Design duels: create a duel, design your work, winner gets selected by the crowd.

Duelity – design duels

I'm continuing my work on the landing page sections, focusing on an area that showcases clickable industry cards.

Some users browse. Some users locate. Some users ask support how to browse and locate.

When I see popular posts on X and LinkedIn—absolute garbage, yet getting tons of attention and engagement—I lose faith in humanity.

I don’t know why I take it so personally, but it irks every atom of my being. Is this really what the universe has settled for?

Design has become too uniform and boring. There was a time when I looked forward to signing up for a new application.

Six interviews in week one.

Made it to round two with four companies—task challenge (not paid).

Three moved me to the third stage for case studies.

One dropped out, saying they liked me but won’t proceed. 😐

Waiting on the last two. This whole process took 5 weeks. Exhausted.

Strangely, I haven't used Google as a search engine even once this year. Instead, I've completely relied on AI tools to search, find, and explore. It feels more intimate, and provides results. A powerful illusion.

The principle of least effort states that people and animals naturally choose the path requiring the least effort. 

In contexts like language, information seeking, and tasks, individuals opt for the simplest, quickest, or most convenient method.

I'm designing and building a SleepTracker app. The design's going well, but development will take time since I'm learning as I go and want to add some cool features. The plan is to release it for free because most good sleep trackers cost money.

To regain relevance, the Oscars should consider introducing Internet-based categories.

These could include awards for the best meme, podcast, YouTuber, TikTok dance, TikTok performance, and even the most compelling conspiracy theory.

Developers become marketing gurus when they communicate open-source code libraries.

A well executed flow is better than a polished interface.

The only way to grow as a designer is to become a beginner again and again.

Design is about principles not processes.
Design is responding to change and not following a plan.

I am 21 and drive a 600k Ferrari. 

Subscribe to my 6 months special course for just $100 monthly and I’ll tell you the secret of my success. 

The secret will be revealed to the first 1000 subscribers.

You know what this world needs? It’s another podcast.

Why are elevator conversations so awkward?

AI is just predicting the next word.
AI is just statistics.
AI is linear algebra and calculus.
AI is a Stochastic parrot.
AI is just a computer, and nothing like the brain.

Don’t be fooled. It’s just a tool.

Conversation is not a new interface. It’s the oldest interface.

Does anyone remember the days when Photoshop was the main tool for designing interfaces? Fun times.

It’s incredible how many great TV shows Apple TV+ has, yet it’s surprising that so many people don’t know about them. For a company known for its marketing, Apple is falling short in this area.

Website development progress update. Designed in Figma, implementation in Webflow.

I am scrolling through LinkedIn meaningless idioms and wondering who are these people? 

Are they real or fragments of my imagination? 

Am I in a mental institution?

These guys who claim they make hundreds of thousands of dollars monthly sure spend an awful lot of time and energy creating videos on how to make hundreds of thousands dollars monthly.

This trend of animated websites from top to bottom is bad #design. 

If you need a ton of animation to convey your message, you are doing it wrong.

We live in a world where the line between satire and reality blurs into obscurity. Our civilization, with its arbitrary divisions and misplaced priorities, is a masterclass in unintentional comedy.

It's interesting how, despite years of design experience, talent, research, knowledge, and wisdom, designers have not moved away from data tables, nor are they capable of doing so.

Stop talking about your processes. 
Creative problem solving is not a linear flow. 
Designers should be guided by principles not processes.
Iterations need to occur on a regular basis.
The main focus is your user. 
Learn how to understand them.

Most of the content on YouTube is like food at McDonald's: plenty of choices, but nothing truly nourishing.

It’s confirmed AGI by 2025.
It’s confirmed AGI by 2027.
It’s confirmed AGI by 2029.
It’s confirmed AGI by 2032.
It’s confirmed AGI by 2069.

If the passage of time is actually an illusion of mind, that would mean that consciousness is not in time, but time is a construct in consciousness.

Trying to figure out the hero section. WIP.

Jesus was crucified 2000 years ago.

Here are 10 things I learned… ⬇️

Steve Jobs wrote this, and it's a popular post on social networks. However, tell this to the companies who actually hire people, because this list describes everything they don't want in a new employee.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Artificial Intelligence itself will not change the world, what will change the world is us.

Artificial Intelligence is just a tool, not the purpose, or the end goal. Who builds these tools affects the quality of the product and everyone using it.

It's strange that we expect humans to create what clients want, yet AI expects clients to want what it creates.

Companies can scream all they want, but office life is over.

They boast about adding gamification to their user experience, but it’s just badges, points, and credits. Now they wonder why engagement is low and conversions aren’t soaring. The issue is, it’s not about the badges, points, or credits—it’s about the psychology.

I am so tired of seeing Cursor everywhere and people who don’t know how to navigate GitHub claiming it’s the second coming. In reality, they took VS Code, an open-source library, added some AI features, and packaged it with a price tag.

Answer these 20 questions and upload a short video introducing yourself.

😐😑😐🔫

I wish designers would share more diverse approaches to user navigation instead of uploading these endless sidebar redesigns shots.

There is no real progress; I just see the same patterns in different colors. Whats happening?

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