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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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UX Writing Best Practices: Stop Whispering – Confident Copy Builds More Trust
May 22, 2025

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."

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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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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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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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If You're Hiring a 'Freelance UX Designer,' You're Probably Not Ready to Commit
Nov 25, 2025

If You're Hiring a 'Freelance UX Designer,' You're Probably Not Ready to Commit

The job post looked fine. Standard stuff.

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UX Research vs UX Design: Two Departments, One Report Nobody Read
Mar 16, 2026

UX Research vs UX Design: Two Departments, One Report Nobody Read

The research is done.

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UX Failures at Three Years' Experience: What Training a Designer Who Was Already Good Taught Me
Oct 21, 2026

UX Failures at Three Years' Experience: What Training a Designer Who Was Already Good Taught Me

The UX failures a designer ships at three years' experience have nothing to do with Figma. Four I watched Sarah ship, the roughly real numbers, and what fourteen weeks of training changed.

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Articles I've Written Elsewhere 📌
Dec 11, 2025

Articles I've Written Elsewhere 📌

…hiring a freelance UX designer says about how ready you are to commit, and what UX/UI debt needs before anyone says "redesign". If you do UX research, start with…

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A Guide to the Web Design Process for People Whose Last Designer Was an AI Agent
May 29, 2026

A Guide to the Web Design Process for People Whose Last Designer Was an AI Agent

…Copywriting | First drafts, headline variations, cutting filler | Writing a line specific enough that a competitor couldn't use it. Specificity requires a choice…

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The AI Checker Said 100%. The Article Was Written in 1999
Mar 18, 2026

The AI Checker Said 100%. The Article Was Written in 1999

…writing. They also appear in human writing because that is what formal prose looks like. The result is a tool that flags not AI, but a certain kind of writing. Academic…

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A Guide to Web Design and SEO in 2026 When AI Wrote Half the Content and Google Still Doesn't Trust You
Jun 3, 2026

A Guide to Web Design and SEO in 2026 When AI Wrote Half the Content and Google Still Doesn't Trust You

…redesign that wiped the authority: Three years of backlinks pointing to /services/ux-design. 140 referring domains. Redesign changes URL structure to /work/ux because…

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