
E169 - Brett Williams - How a Visual Designer Became a Builder
Published: June 16, 2026
Duration: 50:04
What does it look like when a designer with zero technical background commits to shipping something real?
That’s what this week’s episode with Brett Williams is all about.
He gives us a behind-the-scenes of his journey building Gather including:
Brett’s process for iterating on a designBrett’s new prototyping.md skill workflowHow Brett maintains control while building with AIBrett’s strategy for adding sound design to GatherWhen Brett relies on Figma vs. explores directly in codea lot more