The hottest Iterative design Substack posts right now

It is crucial to integrate UX principles into the employee experience to enhance engagement and productivity in the workplace.
By applying UX methodologies like user research, iterative design, and usability testing, organizations can create environments that prioritize employee needs and well-being.
UX professionals can play key roles in optimizing the employee experience by leading research, advising on best practices, and educating workplace teams on UX skills and mindsets.

Iterate like mad. Spend less time designing on a computer and more time building and testing.
Build and test one feature at a time, quickly.
Be picky about who you work with. Keep your teams small for better communication and faster decision-making.

Focus on building features with high impact and easy implementation
Prioritize features by talking to users, creating a user journey map, setting goals, using a prioritization framework, and iterating
Iterate on features based on user feedback to improve and deliver value

Paper prototyping helps in weeding out bad ideas and improving good ones early on.
Paper prototyping allows non-designers to be involved in the design and development process.
Testing early with paper prototypes saves money and time in the long run.

Using AI tools like Claude can speed up app development, especially for small coding tasks. But, it's not perfect and sometimes leads to unexpected issues.
Designing the app can be tough, as AI might not help much with styling. You might end up doing more work to fix design flaws after the initial code is generated.
Even when using an AI, having some coding knowledge is important. You still need to understand what changes to make and how to fix problems that come up.

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