Best Work Of Your Life
GitHub Design Engineering spotlights Impeccable creator Paul Bakaus and Figma's Dr. Setor Zilevu and other exceptional makers at the GitHub HQ in San Francisco.
Thursday, July 30
4-6 PM
Come see where AI and design engineering are going next. Learn how the people closest to the edge turn new possibilities into meaningful work, and how they decide what is worth putting into the world. Learn more about Impeccable in @cassidoo's walkthrough of Impeccable in the new GitHub Copilot app to learn more about Paul's new skill. Watch Dr. Zilevu's talk at Config 2026 on Own The Loop.
Who is Paul Bakaus? Paul Bakaus is a product engineer, two-time founder, and creative technologist who has spent more than 20 years working where code, design, and culture meet. He created jQuery UI, helped shape Chrome DevTools, AMP, Web Stories, and Spotter Studio, and has consistently built tools that make creative work faster and more expressive. Today, he is the founder and CEO of Renaissance Geek, whose first product, Impeccable, helps AI coding agents understand design and has already reached more than 40,000 GitHub stars and 300,000 installs. https://github.com/pbakaus
Who is Setor Zilevu? Dr. Zilevu is a computer scientist and AI researcher who has built his career at the intersection of AI and UX. He earned his Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction from Virginia Tech, developed the Z Methodology for human-AI collaboration, and created a clinically tested stroke-rehabilitation platform. After leading consumer AI research at Meta, he is now a Staff Researcher at Figma focused on AI evaluations. He was named an MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35 and created NYU Tandon’s UX for AI curriculum. https://setorzilevu.com/