Episode 9 · Jacob Miller · September 18, 2026 · 29 min
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About this episode
Jacob Miller turned his AI coding workspace into something out of Warcraft III, complete with wrought-iron panels and lighting that follows the cursor. His starting point was an image.
In this episode, Michael sits down with Jacob, creator of DiffUI, to walk through how he designs with image models before handing the results to a coding agent. They explore why AI-generated apps can look generic, how to give them a distinct visual style, and how to keep that style consistent beyond the first screen.
What you’ll learn
- A walkthrough of Jacob’s Warcraft-inspired BB workspace
- Why Jacob starts with images before generating code
- Using DiffUI to explore designs and pass visual references to a coding agent
- Keeping settings pages and other screens consistent with the rest of an app
- Building tools around your own repeated tasks
- Experiments with AI-generated game characters and worlds
- Jacob’s one-month filter for deciding which new AI tools are worth learning
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