Pica is a native macOS font manager from Josh Puckett, built for designers who want proper font organization. “Organize into collections, test color themes and logos, watch folders, manage what’s installed, and much more.”
“The role of someone who figures out what needs to exist, why, how it should work, how it should be positioned, differentiated and made memorable has never been more in demand.” Josh Puckett (also the maker of Pica included below) separates the deliverable from the practice: he agrees the mockup-maker role is going away, but argues the “what should this be and why?” role is more in demand than ever.
I think this is worth some nuance.
— joshpuckett (@joshpuckett) April 25, 2026
In recent history, many companies have employed 'product designers' whose primary activity and output has been the creation of software interface facsimiles, e.g. mockups in a drawing tool like Figma.
Those making mockups have of course been… https://t.co/RBqkG7oszr