Kyle Fox is a designer, developer, and founder based in Edmonton, Canada. He co-founded Rewardful (acquired by saas.group), designed the original TestFlight (acquired by Apple), and was an early employee at Podia.https://www.kylefox.com/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/code-is-the-new-design-canvas/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/code-is-the-new-design-canvas/AI tools like Claude are changing product design. Instead of creating pictures in Figma and hoping developers match them, designers can direct AI to build real, interactive prototypes.Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/dont-worry/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/dont-worry/Jason Fried's advice on avoiding unnecessary worry about hypothetical future problems. It distracts from what matters now and discourages risk-taking.Tue, 31 May 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/most-decisions-are-reversible/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/most-decisions-are-reversible/Jeff Bezos on Type 1 vs Type 2 decisions: most business decisions are reversible and should be made quickly rather than agonized over.Sat, 07 May 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/product-management-philosophies/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/product-management-philosophies/A collection of product management principles: move quickly, focus on MVP, prototype and iterate, avoid perfectionism, and constantly talk with users.Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/microcopy/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/microcopy/Small text elements like buttons, labels, and help text are crucial for user experience. Thoughtful microcopy educates users and adds personality to your product.Sun, 04 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/dont-die/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/dont-die/Paul Graham's simple advice for startups: disasters are normal, so the key to success is just not dying. Expect problems and push through them.Sat, 20 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/do-not-wait-to-strike/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/do-not-wait-to-strike/W.B. Yeats on taking action: don't wait for the iron to be hot — make it hot by striking.Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/paypal-culture/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/paypal-culture/Keith Rabois on PayPal's early culture: extreme focus, meritocracy, radical transparency on metrics, and vigorous debate over top-down decisions.Sun, 14 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/the-bitterness-of-poor-quality/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/the-bitterness-of-poor-quality/Benjamin Franklin's timeless wisdom: the bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.Tue, 17 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/choose-to-be-a-creator/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/choose-to-be-a-creator/When you encounter something interesting or frustrating, you have a choice: consume or create. The inventor of Post-It Notes chose to create.Sat, 10 May 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/upgrade-ie7/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/upgrade-ie7/NursingJobs.us dropped IE7 support and offered to buy new computers for affected customers, because supporting legacy browsers cost more than the upgrade.Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/dont-hate-create/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/dont-hate-create/Ben Horowitz on building a can-do culture: focus on what's possible and why it's worth doing, rather than dwelling on reasons not to try.Thu, 02 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/strategy-without-tactics/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/strategy-without-tactics/Sun Tzu's timeless wisdom: strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory, and tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.Sat, 21 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/startups-in-one-sentence/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/startups-in-one-sentence/Paul Graham's key insight: the essential startup task is understanding your users and knowing what to build for them. Everything else follows.Mon, 16 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/the-rise-of-the-growth-hacker/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/the-rise-of-the-growth-hacker/Andrew Chen on how growth hackers — engineers who think about marketing — are disrupting traditional marketing roles and blurring the lines between disciplines.Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/why-i-prefer-product-design/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/why-i-prefer-product-design/Working on product teams is more efficient than client work — the team already values design, so you can focus on solving problems rather than building consensus.Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/multi-tasking-is-the-heart-of-product-management/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/multi-tasking-is-the-heart-of-product-management/Product managers are the hub of the organization, constantly juggling customer feedback, engineering concerns, and business metrics to ship great products.Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/alternatives-to-google-reader/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/alternatives-to-google-reader/A roundup of RSS reader alternatives after Google Reader's shutdown, including Fever, NetNewsWire, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, and FeedHQ.Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.kylefox.com/posts/a-look-back-at-2012/https://www.kylefox.com/posts/a-look-back-at-2012/A year in review: redesigning FotoJournal, building an iPad app for Carbonmade, organizing Crafting Type, joining Granify, and launching the Product People podcast.Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT