Bart Krawczyk Learning how to build beautiful products without burning myself out (again). Writing about what I discovered along the way.

Stories by Bart Krawczyk

How To Conduct User Research For (Almost) Free

How to conduct user research for (almost) free

UX Design

Think UX research requires a big budget? Nope. With the right approach, you can uncover valuable insights without spending a dime.

Bart Krawczyk
Mar 17, 2025 ⋅ 3 min read
A Designer's Guide To UX Workshop Types And How To Run Them

A designer’s guide to UX workshop types and how to run them

UX Design

UX workshops = less talking, more doing. Whether it’s a design sprint or a user feedback session, here’s how to make them work for your team.

Bart Krawczyk
Mar 17, 2025 ⋅ 7 min read
How To Conduct A Heuristic Evaluation Of Ux Ui Designs

How to conduct a heuristic evaluation for UX/UI designs

UX Design

In this tutorial, you can learn what a heuristic evaluation is and how to perform it to enhance your product and reduce usability issues.

Bart Krawczyk
Mar 10, 2025 ⋅ 6 min read
Running A Cognitive Walkthrough For Usability Testing: Guide + Template

Running a cognitive walkthrough for usability testing: Guide + template

UX Design

Want to catch usability issues before real users do? A cognitive walkthrough helps you refine your product’s UX quickly — no expensive studies needed. Here’s your step-by-step guide.

Bart Krawczyk
Mar 6, 2025 ⋅ 3 min read

Generative vs. agentic AI: The next wave of the AI revolution

Product Management

Agentic AI is capable of observing its environment, creating a plan, and executing tasks independently to achieve predefined goals.

Bart Krawczyk
Mar 5, 2025 ⋅ 3 min read
User Personas Common Mistakes And How To Avoid Them

User personas: Common mistakes and how to avoid them

UX Design

Poorly crafted user personas not only don’t help your UX process, they can even harm it. Think garbage in, garbage out.

Bart Krawczyk
Feb 27, 2025 ⋅ 4 min read
Why You Should Consider Talking To Non Users For Ux Research

Why you should consider talking to non-users for UX research

UX Design

Talking to existing users is important, but carving out some time for non-user research can bring you a new perspective and insights.

Bart Krawczyk
Feb 25, 2025 ⋅ 3 min read
Is Your UX Team Working On The Most Important Research Initiatives?

Is your UX team working on the most important research initiatives?

UX Design

User research is one of the most powerful activities a UX team can do. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the most time-consuming ones.

Bart Krawczyk
Feb 21, 2025 ⋅ 3 min read
Defining Your UX Skillset: T-Shaped Vs. I-Shaped Vs. M-Shaped Vs. X-Shaped

Defining your UX skillset: T-shaped vs. I-shaped vs. M-shaped vs. X-shaped

UX Design

Should you specialize or diversify? In this blog, I talk about the key differences between UX skillset archetypes — so you can align your expertise with career opportunities and team dynamics.

Bart Krawczyk
Feb 20, 2025 ⋅ 3 min read
When To Use Continuous Discovery Vs. Research Projects

When to use continuous discovery vs. research projects

Product Management

While continuous discovery usually triumphs over fixed, long-term research projects, it doesn’t mean the latter has no place.

Bart Krawczyk
Feb 11, 2025 ⋅ 4 min read
Debunking Your UX User Research Misconceptions

Debunking your UX user research misconceptions

UX Design

You don’t need a PhD, a big budget, or months of planning to do solid UX research. Let’s break down the biggest myths stopping teams from learning what users really need.

Bart Krawczyk
Feb 5, 2025 ⋅ 3 min read
Key Fintech Terms For Product Managers

Key fintech terms for product managers

Product Management

This article explains the most important fintech terms that you should be aware of to better navigate this field.

Bart Krawczyk
Feb 5, 2025 ⋅ 4 min read