Most SaaS software is a database with a UI on top of it. The value proposition has been: here’s a way to get data into a shared place and make it useful. The UI was necessary because people were the primary interface.
Now, agents are increasingly the primary interface. And agents don’t need the UI.
Most people spend their time on products that aren't yours.
Take advantage of that.
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A missing loading indicator isn't a minor UX annoyance. It's a data integrity problem waiting to happen.
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How many times have you clicked a button and thought, "did that work? Is it loading? Did I break something"
That uncertainty is a design failure. Not a user failure.
This week is about indicators: what they are, when to use them, and how to get them right.
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Not all AI models are equally good at design.
We tested Claude Opus, Gemini Pro, and Codex on the same design challenge: applying "Memphis" style to a website. Each received identical prompts and constraints.
From this week's Design Language:
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We are hard wired this way!
In Product Design, “affordances” are the signals that communicate what actions you can take. Used well, the experience is effortless. Used poorly, it's broken.
Test your product screens by dropping a product screen into with this prompt. The text lives at:
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I wonder how much it has to do with individual communication styles?
When building products, mastering the use of hierarchy allows you to direct user attention to the elements that matter most.
Full post coming soon at designlanguage.xyz
Personally, I would love a really high quality dumb tv. Just a great screen with a few hdmi ports that I could plug my own devices into. No more crappy TV OS's, home screen ads, or spyware.
I wouldn't even say "want to be." I think you have to be.
Loving the information design here.
Progress is a hell of a drug.
When people get closer to a goal, they work harder to finish it.
When designing your product, if you need people to finish, show them they’re getting closer to the goal.
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Memphis style is chaotic, colorful, and unapologetically weird. It rejects good taste on purpose, using clashing patterns and bold shapes to create energy and personality. This is Pee Wee's playhouse of digital design.
Style: Bento
Bento style organizes content into clearly separated, modular containers that feel intentional and scannable. It emphasizes clarity and balance while still allowing visual richness within each section.
Used most notably as a core of the Apple Keynote Slides.
What are you building?
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what do you use for screen recording?
Style: Japandi
Japandi blends Japanese minimalism with Scandinavian warmth and restraint. It emphasizes calm layouts, natural materials, and quiet confidence.
Style: 8-bit pixel
8-bit pixel art is constrained by low resolution and visible pixels. It leans into nostalgia and limitations as a stylistic choice rather than a technical one.
Love the design!
That’s pretty amazing. Thanks!
just added our product! designlanguage.xyz
thanks! I have a few projects coming up so I'll check it out.
what do you use for the native wrappers?
how did it go? did it drive any traffic or signups?
what marketing channels have worked for you so far?
