IDEA LAB · 2026

GiT Design Drops

An agentic magazine that auto-curates trending repos, one design skill worth learning, and a featured artist — assembled by agents, edited by me.

Role
Solo · concept, design, and build
Year
2026
Stack
Claude · Cursor · Next.js · Figma

01

THE STORY

A magazine that writes its own table of contents.

Each drop is generated, not hand-collected. Agents scan what's trending in design and engineering, pull a repo worth knowing, surface one skill to practice, and spotlight an artist. My job shifted from gathering to editing: deciding what's actually worth a reader's attention.

02

THE MOTIVATION

Keeping up had become a second job.

Staying current meant a dozen tabs, three newsletters, and a feed that rewarded noise over signal. I wanted a small, opinionated digest that did the scanning for me and arrived already edited down to the few things that matter.

03

THE LEARNINGS

What the build taught me.

  • Curation is the product. The agents can fetch endlessly; the editorial cut is what makes anyone come back.
  • Format is a forcing function. Locking the issue to three slots forced hard choices instead of an infinite list.
  • Trust comes from a point of view. A neutral aggregator is forgettable; an opinionated one is worth subscribing to.

04

WHAT I'D DO DIFFERENTLY

Tighten the loop, earn the cadence.

  • Define the editorial voice before the pipeline. I automated collection first and spent longer than I'd like teaching it taste afterward.
  • Commit to a publish rhythm early. The system can produce on demand, but readers reward a predictable beat.
  • Build the feedback signal in from day one, so the agents learn which drops actually landed.
Read the latest drop
Paul Banks[ ID: BANKS_P ]

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Paul Banks

Architect of Intent

Designing for humans, engineering for agents. After 19 years extracting human patterns, I've pivoted from crafting static interfaces to architecting autonomous systems — building the logic that helps agents understand what people actually need.

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