Claim◆Article · 17 words
Anthropic should make Fable permanently available on paid plans instead of continuing to extend temporary cutoff dates.
Author · Simon Willison's Weblog
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The most effective advice for designers is to focus on doing fewer things, not more.
Ian Silber advises his teams to adopt a minimalist approach, concentrating impact by cutting features rather than expanding them. ✦ AI generated
Ian Silber · Lenny's Newsletter · 2026-08-16 · original ↗
“Just do less”: Ian’s counterintuitive advice to his designers
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- ·Focus on doing fewer things, not more
- ·Concentrate impact by cutting features
- ·Minimalist approach over expansion
- ·'Just do less' — the core directive
- ·Advises his teams toward minimalism
- ·Most effective advice for designers
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