Works But Makes Noises
Works But Makes Noises
David McGillivray & Jacob Heftmann
Surf Apps & 70’s Surf Racks, Figma Config, Homebrew Study Aides, Hand-Finished Design, Reverse Airbnb, and Design Team Retreats
54 minutes Posted Mar 30, 2026 at 8:00 am.
Intro
Euro Camping
Infinite Machine
Wavekit
Rex's Rax
Figma Config
Tech Citizen
AI Tooling
Grilli Type
Good Finds
Airbnb Categories
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surf forecasting tools and building personal software, jacob’s 70’s surf rack archive and design lineage, figma config branding and pushing beyond the parent brand, using ai to study and learn through narrative instead of memorization, planning a retreat for type designers and the limits of structured “fun” https://www.infinitemachine.com/ https://jheftmann.github.io/wavekit/ https://config.figma.com/ David McGillivray is a designer and creative director in upstate New York, designing for ear...