Designing around Technical Limitations

Design conversations usually start with the ideal solution. A smooth workflow. A simple interface. Everything connected and reacting instantly. Real product work is rarely that clean. While working on an enterprise tool, I ran into a situation where a missing API forced me to rethink a small but important part of the interface. When the original interaction depended on something …

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Balancing Security and UX

Quick background behind this post. I had recently signed up to this app and frequently made use of it for international transactions. The transfer process was quite seamless and delivery time was quite impressive! But the process of getting into the app appeared to be a hurdle. On the one hand, I understand why the app implemented this security measure. …

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