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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 19: Here Labrador! The most sophisticated product I have ever built
March 30, 2026
Inside the Designosphere with Hang Xu
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
The Shipbuilder’s Paradox
April 22, 2026Nobody who actually built something ever romanticized the bleeding.
Childhood's End
Second Rodeos
Taste Is Not a Moat
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
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