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Accepting clients for Q4 What I offer: - UX expertise + research and user test - Design systems build and redesign - End-to-end product design and support for development team - Custom app build - Design consultation Reach out to [email protected]

Seasons change, some habits don't. I've been away from Twitter more and more, lately. As it doesn't serve me as it used to before. I don't connect with people. I am not relevant anymore. I am tired of the word "AI" in every post I see and designs built with/by AI. Instead I chose real connections. I chose to be close to my family. Friends. Shake away the "hustle" version of me. Accept that my world is so much more than pixels and agents. Meantime, I'm silently building my app, working on a cosy project (design systems, yeah), drinking my coffee and writing. Writing a lot. Probably, I'm behind. But mentally I'm satisfied. I am happy I don't have to push myself anymore. P.S. Should I place it on a snow next? – at Kazakhstan

Just learnt that .riv and .rev are different formats. Gotta make an animation from scratch 🥲 – at Kazakhstan

Been binging Jubayer's posts lately. I need more product design on my feed

083 // Users & Roles. Detailed view

081.1 // Users & Roles. Permission tooltip. Dark mode

Built this on Claude Design with the design system exported from Figma. Still far from what I want, but decent enough to test the component library, break the design system, and find points of improvement.

Found a cosy place to work from 🎃👻 A little update after being away. I spent the last couple of months promoting Lumeo on Threads. Surprisingly, the app download rate from Paid & Direct (Threads) has been higher than from Google Play Explore. I’ve decided to keep working on and growing Lumeo, even if it’s another Pomodoro timer among thousands. There are millions of finance and expense trackers, to-do lists, journaling apps, etc., but that doesn’t stop people from building more. Now more than ever I realise it doesn’t have to be unique, just made with care and love. – at Georgia

The interesting part of the Figma vs. Straight-into-Codebase debate is that everyone is wrong and everyone is right. It depends on whether you choose speed or craft.

I'm in the next phase for my current project, which is building the prototype. Tip: ask your agents to double check the design system. You never know what you could miss among 10K+ variables and components. Should I write the next article about Storybook and alternatives: what, why, and how?

Published my post on on.design In fact, Pages make me want to write more. Meaning, there will be more articles in here too :) on.design/share/post/cf39abe…

When life gives you lemons, plant the seeds, grow lemon trees, and make lemonade from your own lemons. – at Kazakhstan

082 // Automated workflow. Tokens breakdown

My designs get hundreds of view and likes when they moved chaotically and didn't mean anything. Now when I post something real it's suddenly unlikeable? Wth – at Kazakhstan

081 // Users & Roles. Permission Tooltip

The easiest way to make designers angry is to set a deadline to next week and disappear with feedback for couple of days

080 // Automation Condition & Rule Details

I have an answer to that and it's not design. Products looked the same because many founders preferred engineers over designers initially. Engineers/devs relied on open-source UI kits and libraries, focusing on building products. Designers came in later and many didn't stay long (e.g., one-time projects or underfunded design phases). Where they stayed, companies developed branding, language, philosophy, and design systems. The same is happening now. Most things built with AI look identical. But see what designers built (check builtbydesigners.com by @shedsgns). It's not about design or designers, but how founders prioritise funds, how fast the product must grow, and what demands these products must close before investing in design. – at Kazakhstan