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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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Building an Audience Through Strategic Authenticity
Oct 14, 2025

Building an Audience Through Strategic Authenticity

The most common advice for building an audience is "just be yourself."

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UI/UX Design Outsourcing: The Hidden Costs Nobody Calculates
Oct 14, 2025

UI/UX Design Outsourcing: The Hidden Costs Nobody Calculates

When $50/hour ends up costing more than $150/hour — the math nobody wants you to see.

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Using AI for UX Research: The Workflow I Actually Use
Oct 8, 2025

Using AI for UX Research: The Workflow I Actually Use

Here's what works when you use AI for UX research — and what almost made me design for the wrong problem.

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AI Model Collapse and Design Tools: Why Your AI Tools Are Getting Worse
Oct 1, 2025

AI Model Collapse and Design Tools: Why Your AI Tools Are Getting Worse

I was working on client team headshots in August 2025. Ran the first photo through my usual background removal tool — the same one I'd used reliably for two years. The edge looked chewed. Like someone

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Social Media Marketing Essentials for Designers Who Hate Marketing
Sep 29, 2025

Social Media Marketing Essentials for Designers Who Hate Marketing

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5C8vK7nsbZA0yBFj2KWnc5?si=Kaf-K6YQSsifNcDlmvJz0Q

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Why I Only Design Mobile Apps for One Type of Client Now
Sep 25, 2025

Why I Only Design Mobile Apps for One Type of Client Now

After designing mobile apps that made everyone miserable, I figured out which clients are worth the headache.

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The UI UX Design Skills Lie That's Bankrupting Designers
Sep 22, 2025

The UI UX Design Skills Lie That's Bankrupting Designers

If you need seventeen different skills just to get an entry-level job, maybe the problem isn't your qualifications.

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Why Most Banking App UX Is Broken at £0 - and How to Fix It Fast
Sep 18, 2025

Why Most Banking App UX Is Broken at £0 - and How to Fix It Fast

Most banking apps look fantastic when the balance is healthy.

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Marketing Website Case Studies Lie - The Maths, the Mess, the Exit
Sep 16, 2025

Marketing Website Case Studies Lie - The Maths, the Mess, the Exit

When "make it pop" meets "increase conversions by 400%" — spoiler: math doesn't work that way either.

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The Harsh Truth About UX Design in Education (and Why It Fails New Designers)
Sep 11, 2025

The Harsh Truth About UX Design in Education (and Why It Fails New Designers)

Your beautiful portfolio won't survive first contact with a real stakeholder meeting.

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The UX Iceberg Problem: When Research Becomes an Excuse
Sep 9, 2025

The UX Iceberg Problem: When Research Becomes an Excuse

If you've been researching the same problem for three months, you're not being thorough — you're being scared. There's a special kind of hell reserved for product teams drowning in UX iceberg syndrome

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Why UX and Marketing Keep Failing – and How to Fix It with Backwards Campaigns
Sep 4, 2025

Why UX and Marketing Keep Failing – and How to Fix It with Backwards Campaigns

If the demo can't prove the headline in 60 seconds, change the headline.

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Simple Web Design: The No-Images Draft That Actually Converts
Sep 2, 2025

Simple Web Design: The No-Images Draft That Actually Converts

Everyone says they want simple web design. Then they brief a carousel, three gradients, abstract shapes, and a brand film with soft-focus office plants.

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Your SaaS Documentation Is Presales. Treat It Like One.
Aug 28, 2025

Your SaaS Documentation Is Presales. Treat It Like One.

Marketing automation SaaS. 42 employees. Series A closed. They hired an agency to redesign their website — recommended, SaaS portfolio, $18,000 for a six-week engagement.

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Landing Pages Fail When They Look Good But Load Slow
Aug 26, 2025

Landing Pages Fail When They Look Good But Load Slow

Slow pages don't just annoy people. They change their minds.

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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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The Ultimate Design Package Alternative for Proven ROI
Aug 14, 2025

The Ultimate Design Package Alternative for Proven ROI

I’ve lost count of the founders who’ve come to me after buying a “starter” or “small business” website design package. Same story every time: a tidy PDF proposal, a fixed number of pages, a timeline t

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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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The Painful Truth About UX/UI Debt (And the Essential Fixes to Start Now)
Aug 7, 2025

The Painful Truth About UX/UI Debt (And the Essential Fixes to Start Now)

Every product accumulates UX/UI debt. Cluttered flows. Unloved screens. Ghost features no one uses but everyone's too scared to remove. The digital equivalent of that junk drawer in your kitchen — you

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Save Time and Money With a UI/UX Design Partner That Works
Aug 5, 2025

Save Time and Money With a UI/UX Design Partner That Works

Founders love hiring. It feels like progress. A full-time designer on payroll? That must mean you're a real startup now.

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UI/UX Design and Development That Developers Actually Love
Jul 31, 2025

UI/UX Design and Development That Developers Actually Love

If you've ever opened a Figma file and wondered whether the designer actually met a developer in their life, this post is for you.

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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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