AI-Assisted Coding for Designers E1: Talk to Your Code

Junaid is an engineer, designer, and coding instructor working at the intersection of design, code, and human behavior. He was an early engineer at YC-backed startups and holds a Master’s in Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University.

He teaches coding at Tutor Corps and has taught K–12 students at Coding Minds Academy, where he led introductory coding classes and contributed to curriculum design and mentorship. He's passionate about helping designers build technical confidence and bring their ideas to life.

Junaid builds with a production-ready stack and AI-powered code editors, blending speed with systems thinking and human-centered design. His work focuses on shaping tools that shape how we learn, create, and collaborate.

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Xinran Ma is the founder of Design with AI (designwithai.co), speaker, and award-winning designer.

Design with AI is one of the fastest-growing AI communities (over 2,000 new members every month), with subscribers from companies like Google, Amazon, IBM, and McKinsey.

He is also the author of multiple Amazon #1 New Release books in UX. He has mentored 300+ product designers and been awarded ADPList's Top 1% Mentor in Design 5 times.

He regularly delivers lectures and conducts AI workshops at places such as Microsoft, Columbia Business School, UXPA, University of Connecticut, and Pratt Institute. His work has been featured in leading publications, including Designboom, UX Collective, ArchDaily, American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, 3x3 Magazine, and Medium.

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