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Ten years inside SaaS products generates opinions. Most content from a UI/UX design agency is written to rank, not to say anything.
This is the other kind — the patterns that keep showing up, written down before the next product makes the same mistake.
AI Slop Gave You a Job Nobody Named. You Work It Every Night.
It's 11:40 on a Sunday. You are not building anything. You are not designing anything. You are reading, line by line, the confident AI slop of a machine that wrote it in four seconds and will write the same slop again tomorrow.
New on Built In: we're in the AI design slop era
A Guide to Web Design Services for Small Businesses in 2026 That Assumes You've Already Wasted Money on One
Your last website looked fine and did nothing. Here's why – what actually changed in 2026, what's coming in 2027, and the one question to answer before commissioning another one.
A Guide to Web Design and SEO in 2026 When AI Wrote Half the Content and Google Still Doesn't Trust You
Eight months later the site is on page four for the keyword they're paying the agency to rank for.
A Guide to the Web Design Process for People Whose Last Designer Was an AI Agent
A Website Redesign Isn't a Rebrand. I Confused the Two.
The site is new. You probably noticed. Or didn't, which is a separate problem I've already made peace with.
Your UX Design Competitive Analysis Is Thorough, Accurate, and Completely Useless
The founder sent it the night before our first call. "Background reading," he said. "So we're not starting from zero."
If Your Portfolio Was Made With AI Tools for UX Design, Show Me One Decision You Made
A client – B2B SaaS, 34 employees, Series A, scaling fast – needed a contractor for a 3-month engagement. Dashboard redesign, onboarding flow, design system foundations. Senior-level work. $8,500/mont
If Your Brief Includes a UX Design Skills List, I Already Know How This Project Ends
It was a referral. Good sign, usually.
The AI Checker Said 100%. The Article Was Written in 1999
The submission went in on a Tuesday.
UX Research vs UX Design: Two Departments, One Report Nobody Read
The research is done.
UX Design Mistakes That Don't Show Up in Figma: Six Data Fingerprints
This article was originally written for external publication, yet ended up here instead. Enjoy!
The UI UX Design Portfolio Is a Story Designers Tell Themselves
You know how this goes.
New on HackerNoon: your AI designer has never disagreed with you
UX Design 101: The Official Curriculum and the 2026 Translation
The first week of UX design 101, you learn about the double diamond. Research, define, ideate, prototype. Clean phases, logical sequence, satisfying diagram.
UX Design Entry Level Jobs Don't Develop Junior Designers. They Filter for Survivors
Six months into her first junior role, she kept doing something her manager couldn't figure out.
I Wrote a Book About AI Sycophancy. I Didn't Use AI to Write It.
Someone at an event, after I mentioned the book.
UX Design Internships Taught Designers Their Work Was Disposable. AI Confirmed It.
Six months into her first junior role, she kept doing something her manager couldn't figure out.
Top UI UX Design Agency Rankings Are Pay-to-Play and You're Being Played
A prospect emailed last month. Polite. Clearly done their homework.
Wireframes: The Grayscale Lies We Tell Before the Real Design Happens
The wireframes looked perfect.