Author: thatuisavyguy
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Building a Scalable Design Token System in Figma
If you’re like most designers or developers working in a growing team, you’ve probably hit that wall where updating a button color or a font size becomes a massive headache. That’s exactly why building a scalable design token system in Figma isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s essential. In today’s fast-paced product world, maintaining consistency across platforms…
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UX Writing 101: How Microcopy Shapes User Behavior
Let’s talk about one of the most underestimated forces in digital product design: microcopy. It’s small, often invisible when it’s working well, but it can completely change how users experience your app, website, or software. This isn’t just about clever button labels or witty 404 pages. In this guide—UX Writing 101: How Microcopy Shapes User…
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Emotional Design: Crafting Interfaces That Connect
Ever opened an app and instantly felt “this was made for me”? That subtle sense of joy, comfort, or trust doesn’t come from the features alone. It’s the result of emotional design — an approach to UX that goes beyond usability and functionality, aiming to create human-centered connections between people and technology. In the age…
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Designing Onboarding Flows That Delight and Retain Users
When we think of the first impression a digital product makes, it’s not usually a logo or even the home screen—it’s the onboarding flow. Whether you’re building a mobile app, a SaaS platform, or even a niche productivity tool, designing onboarding flows that delight and retain users is a make-or-break challenge. Users don’t just want…
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Mastering CSS Grid vs. Flexbox: When and How to Use Each
Let’s face it—CSS layout systems can be a headache. Every front-end developer has been there, wrestling with positioning elements, trying to center something perfectly, or making responsive designs play nice. Enter two of the most powerful tools in our modern CSS toolbox: Grid and Flexbox. While both systems revolutionized how we build layouts, they serve…
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Dark Mode Design: Best Practices for Legibility and Comfort
Dark mode isn’t just a trendy toggle anymore. It has become a staple in modern UI and UX design—used in everything from developer tools to finance apps, eCommerce platforms, and even productivity software. But while it may look sleek and sophisticated, designing a proper dark mode experience is more than just inverting colors or turning…
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Hometime’s App Pivot Fiasco: When a UI Redesign Broke Trust with Hosts
Hometime, once a rising star in Australia’s short-term rental tech scene, positioned itself as the “operating system for Airbnb property managers.” By combining automated guest communication, cleaner scheduling, payments, and dynamic pricing into one sleek interface, the Sydney-based startup promised to make property management seamless and scalable. But in 2022–2023, Hometime underwent a major UI…
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MilkRun’s Meltdown: How UI Decisions Hurt One of Australia’s Most Hyped Startups
In early 2023, MilkRun—a once-celebrated Sydney-based grocery delivery startup—announced its sudden shutdown after burning through tens of millions in funding and failing to gain sustainable traction. While most headlines focused on business strategy and burn rate, one of the most overlooked factors in MilkRun’s downfall was its flawed user interface and poor digital customer experience,…