# My X Posts October 2026 Part 2

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In mid‑October 2026 I shared a thread on X about how product teams can treat early adopters as a strategic resource rather than a distraction, and I highlighted a design mantra from the Stripe Head of Design about avoiding “zombie UIs”.

> There are some people in your org who are doing way more exploring than others.
> They are your early adopters.
> They're running Astra and Fable on the weekends on personal projects, to find things they might bring to work.


> The problem is that they can be a massive f*cking distraction.


> So the key question to ask yourself if you're running a product org is: how do I harness these early adopters without distracting everybody else?


> Refuse to confuse done with good.


> Head of Design at Stripe on how to stop creating zombie UIs https://t.co/CPOePWA5SG


- Decision: treat early adopters as a resource rather than a distraction.
- Decision: adopt the “don’t confuse done with good” mindset to raise product quality.
- Decision: integrate AI at a higher conceptual level (point‑of‑view, standards encoding) to unlock creativity.

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