Ryan Peterson

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The entire @whimsical team gathered recently in Alaçatı, Turkey for our fall summit. It was one of the best yet. Here are some reflections: Highlight #1: the boutique hotel we stayed in (The Stay Warehouse) couldn’t have been a better fit for us. We were able to have the entire place to ourselves. It was beautifully designed, had awesome common areas for hanging out, and the staff was extremely hospitable. Their cocktails were also 👌. Having an entire venue to ourselves is something we’d love to do again. Highlight #2: our half-day boat cruise. The weather was perfect. We cruised for a few hours, anchored near an island, had lunch, took turns jumping off of the boat and enjoyed some time in the water. This is the second time we’ve done a group boat ride (the first was in South Beach, Miami) and both experiences have been awesome. We decided to extend the summit by one day and go from Mon-Thurs. This meant traveling over the weekend. The consensus was that the additional time was worth it. We’ll try this again for the next one. Group activities were once again a fun way to create memories together. Activities on this trip included: jet skiing in the ocean, windsurfing, a guided tour of the historical sites in Ephesus, and a pottery class. Somehow I was able to fit Spikeball into my carry-on bag and so we enjoyed some friendly games throughout the week as well 😄. We try to optimize for nice weather during our summits and late September in Alaçatı is gorgeous. We spent almost the entire time outside. It was perfectly comfortable for walking around and was still plenty hot to enjoy swimming and beach time. Each night, we’d all walk into the old town of Alaçatı and split up into randomized groups for dinner. The old town is incredibly charming and picturesque and we had lots of delicious Turkish food! On the final night of the summit we announce the next summit location. There’s been a healthy build up throughout the week as we’ve all been discussing where might be fun to go and where the next one might be. Well, we’re going from a small place to very, very big one. In the spring of 2025, we head to… Mexico City 🇲🇽!

We’re ready to introduce ourselves. Patterns is a retreat for engineering, product, and design leaders who want to explore design systems from June 6-9 at a one-of-a-kind location in Santa Fe 🌵☀️🌶️ Want to join us? Apply here >> gopatterns.co

📣 Announcing our $5.5M seed round led by @GradientVC with participation from @paradevc @CrosslinkCap @fcollective @slackfund. We’re excited to be connecting DevOps and DesignOps workflows with unified design systems. Details here: prn.to/3C4Omvu

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