Good UX/UI design is a MUST, but you don't have to reinvent the wheel

You CAN’T cut corners with product design 🙅‍♂️ We are all about fast shipping and iteration. But bad UX/UI design won’t cut it. Humans are creatures of habit. We are drawn to what we know. And the world is now used to a certain level of design excellence. Smartphones have democratized access to UIs designed by companies that spend millions of dollars understanding the way we interact with digital products. The bar is high 🗻 Users don’t put up with a mediocre user experience. If you don’t adhere to the design standards, you create friction for your users. ‼️And your #1 priority should be reducing friction‼️ You have to make it as easy as possible for any user to have a seamless experience as they figure out how your product solves their problem. So no, you can’t cut corners with product design. But that don’t get discouraged. Chances are you don’t have a couple of millions to do your own small scale user research. The thing is, you don’t have to 🤓 There’s no need to reinvent the wheel. You just need to stick to what’s already working. Those million-dollar companies did the research already. “Steal” it from them. When it comes to your product you should never start from a blank canvas. You should always look for references. Most likely your innovation does not reside in how your users pays, logs in, or creates a new folder. Those are all user flows that have already been hyper optimized by other companies. Do not waste your time trying to create yours from scratch. Focus only on your differentiators 🫵 The solution? UI/UX repositories. These are pages that save and catalog different user flows from a wide variety of web and mobile apps. You can use them to kickstart your design. Study the UIs of similar companies in your space. And adapt them to your specific use-case. Here are some of my favorite ones 👇 🟡 http://mobbin.com 🟡 http://pagecollective.com 🟡 http://pageflows.com 🟡 http://screenlane.com 🟡 http://uxarchive.com Did you know any of these resources? Do you use them?