We thought a robo advisor would help users invest. Instead, four months of work led to almost no adoption. Here’s what we learned about validating assumptions, listening to users, and building the right thing.
Compare TanStack Charts, Recharts, and Chart.js by building the same React dashboard three times. See how each library’s mental model affects your code.
After years of designing and building digital products, I’m sharing 10 UX lessons that challenged my assumptions about minimalism, AI, familiarity, and more.
Is the Rust React Compiler’s 10x speed claim real? We put Babel, Vite (Oxc), and Bun to the test on a real app to find out where the speed actually matters.
Explore agentic AI security trade-offs product managers must own before launch, from permissions and human oversight to memory and recovery.
Which Markdown library is right for your React docs site? We rebuilt the same documentation app using TanStack Markdown and react-markdown to compare bundle size, setup complexity, and performance.
Brand archetypes can define your personality, but they don’t tell you what to say. The imagined speaker technique turns an abstract archetype into a real voice you can write through.
Can a Rust toolkit speed up Node.js? We tested Nub’s script running, package management, and benchmarks to see how it compares to Bun and Deno.
Compare React Native Track Player and Expo Audio across background playback, lock-screen controls, queue management, licensing, and developer experience.
See how to define AI features that deliver user value. Validate needs, assess costs, and set reliability requirements before the team builds.
Finding the right UX research participants is hard, and AI has made verifying them even harder. Here’s how to recruit real users, screen for quality, and use synthetic participants without compromising your research.
Can AI refactor legacy CSS without breaking your layout? We benchmarked 5 top AI assistants across cascade order, specificity ties, and stacking traps.
