'Why do Michelin chefs eat instant noodles at home?' — designers on text-only portfolios

briannekimmel · x · 2026-08-18

A viral X meme thread: someone asks why every designer ends up with a text-only portfolio, and @0xDesigner answers with 'why do Michelin star chefs make themselves instant noodles when they get home?' — implying top creators choose the plainest, most efficient tools when building for themselves. The exchange resonates amid AI reshaping design tooling.

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