to…
wireframe the landing page generator to…
mock the dashboard template to…
bullet the roadmap framework to…
outline the launch planner to…
brainstorm the content engine to…

package the framework to…
templatize the playbook to…
name the methodology to…
whiteboard the platform to…
spec the marketplace to…
draft the newsletter to…
curate the tools to…
sketch the audience builder to…
list the waitlist strategies to…
architect the presale system to…

And since we'll never get any official confirmation, I prefer this outlook.

I think we're all susceptible to spending months perfecting a feature like this only to put it in front of your parents who immediately get lost and frustrated because it doesn't work the same anymore! so you quietly wind it back because it wasn't really necessary anyway.

I appreciated the consideration put into the approach but I admit I never fully understood why they felt it was necessary to reinvent.

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Habits '26 : Feb Release is here!
We put a lot into this. I hope you love it 🖤

"A camera you can actually feel." — App Store

Soon, it’ll be about as easy to find a true-blood software developer as it is to find a blacksmith.

Speaking my language. Though difficult to capture a lot of the beauty in print but perhaps video games could be followed.

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The oddest thing about Software Design as a field has gotta be that most “design leaders” are quite shitty at doing any actual design.