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Katie Dill

10/16/24

@ Y Combinator

To improve design skills, observe both products you dislike and those you enjoy, noting what works and what doesn't.

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Why Design Matters: Lessons from Stripe, Lyft and Airbnb

@ Y Combinator

Why Design Matters: Lessons from Stripe, Lyft and Airbnb

10/16/24

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Guillermo Rauch

04/13/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

To improve your design taste, it's essential to expose yourself to various products and observe how users interact with them.

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Guillermo Rauch

04/13/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Taste in design is a skill that can be developed, and it's important to expose yourself to various products to build that skill.

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Raphael Schaad

03/28/25

@ Y Combinator

Learning by doing is essential; producing designs, even bad ones, helps you understand what works and what doesn't.

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Guillermo Rauch

04/13/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Increasing exposure hours by watching how people use your products helps develop your design taste.

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Raphael Schaad

03/28/25

@ Y Combinator

Taste can be acquired by separating well-designed from poorly designed objects and thinking critically about every interaction you have.

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Katie Dill

10/16/24

@ Y Combinator

Founders who lack a design background can improve their design skills by using a checklist to identify what to look for in good design.

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James Dyson

04/04/23

@ ainslie + ainslie Performance People

Designing and developing products we use ourselves makes us much happier and helps us understand what will work.

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Karri Saarinen

06/05/25

@ FirstRoundCapital

When building a product, it's crucial to identify who genuinely likes it and understand their reasons.

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John Ousterhout

04/09/25

@ The Pragmatic Engineer

Designing things twice can lead to better outcomes, as the first idea is often not the best; forcing oneself to think of alternatives can yield superior solutions.