Younes Baghor

Update: CodeSee has been acquired by GitKraken! --- I am very sad to announce - officially - that CodeSee will be closing its doors and shutting down commercial operations on Thursday, Feb 22nd. All paying customers and free users can continue using CodeSee until Feb 22nd. We have a team that will maintain the service during this period and continue to support you. Thank you to everyone Thank you to all the customers who partnered with us. You were invaluable for helping us build CodeSee. Thank you to the open source community who were our closest collaborators from the very beginning. Thanks to all the employees who joined CodeSee. We’re proud of both the team and the product we built. Thanks for taking a bet on this startup journey. Lastly, thank you to all our investors who bet and supported us on our journey. Why we made the decision I can only apologize to everyone for this difficult turn. The company had more than doubled the number of new product logos in 2023 and grew by many thousands of free users. However our sales growth was inconsistent, and we needed to make revenue faster and more consistently. Given the nature of trying to solve code understanding, this meant being able to deeply cover more complex codebases, more IDEs, more tech stacks, and more programming languages which would have taken time that we didn’t have. And Gen AI has made this space even more complex, both as a tool to help and a source of ever more code to understand. As any startup founder, I had to make some tough calls on where to focus our efforts, but in the end those choices did not lead to the consistent revenue we needed for us to continue. Although we did receive a term sheet to continue going, we ultimately decided that it wasn’t enough to cover this mandate and deliver a truly valuable product. Here's our goal with CodeSee right now... Plan A: - Complete the process of finding a home for the tech and team. We're already in talks with several companies now and want to find the best mutual fit asap. Plan B: - If we don't find a good mutual fit, the team will (sadly) go our separate ways. Code Understanding is still awesome After this journey, we have no less enthusiasm for developer productivity and developer experience. We still think that when developer’s lives are easier, it’s pure magic. After speaking with thousands of companies, it’s clear that code understanding is still a vital problem to solve. It’s been an absolute pleasure to build tools to bring new and impactful ways of understanding code to the developer community. Even though CodeSee’s journey may be coming to an end, our passion to serve this amazing community is as strong as ever.

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Just tried a newly hyped version of ChatGPT! And it started to hallucinate IMMEDIATELY... you can do better, ChatGPT, I wasn't even trying to test you! 🤣 (not denying the progress and the coolness of the search feature) #ai #aiisnotaiyet #chatgpt

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I'm currently working on a web application that is 100% built/coded by generative AI. It will soon be available in beta to anyone. So I thought, why not redesign and code my personal website 100% by AI. Here is the result: https://lnkd.in/evFJQwaG I let Claude 3.5 Sonnet do the design part into a HTML mockup and transformed it with ChatGPT 4o into a Wordpress theme. I absolutely did not anything other than copy paste code. What do you think? I used the starting prompt: "Act as a visual designer. I need a design for a personal website. It must be visually appealing, modern, and responsive. I am a digital strategist and digital transformation lead. My focus includes consultancy, advisory work, customer experience, generative AI, and guiding clients in their digital ambitions, CX via digital channels, composable architecture, and more. Create the design using vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in the artifact window." From there I prompted for an hour or so in refining, changing and improving the design, animations, etc. #generativeai #artificialintelligence #ai #claude #chatgpt

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#MadeByGoogle 2024 updates: Yesterday, at the ninth Made By Google event, Google shared about bringing the best of Google AI to more people and more phones with updates across Gemini, Android and the Pixel portfolio. Google is innovating with AI at every layer of the tech stack — from research and models that make new features and capabilities possible, to Android OS that brings the apps and services to billions of people to use every day, to premium hardware built with a custom silicon chip. Here’s everything announced across Gemini and Android — plus bringing these new capabilities to the latest Pixel devices. A) 9 things to know about Pixel 9 cameras - A look at the upgraded cameras and AI photography features on the latest Pixel phones. B) Loss of Pulse Detection: A first-of-its-kind feature on Pixel Watch 3 C) 4 new AI-powered Pixel and Android accessibility updates - new AI-powered features across Pixel and Android help make the world even more accessible. D) Android is reimagining your phone with Gemini -  with AI at the core of Android, rebuilt Gemini and tailored it for your device, in a private and secure way. E) Introducing Pixel 9 Pro Fold: Google's newest foldable phone - thinnest foldable phone with biggest display, supported by most powerful Tensor G4 processor. F) Gemini makes your mobile device a powerful AI assistant - Google shared how Gemini is evolving to provide AI-powered assistance that will be infinitely more helpful. G) The new Pixel 9 phones bring you the best of Google AI - Take a look at three latest Pixel phones that have upgraded cameras, improved performance and helpful AI. H) 14 new things you can do with Pixel thanks to AI - Learn more about AI-powered features for Google Pixel devices. I) Google Pixel Watch 3: bigger, brighter, fine-tuned for fitness - Pixel Watch 3, the latest version of flagship smartwatch, offers a stunning design combined with even better performance. J) Meet Pixel Buds Pro 2, the first Buds built for Gemini - Twice the noise cancellation in a design that’s smaller, lighter, more comfortable and secure. Here’s everything announced - https://lnkd.in/gFkactpG #Gemini #pixel9 #pixel #pixelbuds #pixelwatch3 #pixel9cameras #Google #madebygoogle2024 #AIassistant #announcement #community #communitymanager #programmanager #developerrelation #devmarketing Google Google developers Google for Developers Google Cloud Google Developer Groups (GDG) Android Developers Android #developer #India #GoogleAI #Googleproducts #android

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Let's be realistic. Individuals no longer have much influence on the environment and the future of planet Earth. But for those who still want to do something, it is possible with just a few clicks.   You can choose Ecosia as your search engine when prompted - and actively change it even if you are not asked. #climate #searchengine #browser

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐔X 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐈 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝... As the founder of Zenesen, I've encountered numerous UX challenges, but one stands out as the toughest. This experience not only tested my skills but also reshaped my approach to design and problem-solving. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞: A client approached us with a complex project—a multi-functional platform that needed to cater to diverse user groups with varying needs. The goal was to create an intuitive, seamless experience for all users, regardless of their technical proficiency. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 : We started by analyzing user data, conducting surveys, and studying user behavior. According to a study by Forrester, a well-designed UI can raise your website's conversion rate by up to 200%. This statistic underscored the importance of getting the design right. 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞, I realized that understanding the psychology behind user interactions was crucial. We had to ensure that the design was not only functional but also emotionally engaging. This meant incorporating elements that would resonate with users on a deeper level. One of the biggest hurdles was balancing simplicity with functionality. There were moments of doubt and frustration, especially when initial designs failed to meet user expectations. However, these setbacks taught me the value of perseverance and continuous iteration. 𝐌𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 : Tools: We leveraged tools like Google Analytics, Hotjar, and Crazy Egg to monitor user behavior and gather insights. Processes: Implementing a regular UI audit helped us identify and address issues promptly. Resources: Following UI/UX blogs and forums kept us informed about the latest trends and best practices. Hidden Secrets: One hidden secret I discovered was the power of micro-interactions. These subtle animations and feedback mechanisms significantly enhanced user engagement and satisfaction. 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝟓 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐨: If I could go back, I would advise myself to focus more on user feedback and less on my assumptions. User-centric design is key to creating successful interfaces. This challenge also highlighted my insecurities about keeping up with rapidly evolving design trends. It pushed me to continuously learn and adapt, ensuring that our solutions remained relevant and effective. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 ? P.S. Ready to design results, not just interfaces? Let’s talk → my inbox is open!

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We've been deep in 2025 planning mode over here at Athlon Studio, and we're chatting with companies that are already booking their Q1 research & design projects. 🙌 Does your UX team need research and/or design support in the new year? ⚡️ At Athlon, we specialize in unlocking user insights through research and creating user-centric experiences through design. We've worked on some great projects in 2024 - some of my favorite include: ✴︎ Measuring the business impact of a year of UX research & design work resulting in additional UX headcount for the team in 2025 📏 ✴︎ Leveraging both in-person and remote user research to triangulate data, uncovering critical user pain points that informed full product redesigns (digital AND physical)🔺 ✴︎ Collaborating with our industrial design team on field research to identify and solve ergonomic challenges, creating safer and more efficient physical product experiences 🔍 Whether you need quick usability testing or full-scale product redesign, we can help. We work with companies of all sizes, from startups to enterprises, with flexible engagement models including embedded teams and fixed-cost projects. We have experience in all different industries, too, from logistics to healthcare to e-commerce. Let's make 2025 the year of happiness by design 💛 DM me to book a quick chat about your 2025 UX needs - I have pre-holiday slots available this week! ☃

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When it comes to copy and information architecture, I sometimes borrow an analogy used by the late Michel Thomas. When it comes to being understood, it's better to focus on getting the ball over the (tennis) net than it is to focus on playing a good shot. If you want to read more about that, I wrote a Medium post about it several years ago. Link is in the comments (of course)

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New Tutorial! This time out I'll show you how to create a reusable circular loader in Lottielab and ProtoPie. This is the first of new tutorials that focus on the whole range of new no-code interaction design tools. I'll be focussing on single tools and also blending tools together. The ultimate goal for me isn't just to show you how to use these tools but also ways to use them on real projects in real workflows. Check out the full tutorial here: https://lnkd.in/eNg_fz7m #lottie #protopie #nocode #tutorials #uxdesign #interactiondesign

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People often say the Dutch are direct. We’re quick to share our opinions, but when it comes to expressing feelings? That’s a different story. It creates a gap between what we say and what we show. Gerald Weinberg calls this the “incongruence insight” in System Design Heuristics: when words don’t match tone or body language, there’s usually something important left unsaid. In software design, this gap matters. It uncovers unspoken preferences—things we’re reluctant to admit or maybe don’t even see in ourselves. Left unchecked, this incongruence clouds communication, erodes trust, and triggers conflict. Discussions polarize, sides are taken, and decisions either default to majority rule or some shaky group consensus. But consensus isn’t always progress. It often leads to what the Dutch famously call “polderen”—a compromise where no one really gets what they want. The result? Solutions that look fine on paper but lack real buy-in. And without that, implementation stalls, leaving teams frustrated and momentum lost.

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When designing your own agentic AI systems, it seems wise to draw inspiration from agentic AI systems that have been around for the last 4 billion years. [Taken from the ZeroMQ manual by Pieter Hintjens]

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👀 UX is everywhere! 👀 Even in those storefront signs placed on sidewalks to attract foot traffic 🛍️🚶🏻‍♀️ Let's do a quick UX analysis🔎 of the one right in front of mintbrussels.com ⬇️ Positive Aspects: ✅ Clear Communication: Informs consumers that the store is open and highlights available categories ✅ Visual Appeal: Modern and attractive pastel gradient background ✅ Humor: 'Bad Vibes' toggle switch adds a playful touch ✅ Branding: Mint logo maintains brand identity ✅ QR Code: Easy access to more info or promotions online Areas for Improvement: 🔧 Readability: Increase text contrast for better visibility, especially outdoors 🔧 Toggle Switch Clarity: Indicators like checkmarks are more suitable in this context rather than toggle buttons 🔧 Consistent Colors: Stick to a single color for active & inactive categories 🔧 Layout and Space: Utilize space more efficiently for better balance 🔧 Text Hierarchy: Increase category text size for readability 🍜 Also, can we please talk about food as an additional category? Mint was a food place that transformed into a clothing store. Although context in design is an added value, in a highly touristic area, this info is rather irrelevant. 💡 Conclusion: Functional and Aesthetic Integration This sign has a solid foundation with its clear categories and modern look. While the toggle switches add a fun element, the color inconsistency can be confusing. Opt for a unified color scheme to improve visual logic. I would also recommend using consistent indicators such as checkmarks. Toggles are iOS-style, which is more suited for digital interfaces rather than graphic prints. Did I miss anything? Share your thoughts below! 👇 #UXDesign #Storefront #CustomerExperience #DesignThinking #Branding #UXAnalysis

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That's Pieter Levels. The guy who created a bunch of lucrative start-ups that are generating him $3M/year. Did he use Angular, React or Vue? No, just good old PHP, HTML, CSS and jQuery. No fancy design patterns or architecture either, just inline code. Did he use some fancy IDE? No, wrote all using Sublime text, recently switched to VS Code. Is he paying $20K / month for hosting with containers and K8S? No, just $400 for a single VPS with 16 cores and 64GB of RAM. And that's for all of his apps combined. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. #programming #webdevelopment

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OpenAI didn't have a great week, losing out twice: first to Runway's Gen-3 and then to the Moshi voice AI model. Here’s what else you missed in AI this week: 🧠 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 👉 Radboud University developed AI to reconstruct images from brain activity recordings accurately. 👉 The AI uses fMRI and electrode recordings, significantly improving reconstruction accuracy. ​ 👉 This tech could help stroke victims and recreate dreams, despite dataset limitations. 💬 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗜 👉 Kyutai's Moshi, a real-time AI voice assistant, offers 70 emotions and speaking styles. 👉 Moshi features 160ms latency, surpassing OpenAI, and will be open-sourced soon. 👉 Developed by 8 researchers in four months. 🍏 𝗔𝗜 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼 👉 Apple is adapting its new AI features for the Vision Pro headset. 👉 Features include improved Siri, writing tools, and an OpenAI-powered chatbot. 👉 High price tag might deter users, despite advanced AI capabilities. 🎥 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝘄𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝗻-𝟯 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 👉 Runway's AI video generator Gen-3 Alpha is now available to all users. 👉 Gen-3 Alpha improves character consistency, camera motion, and scene transitions. 👉 Limited generation time for standard plans may challenge power users despite impressive features. 🏃‍♀️ LLM routing framework 👉 RouteLLM is an open-source framework for cost-effective routing between large language models. 👉 It routes queries between expensive and cheaper LLMs, optimizing cost and performance. 👉 RouteLLM achieved cost savings while maintaining 95% of GPT-4's performance in tests. Did you like this post? Please share ♻️ it with your network! Let me know about your favorite AI news this week in the comments 👇 --------- ➕ Follow Sebastian Illing for the latest AI news. ♻️ Repost to keep your network up to date.

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As a product manager, this resonates deeply with me. The magic in creating great products isn’t just in conducting UX research it’s in connecting those insights to a clear product strategy. Too often, companies overlook the importance of truly understanding their customers and even fewer make the leap to tie those insights directly to their roadmap. UX research isn’t just about gathering data; it’s about executing and translating what we learn into actionable strategies that solve real problems for real people. Thank you, Bente Bak, for sharing this comic and shining a light on such an essential part of building impactful products. It’s a great reminder that when UX and product strategy align, that’s where the magic happens.

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Contrary to popular belief, Google did not create the term ‘Knowledge Graph.’ They simply popularized it. You can read more about this in a post written some time ago by Mike Bergman: https://lnkd.in/emnsUTTm #KnowledgeGraph #History #SemanticWeb #DBMS #KnowledgeManagement #Terminology #ComputationLinguistics

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AI can make you lazy if you depend on it. But AI can make you super productive if you know how to utilise it properly. This AI copilot, that AI Copilot, but which one to choose ? As a software engineering student, you’ve likely come across AI copilots like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Windsurf, each claiming to enhance your productivity. But how do you decide which one to use? Let me break it down for you: Recently I got access to Windsurf ! It is crazier than all other alternatives available out there. It contains : - Agentic AI: Goes beyond copiloting; works alongside you while also handling complex tasks independently. - Flow state productivity: Keeps you in the zone with its Cascade feature, offering full contextual awareness and multi-file editing. - Advanced tools: Combines powerful LLM-based search, command execution, terminal suggestions, and iterative problem-solving. - Complete context understanding: It’s the most powerful way to code with AI, understanding your actions and picking up where you left off. Whereas other tools like, GitHub Copilot can help you predict the next line of code and speeds up coding by 55% & also fit seamlessly into the development environment. Cursor knows your codebase and offers specific suggestions by referring to files or docs and Lets you update functions or classes by simply describing what you want in plain English. In my opinion Windsurf doesn’t only provide convenience but also elevate the way you code. Check it out here: https://codeium.com/ You should definitely check that out. It is super cool 👌 #ai #code #review #agents #engineer #software

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Not every project needs information architecture. Or design. How well you understand the problem and the solution, as well as how that understanding changes, determines whether or not you need information architecture, design, development, or testing. Information architecture’s place in the design and development process: https://lnkd.in/d3GxD92N

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🧠 Is your chatbot getting facts wrong? Does it struggle with complex info? GraphRAG is here to save the day (and your sanity). It's like giving your LLM a brain boost with knowledge graphs! 🎤 Join me at my talk: "Power up LLMs to be Factual Ninjas using GraphRAGs" at The Fifth Elephant 2024 Annual Conference Hold onto your trunks! We will dive into: 1. Enhancing LLMs with knowledge graphs for accurate and logical AI. 2. Real-world applications using SEC EDGAR dataset (because finance data needs love too). 3. Practical tips for ML engineers, developers, and AI enthusiasts. Grab your ticket and participate in India's top conference on Big Data, ML, and Data Science here: https://lnkd.in/gNh_P4ew P.S First 5 people to buy a ticket to the conference using the above link get a 10% discount! So go grab your ticket fast! Neo4j #TheFifthElephant2024 #BigData #MachineLearning #DataScience #GraphRAG #AI #LLMs #Conference #TechTalk #WeLoveBigData

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