@tailopez My favorite framing of the same idea:
"think of yourself as dead. you have lived your life. now, take what's left and live it according to nature." — same Marcus
5/
one icon. three decisions. probably 30 more i didn't write down.
and this is just the icon.
the backend. the conflict resolution. the auth flow. the "what if two Macs edit the same todo in the same second."
none of that shows up on screen.
most of the work is the part nobody sees.
Built our storefront solo at a 4-person company.
Picked the colors, fonts, card layout myself.
Traffic came in. Nobody bought.
Everyone started hunting for a culprit, and UX got blamed.
The card I'd kept clean got stuff bolted onto it.
A designer joined last month.
First meeting: a committee to pick the favicon.
Surprising how few people know to pass
when they don't have an opinion.