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Why Design Packages Kill Projects (What I Saw Happen)
Got a call from a designer friend last year. Voice sounded tired.
How to Write a Design RFP That Doesn’t Waste Everyone’s Time
Design RFPs have a reputation — and not a flattering one. Speaking as someone who’s spent years inside big design teams and consulting for large product organisations, I can say this bluntly: most RFP
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.
Empty State Design: Why Your Product's Empty States Matter More Than You Think
Most products I audit have great onboarding flows, polished dashboards, carefully designed settings pages.
What SaaS Website Designers Get Wrong (And How to Fix It in 8 Seconds)
There's a quiet crisis in SaaS website design. Too many teams have traded clarity for theater. Instead of sites that inform, we get sites that perform — full of gradients, animations, and positioning
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.
"Maybe Later" Is the Most Expensive Button in Your SaaS User Onboarding
"Maybe Later" appears on modals, product tours, feature announcements, onboarding flows. It's the soft opt-out — a peace offering to the overwhelmed new user. A UX safety valve.
UX Audit Checklist: 15 Signs Your Product Needs a Reset (Not a Redesign)
You've been shipping. The roadmap is moving, features are live, users are paying. But somewhere in the last few months the product started feeling... thick. Not broken – functional. Just harder to use
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.
SaaS Pricing Page Design: I Audited 31 SaaS Pricing Pages. Here's What Kills Conversion.
47 features. That's the average number of features listed in a SaaS pricing page comparison table across the 31 pages I've audited over three years. B2B companies, $500K to $50M ARR.
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.
SaaS Website Design Mistakes: Who Are You Actually Designing This Homepage For?
I audited a SaaS homepage last year that took three paragraphs to explain what the product actually did.
UX Writing Best Practices: Stop Whispering – Confident Copy Builds More Trust
I rewrote an error message last month. Changed it from "Oops! Something might've gone a teensy bit wrong 🙈" to "This failed. Here's why."
UI/UX Audit: I Found 47 Dead Features in One Product (Here's How to Audit Yours)
I ran a UX audit on a SaaS product last year. The founder wanted a redesign: "Everything feels cluttered. Users get confused. We need to start fresh."
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.
User Engagement Metrics Lie: Why Silence Is the Worst Feedback You'll Get
I launched a new dashboard tab. No bugs filed. No complaints. No support tickets. My team celebrated: "Clean launch!"
This Button Does Nothing (And Your Users Definitely Noticed)
I shipped a "Save draft" button that didn't save drafts.
The Fake Persona Test: I Roleplay as a 69-Year-Old Librarian to Find UX Bugs My Team Misses
I caught a critical signup bug three days before launch by pretending to be a 69-year-old librarian with trust issues.
Unsolicited Design Redesigns: Why Designers Can't Stop Redesigning Products Nobody Asked For
I redesigned Notion's empty states without permission. Took me 4 hours on a Saturday. Notion didn't ask. They probably don't care. But I learned more in those 4 hours than I did in a month of client w
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.