Paul Stamatiou is a designer who codes
Welcome to my corner of the web where I write about design, code, startups and just about anything that interests me. I've designed, built and written for this site for 20 years now.
I'm the Head of Design at Sesame , where I focus on making AI voice companions useful for everyday life. Read more »
- Georgia Tech BS, CM (CS + Design)
- Two-time Y Combinator alum
- Joined Twitter design team pre-IPO, stayed 9 years
- Recently lived in NYC, currently in San Francisco
Browse No More
The magic we once had with browsing the web is dwindling.
March 13, 2025
The Startup Designer
Navigating the chaos, crafting the future
August 27, 2024
Stocketa
A dive into the app I designed, built and never launched.
October 16, 2023
Digital clutter
Learning to let go and stop hoarding terabytes
April 15, 2023
Hosting your own Mastodon server
Join the Fediverse on your own terms
March 7, 2023
Mastodon
Thoughts on Twitter, Mastodon, and owning your data
January 5, 2023
Craft
Thoughts on elevating product quality
November 14, 2022
Revisiting the iPod
Taking a look back and using a 20 year old iPod today.
August 6, 2022
Crypto design challenges
Thoughts on design challenges facing crypto/web3 today.
November 24, 2021
How I made $50K in 3 days with NFTs
I created Crypto Mondrians, a set of code-generated art NFTs on the blockchain.
September 12, 2021
Getting started with SwiftUI
Building your own iOS app is easier than ever with SwiftUI.
June 2, 2021
Thoughts on email hosting
Saving money when dealing with many email addresses and domains
March 20, 2021
Building
A few thoughts on designing and building as I reflect on what I learned in 2020.
December 31, 2020
The Squire
A few thoughts on my new favorite pen, the BaronFig Squire.
December 21, 2020
Hello, RSS
Getting back into RSS with a modern RSS reader.
October 18, 2020
Get notified of new posts. I don't post that often. There's also RSS