# ![@rileyhennigh Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1216827330682855425.png) @rileyhennigh Riley Hennigh

Riley Hennigh posts on X about claude code, ai, 6969, agencies the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  [finance](/list/finance)  [social networks](/list/social-networks)  [stocks](/list/stocks)  [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  [vc firms](/list/vc-firms)  [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands)  [products](/list/products) 

**Social topic influence**
[claude code](/topic/claude-code) #472, [ai](/topic/ai), [6969](/topic/6969), [agencies](/topic/agencies), [in the](/topic/in-the), [future](/topic/future), [tools](/topic/tools), [slack](/topic/slack), [twitter](/topic/twitter), [elements](/topic/elements)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla) [McDonald's Corp (MCD)](/topic/mcdonalds) [Shopify Inc (SHOP)](/topic/$shop) [Nokia Corporation (NOK)](/topic/$nok) [Cloudflare, Inc. (NET)](/topic/cloudflare) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)](/topic/microsoft)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@whale You're making me miss my Tacoma. How's that trailer pull with it These trucks aren't known for their power"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1578508625785430016)  2022-10-07T22:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@whale Mine was an [--]. I flew to Denver to buy it and drove it back to Oklahoma. After that it never saw the adventures I hoped it would and just putted around town. I have worked through a pile of older Toyota 4x4s. My favorite is still a [--] Landcruiser I'll get another one one day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1578521781497126912)  2022-10-07T23:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ArobaseAndrew @itshkmanzoor Thanks for the callout here Andrew The mobile signup flow is now usable though ideally would like users filling this out and using the dashboard on desktop. (I'm honestly amazed that you made it through with that horrible experience💀)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1678230186163093505)  2023-07-10T02:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@amirmxt @michaelaubry @pinecone @trychroma I think fine-tuning (within OpenAI at least) is training it to provide a certain format rather than giving it any new knowledge. For example you want the input to be City A and it always outputs List of restaurants in City A. Without fine tuning the model would return"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1678587116660424704)  2023-07-11T02:09Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@aarolston Even people who build sites in Squarespace are too ashamed to call themselves a Squarespace designer. 🫣"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1678790408959041537)  2023-07-11T15:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Stripe has earned the right to use vague headlines like "Financial infrastructure for the internet." Your startup cannot get away with clever copy like this without confusing customers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1684156356750901248)  2023-07-26T12:08Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Slapout Oklahoma"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1695578799541272923)  2023-08-26T23:27Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"The approach the Wright Brothers took with building their first plane has so many parallels to modern product design. Everybody else at the time was trying to build the perfect plane and show off their concept in a major event or show while the brothers took iterative steps the entire way mitigating risk. We call this an MVP in modern business and often times that MVP is even more simple than we could imagine. You could even say their first MVP was actually a kite not an airplane. This is and much more is all outlined by @BenWilsonTweets on @HTTOTW"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1716435007009325566)  2023-10-23T12:42Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@ayushsoni_io What do you think makes a good case study"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1717526617319244110)  2023-10-26T13:00Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@eklipsedev @thatsfinsweet Ive used a solution just like this for a long time once Finsweet released their polished version I just started using that. There are no dependencies to worry about here other than Hubspots embed and Webflow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1735320737034981684)  2023-12-14T15:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Is there a tool that I can input a site URL and get back a visual sitemap Ideally with page hierarchy as well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1736158993637167177)  2023-12-16T22:58Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Updating my profile pic after [--] years. Even though I no longer have the stereotypical dramatic b&w portrait I am in fact still a designer 💅"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1751798124002038230)  2024-01-29T02:43Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"After nearly [--] years of working for other design agencies and working with countless clients I am opting into starting my own small independent web design studio for early-stage B2B startups full-time. And frankly Im afraid. Afraid of what others will think afraid of what mightor might not happen and afraid of failure. But I also strongly believe that true growth doesnt come from a place of comfort. I strongly believe in my own skillsetand have evidence that shows how I can go above and beyond for clients. So despite the little voice in my head that was telling me to continue to take"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1756347617393741921)  2024-02-10T16:01Z [---] followers, 40.1K engagements


"Had a great discussion with others from this Fast Forward Freelance cohort by @graceongrid. One topic discussed was about what you call yourself. There was a lot to pull from the conversationmy favorite thing mentioned was simply "being transparent" about what you're doing. If you're an agency be clear with clients about who is going to do the work on your team. If you're a freelancer make sure it's clear when/if you outsource any crucial pieces to deliver on a project. I added this section to my new website and I hope this helps build trust by introducing myself and being clear about who"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1756770597550366975)  2024-02-11T20:02Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@rrabrot I am working on something to showcase work and am just going to mimic a social media feed. (@DannPetty mentioned this idea somewhere)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1758667359450181783)  2024-02-17T01:39Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@piesaac @TaylorNowotny AI is doing the tedious work you just dont get to see it as much because visuals like a profile photo or a video is so much easier to share. Example of supporting creative work with AI: Everything @relume_io is building"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1758955632693039410)  2024-02-17T20:44Z [---] followers, 20.9K engagements


"@joseurbano1 Id love to see somebody try to set up a retainer service but they cap it at [--] or [--] months. Itd show your clients the commitment you have to setting them up for success in a short timeline"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1759398929475449229)  2024-02-19T02:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@uxmadhu I ran across it by accident I was trying to adjust the opacity on a color but had the wrong field selected"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1759669808595947649)  2024-02-19T20:02Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@noahkagan Is somebody actually building the one-time payment alternative to Docusign"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1762600428871528806)  2024-02-27T22:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"I have a theory that being exposed to the best of what is out there in design is the fastest way to get better (and probably is required to even keep up to date) all of these designers have that built in: @darylginn with @Tycreated with @liampmccabe with @bentenwoodring with @aleksliving with"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1766992193779040454)  2024-03-11T00:59Z [---] followers, 17.7K engagements


"@tonyseets @webflow That was it thanks Tony"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1772996491797291449)  2024-03-27T14:37Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"I have a customer who insists on using Tailwind for their website. (I typically just develop myself using Webflow.) If I have a completed design in Figma for a single page site what should I expect to pay a dev to build it utilizing Tailwind"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1773007669344825851)  2024-03-27T15:22Z [---] followers, 23.5K engagements


"@mtszwww @tonyseets @webflow What if it makes a particular font look funky"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1773083210928324780)  2024-03-27T20:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@mtszwww @tonyseets @webflow Funky as in not how the font was designed to look. The Webflow preview matches the actual font weight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1773155809624555576)  2024-03-28T01:11Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@kylec What would you do if you had a customer who insists on using Tailwind (Even though you typically would just use the Figma to Framer plugin and host it on Framer)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1773171775481823634)  2024-03-28T02:14Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Why @relume_io is going to win every conversation around AI-generated sites: They are not trying to use AI to generate the actual design or code of a site. They take the time to have experts work by hand and only use AI to supplement AFTER the expert has completed their job"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1773174069766025491)  2024-03-28T02:23Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@soren_iverson Welcome to the dark side 🌑 (and congrats you'll do great)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1777534042922991942)  2024-04-09T03:08Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@reijowrites @aleksliving I do this sometimes for personal projects if you name a frame or layer you can CMD+F and search for it so you can find that thing easier later on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1782438897714151592)  2024-04-22T15:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Peak Performance of UI Design (1998 Nissan Quest)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1789697081948406013)  2024-05-12T16:40Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Somebody needs to start an agency that specializes in making other agency websites only"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1793691054337859628)  2024-05-23T17:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Some days I dream of opening a machine shop or a shop working on 4x4 Toyotas. Then I do "real work" for a day or two and appreciate that I design websites for startups on the internet from my desk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1793695461607682358)  2024-05-23T17:28Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"If youre doing client work for B2B startups its SELFISH to design websites using anything other than proven patterns. Last week a friend of mine asked me for some help on a Webflow problem. He designed a hero section that on the surface didnt seem that complex. But when you really looked at it it had an oversized background element that needed to overlap some other elements. Not that big of a deal. or is it -- In the past Ive worked on teams where I was working directly with traditional developers handing off designs collaborating with a dev to make sure everything was implemented nicely."  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1798368438269755435)  2024-06-05T14:57Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@luke_netti @oratorydesign Thats an interesting analogy. In this case a homepage is a very specialized tool like a bearing puller but the entire website is like a toolbox. Each page can be referenced when you need to solve a certain problem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1798463499833692518)  2024-06-05T21:14Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@MlakarLuka @oratorydesign Thanks Luka"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1798673370357366832)  2024-06-06T11:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"When I am designing a website for an early-stage B2B startup I have found that if we have a very clear distinction between: Wireframes (Low-fidelity no color general layout direction) Final Designs (High-fidelity final colors final layout) then it lowers the chance for confusion and makes it easier to keep making forward progress on a design. -- In order for me to actually start to put together a high-fidelity design I dont NEED to have a wireframe at all. But theres another variable involved when doing any type of client work and that is alignment. Alignment is an often overlooked area of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1800239846205661325)  2024-06-10T18:53Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@levelsio @slack Step 1: Use freemium PLG tactics to get everybody on board while using investor's money. Step 2: Remove the utility from the free tier once you gain significant traction. Step 3: Profit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1806393751507722413)  2024-06-27T18:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@gilhuybrecht Using AI for making additional designs based on a design that I provide would be very interesting and immediately useful. For example if I design a website by hand and a client asks for a pitch deck or a social media post Figma AI would be great for that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1808174125141139527)  2024-07-02T16:21Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"a few weeks ago I had a client tell me they only saw me in Figma for [--] minutes at a time here and there so there's no reason I should charge thousands of dollars "as if I were a highly paid attorney." the best part: they liked the design Ive mastered doing almost any single design task in [--] minutes or less. But I take [--] days to deliver it. Do the math and that means I can take on [--] clients work only [--] hours a day and make $120000/m. Speed is the ultimate super power yet its never mentioned. Ive mastered doing almost any single design task in [--] minutes or less. But I take [--] days to deliver"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1816588959822029069)  2024-07-25T21:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@brettdomeny @webflow That sounds great currently I work around this by using the standard link field and type in /blog/blog-item-1 but that isnt as easy to upkeep if anything changes. The simple dropdown that is currently used in the CMS rich text field also works fine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1817213254688522308)  2024-07-27T14:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@timdaffx @finsweet @joekrug @webflow I haven't even looked at what they're selling but sign me up. Given how much value they have put into their free tools I can't imagine a paid version being worse. And I would happily pay for access to what is already free from Finsweet. (going to check it out now)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1822106122431438851)  2024-08-10T03:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Nick_Walden The quote tweet from @levelsio is going to expose more people to your brand. 🤷"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1822839323428843879)  2024-08-12T03:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@BrettFromDJ I have had no complaints from clients after switching to mostly ACH/wire transfer. Most actually prefer it obviously theres a little more manual work involved sending invoices but you can outsource that for far less than $80k/yr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1823461072000405995)  2024-08-13T20:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@CoryRunn I read this as "Freelance Park" which sounds like a lovely place that should exist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1828174454582845872)  2024-08-26T20:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@MilhoanDesign @webflow Interesting are you clients comfortable with that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1832113949136830501)  2024-09-06T17:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@riomadeit @elieln_ Thanks Rio Eli I'd love to chat. To be completely honest I think you'll benefit most by dialing in your positioning and messaging (which is likely what you mean when you say "brand image") BEFORE digging too deep into any visual design updates. I'll DM you more info"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1833353501767762245)  2024-09-10T03:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Dchatrades Twitter and LinkedIn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1833699797213282787)  2024-09-11T02:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@keif_xyz IMO the only issue here is that Wordpress markets themselves as "open-source." If they didn't do that then nobody would have any reason to bat an eye at their decision to ban wpengine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1839133740196303334)  2024-09-26T02:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Exploring color usage through CTA sections for a sales tool startup 🧪"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1843013357957488985)  2024-10-06T19:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@bilguunmunkhba4 @Tesla @splinetool This is what you need @mattvaru"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1845992182425010303)  2024-10-15T00:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"What is the best way for companies to create consistent blog post images without a dedicated designer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1849165318532571537)  2024-10-23T19:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"If McDonalds was B2B SaaS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1856427956723179923)  2024-11-12T20:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@CoreyGMoen @WhaleSync One of my favorite sites I've seen in a while congrats on the launch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1859083683778416681)  2024-11-20T03:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Any time that I see somebody billing hourly for design work I just assume they will bill more hours if they think the work is worth more than the amount of time they spent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1862602698333303220)  2024-11-29T21:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@digitalshane_ Share what you decide to use"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1866639487448781245)  2024-12-11T00:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"somebody needs to specialize in event websites only"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1899896405390512413)  2025-03-12T18:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@KennethCassel Kubota teal is the best color for machinery. Bright enough to be visible but still has some personality"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1900004972076400890)  2025-03-13T02:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"i can't remember the last time i used a stock image on a design"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1901401117327573136)  2025-03-16T22:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I think on social media where you have to judge the authority someone has on a subject based on very little information quickly the context matters. SaaS deserves exclusive rights to MRR on Twitter. Agencies doing $10k/mo for a client actually means they'll have a 3-4 month engagement worth $30-40k. Then they're probably done helping that companywhich I think is super cool and worth bragging about if they want to But it's not MRR. It's $40k in revenue. Even saying "$50k/mo" for a service biz is entirely more clear than saying "$50k MRR." And still very impressive just with less confusion. Do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1904732009467175366)  2025-03-26T03:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@designertom_ Interesting. You see startups buying media companies (for example Hubspot and The Hustle/MFM) But you seem to be describing something different herewhat would this media team do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1907970153779741062)  2025-04-04T01:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"You cant attribute a conversion in B2B to any individual thing. It isnt like running a Facebook ad for a pair of $14 sunglasses"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1908410688122331430)  2025-04-05T06:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"This entire website is done really wellbut specifically I want to call out this CTA section. "So good you'll break things on purpose" This headline is catchy which usually I am kind of against. Often startups will trade clarity for cleverness in their writing. But this works for me because: [--]. They mention what their tool does many many times above this section throughout the rest of the page. (incident response status pages.) [--]. They follow up the clever headline IMMEDIATELY with reinforcement telling people what this thing does. (modern incident management)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1913805313901240781)  2025-04-20T04:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@_kishan1 why would somebody automate that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1914344109096968489)  2025-04-21T15:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@BrettFromDJ Congrats Genuinely excited to see you launch this. Oh wait I forgot Im supposed to get upset for some reason. How dare you make money with the skills and expertise youve built over your entire career I sold design services before you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1914501679052976310)  2025-04-22T02:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I sat down to talk with @WesleyBancroft about Work Inc.a service business built to solve a problem that creative agencies KNOW they have. Extreme specificity is what makes Work Inc. actually workfrom both a marketing and business perspective. Full walkthrough below👇 📙 Was awesome chatting with you @rileyhennigh You asked really great questions and I hope did not receive very obvious answers. Here's to interviewing much smarter people than me🚀 Was awesome chatting with you @rileyhennigh You asked really great questions and I hope did not receive very obvious answers. Here's to interviewing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1915221620051919088)  2025-04-24T01:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@riomadeit This on a white coffee stained t-shirt 🔥"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1916614808524169532)  2025-04-27T22:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"about to make the most important decision of my life based on branding"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1916904205664612622)  2025-04-28T17:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@digitalshane_ i am not buying ryobi. i will be judged by every contractor that comes to my house for the next [--] years im leaning towards makita right now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1916933897490694412)  2025-04-28T19:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"more dither🗿"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1916965262823145559)  2025-04-28T21:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jamesvanderpant Buying Ryobi is like hiring a designer from Fiverr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1916986308871811291)  2025-04-28T22:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@kevkor Kevin I am trying to convince my wife that I NEED the expensive stuff. This isnt helping"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1917021157628248282)  2025-04-29T01:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@tonyseets @surim0n this is probably the correct choice for me because I already have a handful of DW batteries and toolsbut the designer in me wants the Makita stuff because it is pretty (and still quality)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1917079051606311332)  2025-04-29T04:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@riomadeit Is this the new a16z mascot"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1917755702967255297)  2025-05-01T01:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@riomadeit if @digg can come back better so can internet explorer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1918020969102184806)  2025-05-01T19:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@EthanDriskill If I read the big text here I have no idea what service you provide or what Outerbloc is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1921272615076778259)  2025-05-10T18:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"So you promise to grow revenue through design work As a client do you track my revenue How can we be sure that the new website you make will increase revenue If you have answers for all of these things; and you really want to frame it as revenue growththen great. But for an OpenGraph thumbnail itd be very difficult to convince somebody that is looking for web brand or other design services of all of that in a single thumbnail. So my argument is that you should just say what you do when this is all of the context they have. I am open to being wrong on this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1921277785638654132)  2025-05-10T18:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I have a suggestion for @midjourney that will improve the user experience 10x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1922133381770305614)  2025-05-13T03:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This is odd to mebecause I have found the exact opposite to be true (like Ben said) at early-stage startups in particular. But also I believe that you arent just lying. This could be because I work mostly with relatively young companies (series A and seed) based in the US and SF. When theyre describing their designers they call them product designers. Are you mostly working with larger companies When a startup has 100+ employees I start to notice UX as a separate role called out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1923354671613116621)  2025-05-16T12:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"1 of many iterations made post-launch to the @oratorydesign site: subtle 3d rotation in the hero image"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1923720406550122874)  2025-05-17T12:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Lets run an experiment. For the next [--] hours Ill redesign your startups hero sectionfree just for fun. Refreshed type & color clean layout optimized for instant understanding. Just reply with a link to your current homepage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1924480165557764385)  2025-05-19T15:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@oguzyagizkara Absolutely insane visuals congrats on the launch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1927328020974481438)  2025-05-27T11:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@EthanDriskill Mercury works great if you are invoicing for services. It makes paying via wire/ach really simple. If you want to run credit cards they'll still process it through Stripe. I was skeptical but I have had zero people complain about paying via wire or ACH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1927480626824765934)  2025-05-27T21:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Could be I have people try to negotiate frequently. Funnily founders who are VC funded are more likely to negotiate. (Good for their investors) and bootstrapped companies accept the price and will offer to pay the credit card processing fee. someone today started to say we know design is important but we cant afford this right now after I showed them what they get. I started to move on because I had assumed they knew how much it cost because its on my homepage where they booked a call. And Im not really trying to convince somebody to want to work with me if they openly object to it. But right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1927892729155178570)  2025-05-29T01:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I had a prospect tell me "Ramp and a few other examples look great but when we tell our designer to "make it like this" it never quite looks right." Honestly I am not sure how to describe this but I made this sketch to help think through it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1928896391469740264)  2025-05-31T19:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"If I owned a gym and said "you will lose weight if you buy a membership" I think that's lying. (open to being wrong) but if you said "you will lose weight if you are in a calorie deficit" that is not a liebut is entirely unrelated to the offer of gym access "get 24/7 access to our gym for $59/mo" is not a lie"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1929378038535344501)  2025-06-02T03:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"For me I truly believe that my ICP gets the most value out of the exact offers that are listed on my site. But if I really enjoy working with a team; and they need more help with their site I will take those projects on a case-by-case basis. Which is what most agencies start with. And those additional projects can be 5-10x the cost of the initial package they bought. I don't do that often but the door is always open if I wanted to pitch that extended engagement. I think everyone (especially people who aren't already crushing it) should just create an offer like that to get their foot in the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1930492252721229971)  2025-06-05T05:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"How do we go back to ghibli twitter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1931026423730393237)  2025-06-06T16:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Shopify is now categorizing their design team into [--] buckets - Product Designers - Brand Designers Which makes perfect sense. No reason to go deeper than these [--] specialities (especially in a large org) We just dropped UX as a title at @Shopify. Same for Content Design. If you design you're a Designer. If you write you're now a Writer. Simpler. Better. (1/3) We just dropped UX as a title at @Shopify. Same for Content Design. If you design you're a Designer. If you write you're now a Writer. Simpler. Better. (1/3)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1931790840524878291)  2025-06-08T19:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@DarraghLynchUX 😂 You can tell I have a problem because I changed my default text to "Hello I'd like to buy this." instead of "Is this still available" or whatever it said before"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1931861251254272379)  2025-06-08T23:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I had to resort to blocking Adobe from being able to run transactions on my card. It is so difficult to cancel my Adobe subscription (I just needed it for [--] minutes to export provided assets for a client project a few months ago) Maybe it is technically simple and I could spend [--] minutes looking it up but if you're building SaaS. For the love of everybody involved make it as easy as possible to downgrade or cancel. You don't want people to have this feeling when they want to cancel. You want users to be able to do whatever they want to do. If that is canceling it is entirely their choice. If"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1933246786371535245)  2025-06-12T19:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"black or 🟦blue"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1933616797565022310)  2025-06-13T20:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@dishashah66 @DannPetty The best is far above my level of expertise/confidence but heres one way: https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1930442710541824172s=46 If you are a designer and have your pricing publicly listed it is just a matter of time before people start referring you work. I have clients all of the time that are not a fit for what I am offering. There are only a handful of designers that I can confidently refer these https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1930442710541824172s=46 If you are a designer and have your pricing publicly listed it is just a matter of time before people start"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1934084746625384801)  2025-06-15T03:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"in the arena trying things"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1934707483840532845)  2025-06-16T20:19Z [----] followers, 35.5K engagements


"Clay's logo breaks every rule in the book. And its one of my favorite logos in tech. Lets list out the problems: ❌ Its not vector-based ❌ Theres no one-color version ❌ It cant be easily embroidered or printed ❌ The letterforms feel slightly misaligned ❌ The y leans like its trying to escape the wordmark ❌ The 3D icon looks like a toddler made it ❌ It breaks the clean scalable professional B2B rulebook And yet its brilliant. Why Because its unmistakable. Its joyful. Its human. It feels handcrafted like I gave my kids a literal piece of clay and told them to make a rainbow. And I LOVE that. --"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1935045560639103024)  2025-06-17T18:43Z [----] followers, 10.2K engagements


"@frantzfries pebbles Named after the other popular fruity cereal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1935049394849472837)  2025-06-17T18:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"today I learned that you can copy/paste drop shadows (and all other effects) across elements in @figma"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1935408659279802612)  2025-06-18T18:45Z [----] followers, 18.2K engagements


"@mckaywrigley man the comparison he made to early waymo [----] and how it felt like "this is perfect but [--] years later autonomous driving still isn't fully solved" really changed my framing around everything that is happening right now it honestly gives me hope"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1935551138247454739)  2025-06-19T04:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"testing out the new @midjourney video feature in this hero section design"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1935580049391951899)  2025-06-19T06:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@midjourney this is where i was able to get after trying it out very quicklybut initial thoughts: - this will be immediately useful for ideation - i can imagine that you can get good enough to use it for high fidelity production-ready assets after messing around for a bit longer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1935581945515192556)  2025-06-19T06:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@gdbuildsgd @midjourney i see what you mean now MJ only supports 480p video export I think this will change soon but for now can upscale using other tools"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1935809368290906225)  2025-06-19T21:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@gdbuildsgd @midjourney The total cost would be thousands of dollars to hire an animator for a scene like this so a few $30/mo subscriptions seems very affordable right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1935860576896340431)  2025-06-20T00:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@SD_Ashira @oratorydesign I got my first "real" design job in [----] at a t-shirt shop stayed there for a year or so and then worked at design agencies for the following [--] years before going out on my own and before that when I was a kid I was designing forum signatures avatars etc for like $30"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1935915839884067228)  2025-06-20T04:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"you can buy taste for $10/mo from @midjourney"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1936243150483292164)  2025-06-21T02:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@riomadeit @midjourney thank u i wrote it myself"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1936243829222359536)  2025-06-21T02:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@slices_design @midjourney @TheFinArtist delicious"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1936251254365147602)  2025-06-21T02:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ajrgd just dont drop it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1937265849330729087)  2025-06-23T21:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ID_AA_Carmack @zoink Imagine reading something that resonatesand then getting upset because you think AI helped write it based on a character"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1938311942902284612)  2025-06-26T19:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"i signed up for @CoraComputer and downloaded @diabrowser today i am going to like the terminator of AI-powered productivity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1938335575427383752)  2025-06-26T20:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"gradients are still undefeated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1938675504292196597)  2025-06-27T19:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"i don't know how i survived without progressive blur in figma"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1938707332021592368)  2025-06-27T21:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"need feedback from real humans on this sketch is this visual theme too trendy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1938811132183003186)  2025-06-28T04:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@camgomersall Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1939495890563002807)  2025-06-30T01:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"web design style exploration for a biotech/AI startup"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1939522801666310347)  2025-06-30T03:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"welcome to LinkedIn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1939761275422351758)  2025-06-30T19:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@dario_ferrando how do you structure this ongoing conversion tracking on behalf of your clients for a monthly fee"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1940500036372328916)  2025-07-02T19:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"After working with a few biotech and health companies building with AI I can confidently say that AI is doing far more good for the world than bad and its just getting started"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1940966059500360066)  2025-07-04T02:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"designing without AI is going to be like a wood worker who doesnt use power tools its an interesting hobby but nobody will invite you to the job site"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1943730278175830524)  2025-07-11T17:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"discord is just slack for children"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1944097828042674645)  2025-07-12T18:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@nickbakeddesign I would be interested in the version I described where once purchased it is mine and nobody else can purchase after that even at a higher price point"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1945882121483997378)  2025-07-17T16:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"How are web designers still a thing Have we not created every design that could possibly exist how are icon designers still a thing. have we not created every icon that could possibly exist how are icon designers still a thing. have we not created every icon that could possibly exist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1947009620075065389)  2025-07-20T19:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@rickwong888 That point about decisions is great. But I honestly don't know of any designers that can claim they their work is what produced a certain business outcome"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1947100843284516972)  2025-07-21T01:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@maybepratikk Thanks Pratik I used Midjourney to generate the image and Higgsfield to turn into a 3D rotation video"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1947693252318052643)  2025-07-22T16:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"pretty colors 🌅"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1947859450582188348)  2025-07-23T03:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@ridd_design @rasmickyy This is extremely inspiringnot for the $10k or winning the hackathonbut for the overall "feeling" that the video gives. As you said extremely relatable so much so that it makes me think "I could do something like this" But in reality I know this is very difficult to do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1948579936874242427)  2025-07-25T03:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A startup told me they were going to use another agency to refresh their website [--] weeks ago. I just checked back in and they havent even started the work. Theyre STILL trying to finalize the scope and contract. We would have already been done with the project @oratorydesign"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1948898115240820780)  2025-07-26T00:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@tayler_odea @heyrobk I just stole this from Rob one day hell actually use Twitter but until then I will steal his posts from LinkedIn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1949593262500519949)  2025-07-27T22:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"My aunt helps select tools for a school district and she asked what software do students need for graphic design. I told her to just get them @figma only ignore everything else. Good or bad advice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1949670634272743472)  2025-07-28T03:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I think thats fairpart of my thought here is that EVERYONE else is already going to tell them Photoshop or any Adobe product. And on the hiring side especially given that most of the kids taking these classes are trying to get a job in design I know theyll be better off finding a job if they are familiar with Figma. In these types of courses theyre usually more focused on teaching the tooling rather than teaching the principles behind good design (I think its a limitation of what is possible to track/test for)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1949694012689940554)  2025-07-28T04:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@nickclement @figma That would be fun; but if the goal is to teach them something that will be likely to help them get a job doing design (not sure thats the goal) then anything Figma/product design/web design related will be so much more useful than having fun in Photoshop"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1949822643244277772)  2025-07-28T13:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Midjourney is changing how brands are designed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1951311035232571407)  2025-08-01T15:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"there is no reason to ever design a new layout for a website at this point in history"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1952803803582873896)  2025-08-05T18:48Z [----] followers, 26.4K engagements


"@robably__ no need for ai to do it when no-code tools for marketing sites are so simple and I am not even close to anti ai it just isn't the right tool for the job here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1954395017356669231)  2025-08-10T04:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"if you lock layers in @figma you are a psychopath"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1954903327612817866)  2025-08-11T13:50Z [----] followers, 133.7K engagements


"@coreyhainesco Is there a certain level of traffic you like to see before you start running A/B tests"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1955339065089282385)  2025-08-12T18:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"i have never used pinterest which is my greatest achievement as a designer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1957560396094570712)  2025-08-18T21:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"the more effort I put into a proposal the less likely I am to get the project"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1960960507889729738)  2025-08-28T06:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@AntoinePlu Sony ZVE10 it also has the ability to be used as a webcam by default just plug it in hit a button and it works"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1965023157959709035)  2025-09-08T12:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@tomasmenezesp nokia acquisition incoming"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1966634156365918451)  2025-09-12T22:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"i feel like a mad scientist when i turn on outline mode in @figma"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1967818484777439724)  2025-09-16T05:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"brand and web work for an AI biotech startup 🧬"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1968549008952999987)  2025-09-18T05:33Z [----] followers, 19.9K engagements


"logo options for a fintech startup 🔘"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1968924863017435369)  2025-09-19T06:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@theisaacmed CRO agencies should only be paid based on performance maybe a small fee for initial setup"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1969953865220120658)  2025-09-22T02:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"you can tell a lot about a designer based on how they design a button"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1974558233298927617)  2025-10-04T19:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Brand & web design for an AI fintech startup 🌫"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1976506555030712644)  2025-10-10T04:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Model [--] I love itbut my lease is up on it in a few months and will try something else. I love the cybertruck I rented it for a trip. But part of me doesnt want to be seen in it so the Rivian is on my list as well. So many good options now though like the Porsche Macan EV is interesting the Audi options look nice too. If I had to bet though Ill probably just do a newer Model [--] or Y. The value is really good compared to most other brands"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1977144713967726919)  2025-10-11T22:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ridd_design @Cloudflare kinda is an understatement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1977191723404345757)  2025-10-12T01:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Once a month I spend a whole day taking company logos turning them into pngs and uploading them to Google for others to use. Here's the background if anybody wants to do the same"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1687457106411286529)  2023-08-04T13:35Z [----] followers, 829K engagements


"talking about the work is much easier than doing the work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1959434995631903115)  2025-08-24T01:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"how do you get vibe coding tools to output pretty visual designs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/1976713884237959565)  2025-10-10T18:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"designer A: - S tier design skills - B tier communication skills designer B: - B tier design skills - S tier communication skills Designer B will make way more money and their clients will be happier"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1979243051437445205)  2025-10-17T17:48Z [----] followers, 34.6K engagements


"@riomadeit this is the only size of bowl that any salad should be served in nothing is worse than ordering a salad and it coming stuffed in a small container that you cant even stir it in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1979380929840783409)  2025-10-18T02:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@riomadeit Have you used Microsoft teams"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1979653972576358771)  2025-10-18T21:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"can someone just tell me what macbook specs i need to have [--] @figma files open at once without ever having to worry about running out of application memory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1980026425500471412)  2025-10-19T21:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@leganri @figma i have a [----] with the m3 pro chip and it struggles whenever i move layers with blur effects"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1980104385071067477)  2025-10-20T02:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mortenpx there have been [--] freelancers/agencies steal elements from my brand copy and even exact offers and it just doesn't matter in reality"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1980362523334570076)  2025-10-20T19:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"aws outage day should be an official holiday schedule it every Oct 20th it wouldnt be a big deal at all if we had some heads up and we would all appreciate amazon a little more aws going down is an adult snow day aws going down is an adult snow day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1980457060337950997)  2025-10-21T02:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@humanp0tential Midjourney"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1981731924952408227)  2025-10-24T14:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"if you hire @oratorydesign to refresh your B2B software startups website I guarantee your MRR will increase by $10k within [--] days* *disclaimer: only valid for companies already printing cash and are incredibly successful and have a cracked team If I were a designer looking to get more clients I'd focus on: Heavy authority. "Signed a new client" "This pitch deck led to $104M in Series A" "I helped a business add $50K/MRR" You attract more leads. You increase your value perception (which helps you charge more). If I were a designer looking to get more clients I'd focus on: Heavy authority."  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1982666188229321202)  2025-10-27T04:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"someone needs to specialize in only SaaS pricing pages and charge $5-10k for a few days of work optimizing it every company struggles with this and it is something you learn once to become an expert and can sell forever"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1983242163430240351)  2025-10-28T18:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"successful independent designers are like mercenaries for hire they dont want to settle down with one company they enjoy the pure independence of working for themselves they dont always play well with others they always get the job done and they might be a little dangerous"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/1984466810394304781)  2025-11-01T03:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@notAlddo Amazing. Congrats on finding a role youre excited about Is it the mission that convinced you The founders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1984751416351543524)  2025-11-01T22:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"This is the path I am currently exploring. It would just be nice to have a turn-key solution and hire someone who is trained to what I am needing but that would be even more naive. I have some work to do around getting the mission/ethos out of my head and into something that excites others"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1984814372162531609)  2025-11-02T02:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I agree with both of you but something to also consider right now in particular with positioning anything new as "AI-powered" is that it reduces skepticism for things that used to not be possible. For example an accounting firm that charged $200/mo would have been looked at as sketchy. But now if that accounting firm says that they use AI to help reduce the cost it starts to make sense. They can still have high quality oversight from a qualified accountantbut now with AI it can be automated to a point that means it only takes [--] hours of work to do what used to take [--] hours. I'm sure there's"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileyhennigh/status/1985176850490966164)  2025-11-03T02:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jayrizpop nobody cares if its ai all that matters is quality and if someone dislikes something because it is ai then they are a silly goober"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/1986526721508605987)  2025-11-06T20:10Z [----] followers, 11.5K engagements


"@framer ship this thing to OKC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/1986835799422251161)  2025-11-07T16:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"why do italic fonts even exist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/1987014058055483528)  2025-11-08T04:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"messaging for a design agency is tricky because it is really difficult to test quickly i only started seeing real benefits to my "niche" positioning for @oratorydesign after 3-6 months of being extremely consistent now after almost [--] years people who have never even hired Oratory will send me referrals because everything from the ICP pricing and deliverables has been clearly defined publicly since day [--] but if I looked at the results after a few weeks I would have thought that it just didn't work and should try something else if you change your positioning too often you never get to see the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/1987085142817407352)  2025-11-08T09:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@riomadeit @Quartr_App bangr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/1988074512634499379)  2025-11-11T02:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"nobody can spell my last name so updated my handle to match my personal domain (@)rileyhennigh - @rileycx http://riley.cx http://riley.cx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/1988293786636816558)  2025-11-11T17:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I lose out on deals all of the time because I refuse to lie to founders Some prospects want me to say: - we will increase conversions - we will improve your search ranking - we will get you more customers - we will do whatever you want - we will fix your business And these are things that most design/dev shops will tell their clients. I know because these prospects tell me after they come back [--] months later after hiring another team after I clearly say that those are all things outside of our control as a design agency. And then after theyve felt the pain and accepted that a vendor external"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/1989422417324708022)  2025-11-14T19:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@amirmxt @digitalshane_ agree You could try a simplified view so the headlines dont compete Like an illustration of a website with the actual Lucidly UI surrounding"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/1990516507508641936)  2025-11-17T20:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@zstvns documenting and setting up workflows that we consistently use and overall making operations more efficient and look for areas we could improve efficiency in general"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/1990554162762035386)  2025-11-17T22:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"European designers buy Porsches American designers buy overpriced trucks Jokes aside extremely grateful to be able to buy something like this entirely from running a tiny design studio from the middle of nowhere Oklahoma"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/1998497212414976221)  2025-12-09T20:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@tanayj Novice question but what happens to early investors in these situations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2005446547530752152)  2025-12-29T01:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@thesamparr Oklahoma City Kansas City Texas City"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2009124990570975352)  2026-01-08T04:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"designers dont need developers anymore check out this app i just built entirely on my own with ai http://localhost:3000/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2010406492495548545)  2026-01-11T17:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@gregisenberg As soon as I accepted that I had to get comfortable using a terminal they release this 🙃😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2010869060242665624)  2026-01-13T00:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Jall_n @layoapps where can I get that desk/table"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2011202995300475277)  2026-01-13T22:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Brand design and web design are the same thing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2011459490248614261)  2026-01-14T15:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"the real breakthrough for AI as a designer isnt that it does work the work for me its that it removes the need to change mental states for the phases between each step that has been done traditionally any time that i want to create something new i just lock into the general idea/task and when it comes time to move into the next phase. (like moving from ideation - visual design - development on a website or product) .the flow of ideas and information doesn't ever stop you can just keep going"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2011641284809679179)  2026-01-15T03:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"New website for @oratorydesign designed and built entirely using Claude Code https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012718931413237844 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012718931413237844"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2012718931413237844)  2026-01-18T02:49Z [----] followers, 142.7K engagements


"Good call outs here Sam. While this is a V1 of the new site the structure is actually very similar to what has worked for me for a few years. I am not trying to build trust in design skills here like a traditional design agency might. I am trying to tell people about Oratory and what startups get when they work with us. They can check out a few case studies on the site and then we'll get on a call to confirm we're actually a good fit for what they're looking for. The goal of this site is to make it as clear as possible what they're getting and how we'll get there. Then we get on a sales call."  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2012765673873686743)  2026-01-18T05:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@fbrill @oratorydesign yessir didn't open figma once. all done in the terminal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2012767494688194686)  2026-01-18T06:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"that's right; most will be somewhat familiar with Oratory or a true referral (lots of work to do for cold audiences but it's not my primary focus) This was all done in the console using Claude Code; no Figma at all. Even the opengraph image was done this way. Just describing what I want section by section and detail by detail. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012770258210128304 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012770258210128304"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2012770258210128304)  2026-01-18T06:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"This is my first time doing this; but I have made hundreds if not thousands of UI-based illustrations like these in Figmaso have a pretty robust understanding of how they're made. It took a lot of iteration and I fed it images I have done in the past for other projects that follow the general philosophy of imagery that supports the content. Plus I have written posts on here and described that process in depth on tons of client callswhich I pulled the transcripts for and used as a base to build a skill .md file for Claude to reference. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012772604344406398"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2012772604344406398)  2026-01-18T06:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"mailto: links should be illegal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2012940966164906476)  2026-01-18T17:31Z [----] followers, 40.2K engagements


"Thank you Mason. This took about 20-30 hours over the course of a week. I havent done this much (like I said this was the first time even opening a terminal) so want to continue refining that process before making anything too detailedbut I am going to write a post just recapping the process I used here. Happy to answer any questions https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012950798326489421 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012950798326489421"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2012950798326489421)  2026-01-18T18:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@SNDP__design copy to clipboard on click = the only useful solution"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2012987671828685194)  2026-01-18T20:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@riomadeit can you make a raycast app for this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2013056212934271209)  2026-01-19T01:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I designed this marketing site in a terminal. A week ago I had never even opened a terminal window. No Figma no Webflow just me talking to a robot. After all of the hype online about Claude Code I decided that I had to give something a shot. Even if that is just a marketing site. While I am not even remotely anti-AI I set my expectations pretty low; thinking that this would be a fun project to try out a new toolthat this would be a way for me to cross this off my list as another gimmicky AI tool. But it turns out this felt better than what I could have built if I went through the standard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2013283606001520883)  2026-01-19T16:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@maybepratikk Nice I need to try Cursor more. I never opened Figma for my site all done through the terminal from end-to-end"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2013305875398631664)  2026-01-19T17:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GTrushevskiy I am running it locally. It honestly is really exciting to work in the terminal as somebody who has always viewed it as witchcraft. I could imagine better interfaces for this over time but right now it is exciting maybe just because it is new to me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2013445337608855702)  2026-01-20T02:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@SamuelBeek wait until you see your Claude code usage bill And then you have an addiction and are paying hundreds of dollars per month"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2013653306443206835)  2026-01-20T16:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@chalaska You should pay more for AI tools being used. It means you can show them how to recreate things without your help in the future"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2014187253816345084)  2026-01-22T04:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@vanschneider UX designer as a title makes me assume this person is pretentious and sees themself as "too good" for visual design"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2014214709696758105)  2026-01-22T05:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I've created hundreds if not thousands of feature images for B2B software startups in the past [--] years alone. Here's what I've learned: Most startups use abstract gradients vague headlines or generic stock photos. "Revolutionize your workflow." "AI-powered solutions for modern teams." "The platform that does it all." Visitors land on these pages and bounce within seconds. Or worse they stick around only to find out that your product doesn't do what they thought it did. Then everyone is unhappy. Not because the product is bad. Because they can't figure out what it actually does. Here's the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2014407585525281109)  2026-01-22T18:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"it is only a matter of time before i accidentally place a prompt that was meant to go into claude code into one of my client slack channels"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2014943701479350302)  2026-01-24T06:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@jamesm @grok This thread helped me set it up: 100% worth the headache of onboarding. you don't even need the mac mini (although I understand wanting to use it process is the same) https://x.com/damianplayer/status/2015105669620269373s=20 https://t.co/bD2fm56ELt https://x.com/damianplayer/status/2015105669620269373s=20 https://t.co/bD2fm56ELt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2015478493073580086)  2026-01-25T17:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@designertom @moltbot i wonder if your clawdbot has more context available to it than the other tools you're using like skills references cross project capabilities that then make it more useful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rileycx/status/2015917529789518332)  2026-01-26T22:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"the website template market is either going to 100x because of ai or completely die i have no idea which"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022492505292575221)  2026-02-14T02:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

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