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Microcopy is macro important.

#microcopy #ui #ux #design

Good UX is like a joke.

If you have to explain it, it’s not working

#ux #ui #design #designhumor

Great design is as much about what you avoid as what you create.

Spot these habits early, call them out, and build better.

Got one to add? Drop it below 👇

7. Skipping research because “we already know”

You probably don’t... even if you’ve built 10 similar things, this audience, this context, and this moment are different.

5 real conversations with users can change your roadmap.
Research isn’t a delay, it’s insurance.

6. Designing for the ideal user, not the real one

Your perfect user doesn’t exist.
The real ones have context, bad habits, and distractions.

Don’t assume:
• They read every word
• They understand your logic
• They behave “logically”

Design for how people actually act.

5. Using lorem ipsum and wondering why it feels off

Designing with fake content = fake decisions

Real copy exposes real problems:
• Is this CTA clear?
• Is this headline too long?
• Does this layout hold up with dynamic data?

Design with real content as soon as possible.

4. Ignoring accessibility until launch day

You can’t bolt on accessibility at the end.
It’s not a “nice to have”, it’s foundational.

Color contrast, keyboard nav, alt text, screen reader support…
You bake these in early, or you pay for it later, in rebuilds or worse.

3. Choosing aesthetics over usability

Cool visuals ≠ good UX
aand your users aren’t here for your Dribbble portfolio

If a gorgeous UI confuses users, it’s a bad UI

Make it usable first, then make it beautiful ✨

2. Designing solutions before understanding the problem

It’s tempting to jump straight into wireframes, but if you don’t understand why something needs to exist, you’ll just be polishing a guess.

Start with:
• What pain are we solving?
• For who?
• In what context?

1. Asking for feedback without saying what you want

Vague asks = vague answers.

If you ask, “thoughts?”, don’t be surprised when people nitpick colors or spacing.

Be specific:
• “Does this flow make sense?”
• “Where do you drop off as a user?”

7 deadly sins of product design I still see way too often:

Even with the best tools and intentions, these mistakes sneak in, and they can kill good products

Here’s what to avoid (and how to fix it):
🧵👇

UX isn’t just about knowing best practices.
It’s about learning the real stuff no one writes in the docs

Dop your own hard-learned lesson below 👇

8. → Accessibility isn’t optional, it’s expensive to ignore

You can skip it now…
But you’ll pay for it in audits, rebuilds, lost users, and legal risk..

Build accessibly from day one
It’s not just ethical, it’s strategic.

7. → Explaining your design is as important as designing it

You can’t just do the work, you have to sell the thinking behind it.

Explain your choices clearly:
- Why you structured it this way
- Why you removed that step
- Why this solution fits the user flow

6. → Launch speed > pixel perfection (almost every time)

You’re polishing a button
Meanwhile, the real issue is: the feature isn’t live

Get it in users’ hands, then learn & iterate

Done and tested beats “almost perfect but unpublished” every time.

5. → Decision fatigue is the real enemy, not lack of creativity

Often when you feel stuck, you’re not out of ideas.
You’re overloaded.

Too many options = frozen brain 🥶
Start with constraints, default to clarity then strip it down

Simplicity isn’t boring, it’s focused

4. → Design systems don’t solve people problems

They solve consistency.
They don’t fix bad feedback loops, unclear ownership, or team drama though

If you’re hoping a design system will align your team, it won’t!
That’s a communication issue, not a component one.

3. → Good products feel inevitable, not innovative

The best UX isn’t flashy. It’s obvious.

Not because it’s boring, but because it solves the problem so well, users don’t question (or see) it.

Innovation isn’t about surprise, it’s about clarity.

2. → Users lie about what they want, but their behavior never does

Feedback is helpful.
But actions are truth.

They’ll say they want X… and never click it.
Watch heatmaps, observe drop-offs, track time-on-task...

Design for what people do, not what they say.

1. → Every stakeholder has a hidden “must-have”

They’ll say, “I’m flexible.”
They’re not.

There’s always that one thing they care about more than they admit.
Find it early, or you’ll redesign late.

Ask better questions, dig for what they really want.

📣 UX advice no one gave me, but I had to learn the hard way:

Some things you only learn after shipping painful versions, reworking failed flows, and sitting through brutal feedback.

Here are 8 hard-won UX truths I wish someone had told me earlier 🧵👇

Forget about it. It’s like a superpower for getting ideas out of my head and into the world. The speed at which you can go from "what if?" to "holy crap, it works!" is just insane. This isn't just about building websites; it's about making ideas tangible, instantly. 🚀

Been deep in Framer lately, and man, it's just pure joy. The way you can just feel the design coming to life, iterating at light speed... it's just addictive. And then when you bolt on something like bolt for those quick dev tweaks?

Building in public is cool until you have to publicly admit you spent all morning fixing a typo.. My entire day yesterday was derailed by a bug that turned out to be a single misplaced comma in a config file. A COMMA 😤

#code #dev #help

The no-stakes, no-pressure playground. The second you remove the need for it to be "good" is the second you actually start making something good. Funny how that works 😅

My best design ideas almost never come from a structured brainstorm. They come from the "I'm just messing around and this is definitely getting deleted" file.

The dark side of low-code

The thing nobody talks about with low-code is the integration tax..
You spend 1h building something amazing in one tool, then the next 2d trying to make it talk to another tool. Webhooks, APIs, a Zapier bill that makes you want to cry.
#lowcode

I swear 50% of being a designer is just a brutal, endless war against your own disorganization 😩

My design folder is a legit cry for help right now.. 😅
Just found a file named 'final_v2_for_real_USE_THIS' and honestly? It's not even the final one.

And don't even get me started on my layer names

#ux #ui #design #framer

AI can’t replace designers.

But #AI can replace your bad habits:
✕ Starting from scratch
✕ Ignoring structure
✕ Avoiding feedback

Let the robot help you finish, not define.

#ui #design #ux