Andrew Paul Simmons

PRODUCT ENGINEER

Feb 25 · 10 min read

I Built a Knowledge Base That My AI Can Actually Use

I have a folder on my computer. No code in it. No application, no database. Just markdown files. The AI reads them, understands the project, and picks up where the last conversation left off.

Feb 25 · 10 min read

Why Chat + Tactile UI Is the Future

If chat alone isn't enough, and point-and-click menus are the overhead everyone hates — what does the right interface actually look like? Chat is for direction. Tactile UI is for decisions.

Feb 5 · 4 min read

Chat Is Not the Final Interface

Since the launch of ChatGPT, we've embraced a new conversational way of interacting with computers. These systems offer insight into the world—and even into our personal lives—in ways we never expected from machines. This raises an obvious question: does the traditional point-and-click interface still make sense?

Uber Eats ActionCard design pattern
Mar 5, 2023 · 1 min read

Architecting a mobile framework at Uber that allowed us to launch 4x faster and write 75% less code.

At the beginning of last year, my team started with a dizzying array of features to launch and we had a short amount of time for each. ...

Conversational GUI concept
Mar 5, 2023 · 5 min read

ChatGPT And The Emerging Conversational Graphical User Interface

Everyday software that we use like Google Docs, Photoshop, Jira, and most mobile apps are about to become much more powerful and much...

Uber Eats delivery person
Dec 19, 2022 · 4 min read

Product Engineering at Uber

Why Uber? I joined Uber for a chance to work on products that blurred the lines between the physical and digital world. Uber is like a...