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The Flower Power Hour is a weekly live show exploring design, AI, and software development. On Substack, longer-form thinking on AI-first design, systems, and the craft of building things that matter.
Podcast
Latest Episode
EPISODE 18: Inside the Designosphere with Hang Xu
March 20, 2026
Think Inside the Box // AI, Research, and Human-Centered Design with the Zero Vector System Model
They Used a Pencil - Live Test of Pencil.dev
Lights out, cut the cord - VECTOR.md demo, call for recruits
Introducing Zero Vector, the future of building
Build Your First App with AI Agents LIVE HACKATHON
I need a key and the lock is inside out — Agentic AI First Design and Development
The Claude Code Messiah
The "You Can Do It" Claude Code Download
UX Magazine: Invisible Machines Podcast
Ho Ho Holy Crap Stop Framing Your Projects This Way!
Watch me bomb a live design case study interview.
The Empathy Exit, Interview with Travis Boatright
2200 hours: Or, how I learned to stop procrastinating and love the book
Do AIs Dream of Human Hallucinations? What AI-Readiness Means
Stand out! But... fit in! What is your unfair advantage?
Crafting Your Personal Narrative
Q&A + Save The Cat Beat Writes a Case Study
The Basics of Storytelling; or, How to Make Them Long for the Sea
NN/g Podcast: The Future of Service Design in the Age of AI
HANGCAST 2: How does a design org get AI ready?
AI Readiness at NASA 2024 - Erika Flowers
Ran Talks Design: Design Leadership: Driving Innovation in Reluctant Orgs
HANGCAST 1: Does a design mature environment even exist? Can we create one?
Writing
Latest Article
Taste Is Not a Moat
March 29, 2026Or: why Starry Night sucks.
Tiny Voices
Threnody for the Victims of the Metaverse
The Napoleon Express
I Am Now Conscious For The First Time
Trade Your Double Diamonds for Steel
The Last Typesetter
Mutually Assured Construction
Agentic Development is just MMOs for Coding, and I am LFG.
Retirement Announcement
Zero Stage to Orbit
Everybody Wants to Meet Air Bud, But Nobody Wants to Be Air Bud
You Can’t Write a Bestseller. That’s OK, Because AI Can’t Either
You Cannot Turn Smoke and Ash Back Into Wood: A Study in Grief
Zero-Vector Design: You Will Move Planets
If you ask a designer what they want, they will say faster horses.
A Good Craftsperson Never Blames Their Tools
The Any Key: Concepts You Skipped by Being a Designer
Out of The Crisis: Convergent Evolution and AI-First Design
The 20 Rules for AI-First Design. Ignore at your own peril
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