Claws x Code

About Claws x Code

Joi Jetson and Jey Austen cut through the noise in tech, design tools, and AI's takeover of creative work. Joi brings design engineering and UX leadership fire, while Jey delivers illustration, branding, and UI expertise with zero filter. From Figma's ambitious releases to agentic AI debates, Silicon Valley trade wars to the latest from OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, Gemini and Llama - we dissect what actually matters for product design. Real talk from designers who've survived multiple tech booms and aren't easily impressed. For designers, developers, streamers and anyone who wants the unvarnished truth about where tech and creativity are heading.

Publisher

Joi & Jey

Category

arts · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Jun 2025

Latest episode

24 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

10 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Jun 2025

   Surviving Tech Booms: Dot Com, Cloud, AI, Space

   Hillary Coe, SpaceX's first design director, discusses the evolution of tech booms with Joi and Jey, from the dot com era to building commercial space stations at Vast, offering industry inspiration in this interview.

2. 

   22 Jun 2025

   Factories on the Moon

   Hosts Joi and Jey discuss Microsoft's layoffs alongside investments in OpenAI, examining the gendered impact of tech cuts and the likelihood of moon factories before fair employment.

3. 

   19 Jun 2025

   Hardware Confessions

   Hosts Joi and Jey discuss their expensive hardware habits, including mechanical keyboards and elaborate laptop setups, revealing how tools reflect professional identity.

4. 

   16 Jun 2025

   Google Material M3 Expressive Design

   Joi explores Google's Material Design 3 Expressive update, highlighting the user preference for expressive UI design and the shift away from boring interfaces.

5. 

   13 Jun 2025

   Buying Data on AWS & Grok Epic Fails

   Jey explains to Joi the AWS Data Marketplace and its implications, highlighting Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition as a data play and Grok AI's failures due to insufficient training data.

6. 

   11 Jun 2025

   AI Energy Consumption, Magic Mouse & Naked iPhones

   Hosts Joi and Jey discuss the energy consumption of AI data centers, the ergonomics of the Magic Mouse, and the aesthetics of iPhones without cases.

7. 

   8 Jun 2025

   Why Everyone Sucks at AI Prompting

   Hosts Joi and Jey discuss common AI prompting failures, the tech workforce reduction, and AWS's dominance, revealing the truth about AI companies as API wrappers.

8. 

   7 Jun 2025

   Open Source AI, Scams & Security

   Jey and Joi discuss the complexities of open source AI, including both its potential benefits and the increased cybersecurity risks it introduces.

9. 

   5 Jun 2025

   GSAP, Interaction Design & Animation Inspo

   Joi discusses the GSAP animation library, the importance of delight in digital design, and the need for creatives to embrace interactive animation.

10. 

    4 Jun 2025

    Are We a Design Podcast?

    Hosts Jey and Joi explore the podcast's identity and discuss design-related topics, revealing their unique perspectives on aesthetics and current trends in this introductory episode.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

2,182

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 46 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

65

Social presence

0

YouTube

65

Engagement

0