Swapnil Acharya
Design Leader, Thinker and UX Strategist.
CDO at Cinevision.AI. Previously Creative Director at Leapfrog Technology and co-founder of Expresiv Studios. Designed norm-bending film posters, went up to Everest region with Google folks, and conceived Nepal's first economic daily newspaper.
Recent posts
Did Someone Just Throw a "Slop Grenade" At You?
AI didn't make you faster. It made everyone slower. On slop grenades, vibe-coded apps that solve the wrong problem, and reviewers who outsource their judgment to ChatGPT.
How to Onboard an AI Coding Agent Like a New Intern
Training an AI coding agent on your team's standards works like onboarding an intern — except it never remembers. Free white paper on AGENTS.md and context engineering.
Vibecoders Took Over, and a Product Designer Stopped Shipping Figma Files
I stopped shipping 50-screen Figma files and negotiated a new role instead. A designer's honest account of what vibe coding actually changed — and what it did not.
Why AI Art & Design Won't Last (And What Will)
Novelty always dies; utility is what's left standing. Fifteen years of watching platforms rise and churn says generative AI's 'empowerment' moment is no different — and here's where that leaves designers.
Everyone's Getting Dumber and Calling It Efficiency
A self-inflicted deskilling of the knowledge worker is underway, and it's showing up in the data now, not just in the confessions.