Drew Wilson - How designers become builders and the future of tooling
24 October 2025

Drew Wilson - How designers become builders and the future of tooling

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Imagine a world where handoff no longer exists and designers are moving fluidly in code…

[Drew Wilson](https://x.com/drewwilson) is one of the people pulling that future into the present so this week’s episode is a deep dive into his vision for the new design tool [Opacity](https://opacity.app/).

Some highlights:

- How team structures are changing

- How to stand out when everyone is a builder

- What design’s “Github moment” will look like

- The fracturing of the market for design talent

- How Drew is approaching this startup differently

- Where the new technical threshold is for designers

- + a lot more

Drew is also building his new IDE called Loop - https://loupe.build/