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AI UX Doesn't Exist (But AI Can Make UX Work Less Miserable)
Aug 19, 2025

AI UX Doesn't Exist (But AI Can Make UX Work Less Miserable)

Good UX is deciding what matters, in what order, for whom, under constraints you don't control. That's the job.

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UX Audit Under 15 Minutes: The Brutally Honest Sanity Check
Aug 12, 2025

UX Audit Under 15 Minutes: The Brutally Honest Sanity Check

Most UX audits are long, expensive, and full of beautifully formatted reports you'll never read twice.

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What UX Design Services Actually Look Like (Not What Agencies Sell You)
Jul 29, 2025

What UX Design Services Actually Look Like (Not What Agencies Sell You)

Series A fintech startup. $12M raised. Hired "top-tier" agency for complete product redesign. Six weeks, $85K, beautiful deck.

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You Hired a UI/UX Designer. Now Let Them Do Their Job.
Jul 18, 2025

You Hired a UI/UX Designer. Now Let Them Do Their Job.

This post isn't a polite reminder. It's a cautionary tale. A reflection, really – on every well-funded, well-intentioned product team that decided to hire a UI/UX designer... and then slowly suffocate

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Conceptual Design Isn't Just a Moodboard — It's Your Product's First Strategy Test
Jul 15, 2025

Conceptual Design Isn't Just a Moodboard – It's Your Product's First Strategy Test

Got brought in to help a well-funded American startup with their "revolutionary" product.

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Why Design Packages Kill Projects (What I Saw Happen)
Jul 10, 2025

Why Design Packages Kill Projects (What I Saw Happen)

Got a call from a designer friend last year. Voice sounded tired.

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SaaS Product Strategy: Why All-in-One Products Fail (And What Users Actually Want)
Jul 3, 2025

SaaS Product Strategy: Why All-in-One Products Fail (And What Users Actually Want)

I spent eight months working as Creative Director for a large, well-funded product team. Big budget, talented people, genuine ambitions.

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How to Write UX Copy Users Actually Trust
Jun 24, 2025

How to Write UX Copy Users Actually Trust

There's a reason your UX copy reads like it was written by a sentient HR policy. It probably was.

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Design System Alternative: You Don't Need a Design System – You Need Modular UX
Jun 10, 2025

Design System Alternative: You Don't Need a Design System – You Need Modular UX

Every SaaS team hits the same wall around 10-15 features: the interface feels inconsistent, new features take longer, and someone suggests building a design system.

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Product Design Settings: Stop Building Settings Pages Where Users Change 5% of Options
May 29, 2025

Product Design Settings: Stop Building Settings Pages Where Users Change 5% of Options

I spent three months tracking settings usage across one product. 127 total settings. 89 visible by default.

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When Your MVP UX Design Stops Being Scrappy and Starts Being Expensive
May 15, 2025

When Your MVP UX Design Stops Being Scrappy and Starts Being Expensive

A client came to me with 18 months of traction, 2,000 active users, and an MVP that looked like it was styled with inline CSS and prayers.

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Startups We Admire (and Would Love to Design For)
Apr 21, 2025

Startups We Admire (and Would Love to Design For)

Okay, not quite. But yes – https://curated.dnsk.work is just a simple, slightly obsessive tool we made to track the startups we keep accidentally redesigning in our heads. It's not a lead gen gimmick.

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UX Design Principles: Stop Micromanaging Users Like Pharaoh
Apr 17, 2025

UX Design Principles: Stop Micromanaging Users Like Pharaoh

The final days of Pesach are about walking forward. Not escaping anymore – moving. Through the sea. Into the unknown.

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Dark Patterns in UX Design: What the Exodus Can Teach Us About User Liberation
Apr 15, 2025

Dark Patterns in UX Design: What the Exodus Can Teach Us About User Liberation

We're deep into Pesach season. A time of freedom, storytelling, and asking difficult questions.

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Why I Stopped Sounding Like Every Other Designer on LinkedIn
Apr 4, 2025

Why I Stopped Sounding Like Every Other Designer on LinkedIn

Award-winning. Passionate. Strategic. Driven.

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