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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.

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MVP Pricing UX: Why Your 'Free Trial First' Strategy Is Killing Activation
Feb 12, 2026

MVP Pricing UX: Why Your 'Free Trial First' Strategy Is Killing Activation

B2B analytics platform. Six months post-launch. 1,400 trial signups. 83 paying customers.

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New on Built In: training won't fix bad AI design
Feb 11, 2026

New on Built In: training won't fix bad AI design

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Product Designer vs UX Designer: Made-Up Titles for the Same Confused Job
Feb 10, 2026

Product Designer vs UX Designer: Made-Up Titles for the Same Confused Job

The job posting said "Product Designer."

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Every Design Agency in New York Claims They Specialize in SaaS. They're Lying.
Feb 10, 2026

Every Design Agency in New York Claims They Specialize in SaaS. They're Lying.

December 2025. Video call.

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ACM
Feb 8, 2026

Tanya wrote about AI model collapse for ACM

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Your UX Writer Joined Too Late and Now Everything Needs Rewriting
Feb 4, 2026

Your UX Writer Joined Too Late and Now Everything Needs Rewriting

The UX writer opened the staging site. Clicked through the onboarding flow.

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Tanya spoke at Venture Café London
Jan 28, 2026

Tanya spoke at Venture Café London

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Startup Nation
Jan 28, 2026

New guest post on Startup Nation – UX before you build your first SaaS

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Why SaaS UX Debt Costs More Than Technical Debt (And How to Fix It Before Series B)
Jan 28, 2026

Why SaaS UX Debt Costs More Than Technical Debt (And How to Fix It Before Series B)

I've been designing products for enterprise SaaS companies for eight years. Deutsche Telekom, IQVIA, D.E. Shaw Group. The kind of products where a bad UX decision costs millions and ruins someone's qu

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Favourite Design interviewed Tanya on design practice
Jan 26, 2026

Favourite Design interviewed Tanya on design practice

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nownownow.com
Jan 26, 2026

DNSK /now is on nownownow.com

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Tanya joined the seat.fm podcast to talk UX band-aids
Jan 23, 2026

Tanya joined the seat.fm podcast to talk UX band-aids

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Grokipedia
Jan 21, 2026

Tanya has a Grokipedia page now

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UX Strategist: The Only Job Where Saying 'It Depends' Is Considered Expertise
Jan 21, 2026

UX Strategist: The Only Job Where Saying 'It Depends' Is Considered Expertise

The UX strategist's final deliverable was a 31-page PDF titled "Strategic UX Framework for Multi-Audience Dashboard Optimization." Page 8 had a Venn diagram with three circles: "User Needs," "Business

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Authority Magazine
Jan 19, 2026

Authority Magazine interviewed Tanya on the future of work

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Guest post on Mind the Product – influencing product when you are not the PM
Jan 19, 2026

Guest post on Mind the Product – influencing product when you are not the PM

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BuzzFeed
Jan 19, 2026

BuzzFeed asked Tanya about working from home. She had thoughts.

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You Need This UX Work by Friday (It's Thursday and You Just Sent the Brief)
Jan 19, 2026

You Need This UX Work by Friday (It's Thursday and You Just Sent the Brief)

Got a Slack message Tuesday afternoon. 2:47pm.

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Tanya wrote about why integration setup flows fail for Bootcamp on Medium
Jan 19, 2026

Tanya wrote about why integration setup flows fail for Bootcamp on Medium

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Your 'Full-Stack Designer' Is Actually Two Junior People
Jan 15, 2026

Your 'Full-Stack Designer' Is Actually Two Junior People

Mark – B2B SaaS, 41 employees, Series A – hired an agency for a dashboard redesign. Three months, $35,000, "a senior full-stack designer with eight years of UI/UX design and development experience." S

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Consultant Magazine
Jan 14, 2026

Tanya answered questions on onboarding for Consultant Magazine

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SitePoint
Jan 13, 2026

We wrote about AI model collapse in design tools for SitePoint

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