Harish S.

Sharing some observations from my recent conversations with designers working in large orgs and startups. In a large org, a desinger's primary job is to create polished design, think about how the end user will interact with it etc. & there's usually a clear boundary of ownership between product and design. Whereas, in a startup or a company of a smaller scale, the primary job of a designer is to make sure their work gets prioritized by engineering amidst the 100 other urgent items they're always burdened with. This leads to them thinking about the how and also the why in most cases. The design output in both the cases can/will be different. One designer will try to create a polished design because the architecture and the DS are in place. Whereas, the other designer will try to create a something that ships, which more often than not doesn't lend time to think about the architecture & DS changes. Would love to know your take. How should the two people be viewed in terms or their design strengths etc.

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What Designers need to grow: Feedback. Not just "Nice design" Not just "Looks good" Not just "Mza nahi aa rha" But the real kind. “Why this approach?” “Is this solving the right problem?” “User ke liye aur simple ho sakta hai?” Sometimes vague feedback frustrates you. Sometimes sharp feedback humbles you. But the right question stretch your thinking. Grateful to be building at StapuBox with this amazing team, Shubham Raj Agrawal Navin Kumar Ankitesh Kushwaha Amit Saha Alok Pandit Umesh Bisht Divyansh Kumar Sajal Jha Pratyush Sharma Apoorav Dabral Every review makes the work sharper. Every discussion makes the designer stronger. Feedback is not criticism. It is growth. #UXDesigner #UIDesinger #Product #Startup #DesignThinking #Process #Teamwork

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Why Indian Dining Apps Need Emotional UX + Analytics to Scale. Emotion drives intent. UX converts it. Analytics scales it. While working on winter UX for a dine-in table booking product, one insight became very clear: People don’t open dining apps to book tables. They open them when they’re deciding whether to step out at all. That moment — before the search, before filters — is where growth actually lives. So instead of designing only flows, we designed decision triggers, supported by data: • Seasonal & time-based hero messaging • Occasion-led discovery (dates, family, groups) • Emotion-driven microcopy to reduce drop-offs • Analytics-backed placement of CTAs and offers • Personalization using time, weather, and past intent The outcome? • Faster first action • Higher evening bookings • Better repeat behavior • Stronger preference for premium dining UX isn’t just aesthetics. And analytics isn’t just dashboards. When combined, they shape behavior at scale. If your product relies on discretionary decisions (like dining, travel, lifestyle), designing for how users feel before they click is a business advantage. The best growth hacks I’ve seen lately didn’t come from discounts — they came from understanding moments. #ProductDesign #UXStrategy #BusinessGrowth #AnalyticsDriven #HospitalityTech #IndianStartups #DesignLeadership EazyDiner Kapil Chopra EazyDiner Prime Swiggy Dineout District Anuja Gautam

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